Genera Orchidacearum: Volume 1: Apostasioideae and Cypripedioideae

Zusatztext ... essential reading for any serious student of orchids. Informationen zum Autor Dr. Phillip J Cribb, Deputy Keeper, Herbarium, and Curator, Orchid Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Dr Mark W. Chase, Head, Molecular Systematics Secrion, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Dr Alec M Pridgeon, Sainsbury Orchid Fellow, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Dr Finn N Rasmussen, Associate Professor, Botanical Institute, University of Copenhagen Klappentext Orchids are among the most popular and widely collected of plant families, with tropical species and hybrids being cultivated the world over. The five volumes of Genera Orchidacearum will provide a complete, robust classification of the orchids, descriptions of individual species, and cultivational information. The series, superbly illustrated with colour photographs and line drawings of all the genera, will be an absolutely indispensable reference toolboth for scientists, and for orchid breeders, collectors, and enthusiasts. This, the first volume of the Genera Orchidacearum, includes Cypripedioideae, the slipper orchids, arguably the most attractive and popular orchids of all. Zusammenfassung Orchids are among the most popular and widely collected of plant families, with tropical species and hybrids being cultivated the world over. This volume includes Cypripedioideae, the slipper orchids, arguably the most attractive and popular orchids of all. It is useful both for scientists, and for orchid breeders, collectors, and enthusiasts.

Product details

• Authors: Alec M. Pridgeon, Alec M. Cribb Pridgeon
• Assisted by: Mark W. Chase (Editor), Chase Mark W. (Editor), Phillip J. Cribb (Editor), Cribb Phillip J. (Editor), Alec M. Pridgeon (Editor), Pridgeon Alec M. (Editor), Finn Rasmussen (Editor), Rasmussen Finn (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.1999
• EAN: 9780198505136
• ISBN: 978-0-19-850513-6
• No. of pages: 230
• Dimensions: 225 mm x 288 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Genera Orchidacearum; Genera Orchidacearum; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, Botany & plant sciences, Botany and plant sciences