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In the Name of Plants
- Remarkable plants and the extraordinary people behind their names
Engelsk Hardback
In the Name of Plants
- Remarkable plants and the extraordinary people behind their names
Engelsk Hardback

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The names of plants that are so familiar to us −magnolia, bougainvillea, sequioa − may just be names, but behind the names lie stories of espionage and heroism, rivalry and mystery and inspiration. In the Name of Plants relates the stories of these people and the plants that were named after them.
Each chapter tells the story of the person for which each plant is named, many of whom were pioneering explorers, collectors and botanists – such as Alice Eastwood who has the yellow aster, Eastwoodia elegans, named after her. Eastwood explored previously uncharted territories in the 19th century and famously saved the California Academy of Science's priceless plant collection from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Subjects range from Charles Darwin (Darwinia) and legendary French botanist Pierre Magnol (Magnolia), to US founding fathers George Washington (Washingtonia) and Benjamin Franklin (Franklinia).
Each entry is accompanied by superb artworks from the Library of the Natural History Museum, as well as photography of specimens and wild plants and the essential taxonomic details and geographic spread for each species.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
192
ISBN-13:
9780565095352
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0565095358
Udg. Dato:
13 okt 2022
Længde:
25mm
Bredde:
238mm
Højde:
184mm
Forlag:
The Natural History Museum
Oplagsdato:
13 okt 2022
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