About this title: Orchidaceae are the largest monocot family and likely the largest plant family in terms of number of species (ca. 20,000), but for a variety of reasons it remains one of the least understood: lack of a fossil record, relative scarcity of active research until recent years, size and geographical distribution of the family, and the largely tropical distribution of most, which hinders access. The early classifications and generic circumscriptions of Lindley (1830-1840), Bentham and Hooker (1883) and Schlechter (1927) relied mainly on morphological characters, especially floral features. The ...
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780198507109ISBN:0198507100
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 279x216 mm. (440) 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 tool ... read more
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