Herbaria

Author : Kelly LaFarge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781935641216
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Herbaria written by Kelly LaFarge and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What good is a dead plant? A lot! Herbaria, a picture book for grades one through eight, explains why, leading readers on an accessible, engaging exploration of who loves dead plants--and why. In these pages, we learn about famous historical plant collectors and the paths they established investigating plants. Readers join today's field botanists as they go far and wide to discover new species, and we get to look in the herbarium at how specimens are mounted and organized for everyone to use and enjoy. The book as a whole helps kids to visualize themselves as botanists gathering, preserving, and unlocking the mysteries of plants. In addition to beautiful watercolor illustrations and photos, the book includes interactive features such as lift-a-flaps, overlays, and a foldout." --Publisher's description.

Author : Barbara M. Thiers
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604699302
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Herbarium written by Barbara M. Thiers and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasury like no other Since the 1500s, scientists have documented the plants and fungi that grew around them, organizing the specimens into collections. Known as herbaria, these archives helped give rise to botany as its own scientific endeavor. Herbarium is a fascinating enquiry into this unique field of plant biology, exploring how herbaria emerged and have changed over time, who promoted and contributed to them, and why they remain such an important source of data for their new role: understanding how the world’s flora is changing. Barbara Thiers, director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden, also explains how recent innovations that allow us to see things at both the molecular level and on a global scale can be applied to herbaria specimens, helping us address some of the most critical problems facing the world today. At its heart, Herbarium is a compelling reminder of one of humanity’s better impulses: to save things—not just for ourselves, but for generations to come.

Author : Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300241461
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Oak Spring Herbaria written by Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magnificent compendium is the fourth in a series of catalogues describing selections of rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection assembled by Mrs. Rachel “Bunny” Lambert Mellon. Herbaria describes sixty-three books and manuscripts about herbs and includes exquisite illustrations selected from the works themselves. Spanning the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries, and featuring works by Brunfels, Culpeper, Monardes, and Linnaeus, among others, this authoritative catalogue will prove fascinating to botanists, bibliophiles, garden historians, and herbalists alike.

Author : Maura C. Flannery
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300271409
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Herbarium written by Maura C. Flannery and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly five centuries. These pressed and labeled plants have been essential resources for scientists, allowing them to describe and differentiate species and to document and research plant changes and biodiversity over time—including changes related to climate. Maura C. Flannery tells the history of herbaria, from the earliest collections belonging to such advocates of the technique as sixteenth-century botanist Luca Ghini, to the collections of poets, politicians, and painters, and to the digitization of these precious specimens today. She charts the growth of herbaria during the Age of Exploration, the development of classification systems to organize the collections, and herbaria’s indispensable role in the tracking of climate change and molecular evolution. Herbaria also have historical, aesthetic, cultural, and ethnobotanical value—these preserved plants can be linked to the Indigenous peoples who used them, the collectors who sought them out, and the scientists who studied them. This book testifies to the central role of herbaria in the history of plant study and to their continued value, not only to biologists but to entirely new users as well: gardeners, artists, students, and citizen-scientists.

Author : Robyn Stacey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521842778
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Herbarium written by Robyn Stacey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunningly beautiful book throws open the closed doors of the Sydney herbaria, and the history of Australia's flora.

Author : Harold W. Gardner
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359263100
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prairie Herbarium written by Harold W. Gardner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A herbarium is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. This is a collection of scanned fresh plant herbaria images combined with scanned images of the seeds in a bound book form that can be used to help people correctly identify and confirm prairie plants, either in the prairie of collected specimens.

Author : Giovanni Aloi
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 379138533X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lucian Freud Herbarium written by Giovanni Aloi and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As intimate and meticulous as his revered portraits, Lucian Freud's magnificent paintings and drawings of plant life are gathered for the first time in book form. Lucian Freud's portraits are known for their spectacular detail and unflinching gaze. Although Freud brought the same qualities to his paintings and drawings of plants, flowers, and landscapes, these are largely unknown. This elegant book shows how working with plants emboldened Freud to experiment with style and composition. Reproduced in sumptuous plates that allow readers to indulge in exquisite detail, seventy-five works--including Two Plants, Bananas, Cyclamen, The Painter's Garden, and Interior at Paddington--reveal Freud's singular approach to plant life. Readers unfamiliar with this aspect of Freud's work will find many similarities to his portraits--earthy palettes, unconventional rawness, and assiduous attention to detail. From the delicate realism of the cyclamens' petals to the bold brushstrokes that immortalize his overgrown garden, readers will appreciate Freud's ability to portray plants in new and personal ways. Comparative illustrations from throughout art history accompany essays on the history of plants in art and an appreciation of Freud's oeuvre. This monograph is a tremendous contribution to Freud's legacy, one that will enrich his admirers' discernment while also introducing his thoroughly original depictions of plants to a new audience.

Author : Payel Paul
Publisher : OrangeBooks Publication
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Herbarium Technique written by Payel Paul and published by OrangeBooks Publication. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes the detail procedure about preparation of Herbarium sheet. The book describes the actual procedure of plant collection, its preservation to dryness and its framing to a standard size sheet. Introduction of this book will help students of bachelors and masters degree level to learn the actual procedure concerning to the framing of a Herbarium sheet. The book entitles “Herbarium Technique” with a tag line of “Evolution from conventional to digitization” is a shelf explanatory, indicating the book was framed keeping in mind the changes that has taken place since the concept of preserving dry specimens was introduced.

Author : United States National Herbarium
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 780 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contributions from the United States National Herbarium written by United States National Herbarium and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 922 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: