Herbarium : the quest to preserve & classify the world's plants /
Thiers, Barbara M.,
Herbarium : the quest to preserve & classify the world's plants / Herbarium : the quest to preserve and classify the world's plants Barbara M. Thiers. - 279 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 27 x 23 cm
Chapter on herbaria around the world discusses Australia, Brazil, The People's Republic of China, and South Africa.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index.
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. (from table of contents) Preface --
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 on both the molecular and global level will help us address some of the critical problems facing the world today.--Adapted from jacket.
1604699302 9781604699302
GBC0H1212 bnb
019998533 Uk
New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium.
New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium.
Herbaria--History.
Botany--History.
Botany--Pictorial works.
QK75 / .T45 2020
Herbarium : the quest to preserve & classify the world's plants / Herbarium : the quest to preserve and classify the world's plants Barbara M. Thiers. - 279 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 27 x 23 cm
Chapter on herbaria around the world discusses Australia, Brazil, The People's Republic of China, and South Africa.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index.
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. (from table of contents) Preface --
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 on both the molecular and global level will help us address some of the critical problems facing the world today.--Adapted from jacket.
1604699302 9781604699302
GBC0H1212 bnb
019998533 Uk
New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium.
New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium.
Herbaria--History.
Botany--History.
Botany--Pictorial works.
QK75 / .T45 2020