Anatomy of the Monocotyledons Volume X: Orchidaceae

Informationen zum Autor Professor Stern has studied plant anatomy since the 1950s and for much of his career, has taught in several areas of botany, particularly plant anatomy, economic botany, botanical history, forensic botany, and plant microtechnique. He served as botany chairman at the University of Florida and retired from the post in 2002 to return to full time research and consultancy. He served two terms as President of the Botanical Society of America, for which he was honored with the Certificate of Merit and the Centennial Award, and was also President of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, and of the Washington, D.C. Botanical Society. Professor Stern was editor of Tropical Woods and founding editor of the journal Biotropica. He also edited Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club and Plant Science Bulletin. He is an elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London. Klappentext A comprehensive discussion of the vegetative anatomy of orchids, describing the structure and relationships among the cells and tissues of leaves, stems, and roots. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive discussion of the vegetative anatomy of orchids, describing the structure and relationships among the cells and tissues of leaves, stems, and roots. Inhaltsverzeichnis Materials and Methods Introduction Descriptions of Vegetative Anatomy of Orchidaceae Subfamily Apostasioideae Subfamily Cypripedioideae Subfamily Orchidoideae Subfamily Vanilloideae Subfamily Epidendroideae Tables of Diagnostic Characters Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Stern, William Louis Stern, William Louis (Department of Biological Sci Stern, William Louis (Department of Biological Sciences Stern, William Louis/ Gregory Stern, Stern William Louis
• Assisted by: David F Cutler (Editor), David F. Cutler (Editor), David F. (Jodrell Laboratory Cutler (Editor), Mary Gregory (Editor), Mary (Jodrell Laboratory Gregory (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.05.2014
• EAN: 9780199689071
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968907-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Anatomy of Monocotyledons; Anatomy of Monocotyledons
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Taxonomy, Plant Physiology, Botany & plant sciences, Taxonomy & systematics, Botany and plant sciences, Taxonomy and systematics, orchids; plants