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Icones Plantarum 10 Volume Set

Icones Plantarum 10 Volume Set

Icones Plantarum 10 Volume Set

Or, Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks of New or Rare Plants, Selected from the Author's Herbarium
William Jackson Hooker
November 2011
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Multiple copy pack
9781108039314
£221.00
GBP
Multiple copy pack
10 Paperback books

    This world-famous work was begun by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865) in 1837, and the ten volumes reissued here were produced under his authorship until 1854, at which point his son, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) continued the work of publication. Hooker's own herbarium, or collection of preserved plant specimens, was so extensive that at one point he stored it in one house and lived in another; it was left to the nation on his death. Each volume contains 100 line drawings of plants, and each is accompanied by a full Latin description, with notes in English on habitat and significant features. The order of the plants in each volume is not systematic, but two 'indexes' at the beginning provide plant lists, in alphabetical order and 'arranged according to the natural orders'.

    Product details

    November 2011
    Multiple copy pack
    9781108039314
    2140 pages
    280 × 216 × 68 mm
    3kg
    1000 b/w illus.
    Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint

    Table of Contents

    • Volume 1:
    • 1. Anemone Hepaticifolia
    • 2. Corraea Backhousiana
    • 3. Corraea Ferruginea
    • 4. Ophiglossum Palmatum
    • 5. Gyrinops Walla
    • 6. Aquilaria Agallocha
    • 7. Samadera Indica
    • 8. Todea Pellucida
    • 9. Pernettia Pumila
    • 10. Clematis Bojeri
    • 11. Sphaeria Robertsii
    • 12. Aextoxicum Punctatum
    • 13. Viola Cotyledon
    • 14. Ledocarpum Reynoldsii
    • 15. Osmunda Vachelii
    • 16. Donatia Magellanica
    • 17. Musci Indici
    • 18. Musci Indici continued
    • 19. Musci Indici continued
    • 20. Musci Indici continued
    • 21. Musci Indici continued
    • 22. Musci Indici continued
    • 23. Musci Indici continued
    • 24. Musci Indici continued
    • 25. Polytrichum Dendroides
    • 26. Lycopodium Mathewsii
    • 27. Arbutus Xalapensis
    • 28. Cleomella Mexicana
    • 29. Arbutus Discolor
    • 30. Prionotes Americana
    • 31. Draba Dentata
    • 32. Cremolobus Rhomboideus
    • 33. Desfontainia Spinosa
    • 34. Bryum (Pohlia) Pellucens
    • 35. Draba Violacea
    • 36. Lycopodium Rufescens
    • 37. Dendromecon Rigidum
    • 38. Platystigma Lineare
    • 39. Thysanocarpus Elegans
    • 40. Streptanthus Glandulosus
    • 41. Lepidium Latipes
    • 42. Thysanocarpus Pusillus
    • 43. Tropidocarpum Gracile
    • 44. Streptanthus Flavescens
    • 45. Leucolaena Peltigera
    • 46. Rubus Rosaeflorus
    • 47. Cheiranthera Linearis
    • 48. Cremolobus Peruvianus
    • 49. Viola Chrysantha
    • 50. Pleurothalis Cauliflora
    • 51. Stenoglossum Subulatum
    • 52. Tropidocarpum Scabriusculum
    • 53. Drosera Menziesii
    • 54. Drosera Lunata
    • 55. Pleurothallis Truncata
    • 56. Drosera Arcturi
    • 57. Phebalium Retusum
    • 58. Cardamine Heterophylla
    • 59. Phebalium Montanum
    • 60. Eriostemon Obcordatum
    • 61. Gentiana Jamesoni
    • 62. Stelis Lamellata
    • 63. Conohoria Castaefolia
    • 64. Antonia Pilosa
    • 65. Fuschia Dependens
    • 66. Gaultheria Lanigera
    • 67. Viola Glandulifera
    • 68. Baccharis Scolopendra
    • 69. Polypodium Surucuchensis
    • 70. Polypodium Murorum
    • 71. Leucodon Bartramioides
    • 72. Lathyrus Gladiatus
    • 73. Viscum Incanum
    • 74. Bassia Microphylla
    • 75. Argyroxiphium Sandwicense
    • 76. Dalibarda Lobata
    • 77. Clematis Pimpinellifolia
    • 78. Clematis Anethifolia
    • 79. Clematis Trifida
    • 80. Clematis Oligophylla
    • 81. Cremolobus Pubescens
    • 82. Campylanthera Fraseri
    • 83. Pharnaceum? Semiquinquefidum
    • 84. Polypodium Myriocarpum
    • 85. Lycopodium Pichinchense
    • 86. Polypodium Tweedianum
    • 87. Vaccinium Cereum
    • 88. Asplenium Fragrans
    • 89. Lycopodium Scariosum
    • 90. Lycopodium Pendulinum
    • 91. Peperomia Margaritifera
    • 92. Gleichenia Simplex
    • 93. Davallia Serraeformis
    • 94. Prockia Completa
    • 95. Blechnum Pectinatum
    • 96. Acrostichum Flabellatum
    • 97. Blechnum Pubescens
    • 98. Lindsaea Elegans
    • 99. Cremolobus Sinuatus
    • 100. Cremolobus Pinnatifidus. Volume 2:
    • 101. Oligogyne Burchelii
    • 102. Iresine Grandiflora
    • 103. Holothrix Harveiana
    • 104. Cymbidium Plicatum
    • 105. Asplenium Dalhousiae
    • 106. Atropa Glandulosa
    • 107. Atropa Dependens
    • 108. Thibaudia Elliptica
    • 109. Macleania Floribunda
    • 110. Thibaudia Angustifolia
    • 111. Thibaudia Acuminata
    • 112. Sphyrospermum Myrtifolium
    • 113. Aphelandra Acanthifolia
    • 114. Escallonia Polifolia
    • 115. Gymnogramma Vestita
    • 116. Adenaria Parvifolia
    • 117. Pachyphyllum Parvifolium
    • 118. Harveya Capensis
    • 119. Pteris Flexuosa
    • 120. Tephrosia Suberosa
    • 121. Polypodium Biauriculatum
    • 122. Andromeda Phyllyreifolia
    • 123. Capparis Incanescens
    • 124. Niebuhria Linearis
    • 125. Pterospermum Reticulatum
    • 126. Capparis Brevispina
    • 127. Niebuhria Oblongifolia
    • 128. Capparis Pedunculosa
    • 129. Guarea? Microphylla
    • 130. Rivina Inaequalis
    • 131. Vaccinium Emirnense
    • 132. Amirola Nitida
    • 133. Pothos Remotiflorus
    • 134. Vaccinium Secundiflorum
    • 135. Gymnostomum Setifolium
    • 136. Weissia Campylocarpa
    • 137. Hamadryas Andicola
    • 138. Coccinia Indica
    • 139. Ilex Microphylla
    • 140. Clavija Spathulata
    • 141. Bauhinia Racemosa
    • 142. Brachyris Ramosissima
    • 143. Sterculia Colorata
    • 144. Shutheria Glabrata
    • 145. Gymnopsis Uniserialis
    • 146. Hymenoxys? Linearifolia
    • 147. Brachyris Microcephala
    • 148. Palafoxia Texana
    • 149. Ilex Crassifolia
    • 150. Aira Antartica
    • 151. Lindernia Capensis
    • 152
      Author
    • William Jackson Hooker