Plant Form: An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Plant Morphology - Couverture souple

Bell, Adrian D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198542194 ISBN 13 : 9780198542193

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1991

Synopsis

Flowering plants are immensely varied. Their leaves, flowers, roots and seeds can exhibit so great a range of form as to make identification very difficult. Describing them accurately presents ever greater difficulties. Yet this very variation can be a source of endless fascination for the plant lover and the student of botany alike. This book presents the innumerable curiosities of the growing and mature and flowering plant, examining the details of plant form and how they can be modified. It presents and explains much of the terminology that is used in more advanced botanical texts or in reference books, but is rarely explained for the novice.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The diverse external shapes and structures that make up flowering plants can be bewildering and even daunting, as can the terminology used to describe them. An understanding of plant form plant morphology is essential to appreciating the wonders of the plant world and to the study of botany and horticulture at every level. In this ingeniously designed volume, the complex subject becomes both accessible and manageable. The first part of the book describes and clearly illustrates the major plant structures that can be seen with the naked eye or a hand lens: leaf, root, stem, reproductive organs, and seedlings; special sections focus on vegetative propagation, and the morphology of grasses, orchids, and cacti. However, plants are dynamic organisms, constantly growing, changing, and becoming more elaborate, and understanding the development of a plant or plant part is as important as describing its final form. Part II focuses on how plants grow: bud development, the growth of reproductive organs, leaf arrangement, branching patterns, and the accumulation and loss of structures. This classic book, now revised and expanded to include the latest information on plant morphology, more than 1000 exquisite line drawings including 119 that are new to this edition, and nearly twice as many photographs as the previous edition, is remarkable for its user-friendly organization, high-quality illustrations, and extensive cross-referencing. Aimed at students of botany and horticulture, enthusiastic gardeners and amateur naturalists, it functions as an illustrated dictionary, a basic course in plant morphology, and an intriguing and enlightening book to dip into.

Biographie de l'auteur

Adrian D. Bell, Ph.D, is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. He has devoted his career to studying, teaching, and writing about plant morphology, serving as Senior Lecturer in the Schools of Plant Biology and Biological Sciences at the University of Wales and as Cabot Fellow at Harvard University. He has published scientific papers in four areas of botanical research: three-dimensional vascular anatomy of monocotyledonous plants, branching patterns of rhizomatous plants, computer graphic simulation of branching patterns in plants, and branching and bud structure at the canopy surface of tropical rainforest trees. His other interests include gardening with tropical plants in a temperate climate and managing a wildlife environment of pond, copse and wildflower meadow, close-up photography, wood carving, driving and maintaining a vintage 1926 automobile, and travel to warm destinations.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198542194
• ISBN 13: 9780198542193
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 341
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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