Herbarium : the quest to preserve & classify the world's plants / Barbara M. Thiers.
Herbarium : the quest to preserve & classify the world's plants / Barbara M. Thiers.
Herbarium : the quest to preserve & classify the world's plants / Barbara M. Thiers.
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Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2020.
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GQ 2021/0200
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English
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Physical content
279 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
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text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The origin of herbaria -- Herbaria and the age of botanical exploration -- Development of herbaria in the United States -- Development of herbaria around the world -- The future of herbaria.
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Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2020.
Place of Publication
Oregon
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
A heavily illustrated history of herbaria from one of the world's foremost experts.
Since the 1500s, scientists have documented the plants and fungi that grow around them organizing the specimens into collections. Know as herbaria, these archives helped give rise to botany as its own scientific endeavor. Thiers explores how herbaria emerged and have changed over time. She explains how recent innovations that allow us to see things...
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Herbarium : the quest to preserve & classify the world's plants / Barbara M. Thiers.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index.
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©2020
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GQ 2021/0200
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74VKaJmEpbEZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaJmEpbEZ
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ISBN
9781604699302
DDC
580.74
MMS ID
991024368715202626
