Flora Indica - Being a Systematic Account of Plants of British India, Together With

Klappentext Hooker and Thomson's 1855 study of Indian botany and geography remains an important work on the subject. Zusammenfassung First published in 1855! and compiled by the botanist and explorer Joseph Hooker and Thomas Thomson! this catalogue of the flora of the Indian subcontinent was the first major study of plant life of the area! and is considered to be one of Hooker's most important statements on biogeographical issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introductory Essay: 1. Object, scope, and design of the Flora Indica; 2. General considerations connected with the study of systematic botany; 3. Subjects of variation, origin of species, specific centres, hybridization, and geographical distribution; 4. Summary of labours of Indian botanists; 5. Sketch of the meteorology of India; 6. Sketch of the physical features and vegetation of the provinces of India; Index; Flora Indica: Ranunculaceae to Fumariaceae; Index.

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• Authors: Joseph Dalton Hooker, Joseph Dalton Thomson Hooker, Thomas Thomson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108037495
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03749-5
• No. of pages: 592
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany