Sexus Botanicus

Author : Joanne Anton
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262546450
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexus Botanicus written by Joanne Anton and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated exploration of the astonishing diversity in sexual characteristics and behaviors of plants from the fig-tree to the sacred lotus. Why do some plants flower while others do not? What happens during pollination? How can the Haleakalā silversword reproduce all alone? In Sexus Botanicus, artist and writer Joanne Anton sheds light on the fertilization process of plants and relates their origins and their spectacular diversity. While sexuality has long been a source of interest for us humans, we sometimes forget to consider its primordial role in evolution. Without sexuality and the genetic union it enables, life would not assume the biodiversity it displays. Sexus Botanicus introduces us to a wide range of extraordinary specimens, some very ancient and still with us, and some their descendants by millions of years: time-traveling plants (from the wedding of a mushroom and an alga 450 million years ago to the amorous mosses that help maintain the balance of our ecosystems today); the literal flower-power sexual revolution of angiosperms (from their reliance on wind for sex to some of their edible ovaries we commonly refer to as “fruit”); zoophilic plants (from the sexual doings of bumblebees and tomato plants to the mutually beneficial pollination program between yucca and moths); the games of deception played between plants, insects, and birds; and the improbable plants operating in such extreme environments as deserts and volcanos (some of whom, such as Australia’s Queensland grasstree, utilize conflagration to reproduce). Hand-illustrated by the author in color throughout, the book also includes a full glossary of all relevant terms to introduce readers to the scientific language of plant sex.

Author : Jean-Claude Ellena
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262046733
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atlas of Perfumed Botany written by Jean-Claude Ellena and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cartography of fragrance that charts the botany and geography of perfume composition. For perfume makers, each smell carries with it a multitude of associations and impressions that must be carefully analyzed and understood before the sum of all its parts emerges. All perfumers have their own idiosyncratic methods, drawn from their individual olfactory experiences, for classifying fragrances. In Atlas of Perfumed Botany, virtuoso perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena leads readers on a poetic, geographic, and botanical journey of perfume discovery. Ellena offers a varied and fascinating cartography of fragrances, tracing historical connections and cultural exchanges. Full-page entries on plants ranging from bergamot to lavender are accompanied by detailed and vivid full-color botanical illustrations.

Author : Carl von Linné
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198569343
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Linnaeus' Philosophia Botanica written by Carl von Linné and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005-06-02 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighteenth-century botanist Carl von Linné, more commonly known as Linnaeus, was the inventor of the binary nomenclature now standard in biology. His Philosophia Botanica represents a key stage in the evolution of the scientific classification and naming of plants, and is a classic in the history of science and botany. Amazingly, no complete translation into English has been undertaken since 1775 prior to this edition.

Author : Johannes Jacobus Smith (botanicus)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orchidaceae written by Johannes Jacobus Smith (botanicus) and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Vanderplank
Publisher : Mit Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262720359
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Passion Flowers written by John Vanderplank and published by Mit Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thorough documentation and glorious illustrations of an exotic flower.

Author : Carl von Linné
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genera Plantarum, Fifth Edition, 1754 written by Carl von Linné and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Isidor Rosenthal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biologisches Zentralblatt written by Isidor Rosenthal and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Abraham Rehfeldt
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781343069558
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hodegus Botanicus Menstruus written by Abraham Rehfeldt and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : John Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book An Illustration of the Sexual System, of Linnæus written by John Miller and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sotheby's (London)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 674 pages
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Download or read book Bibliotheca Heberiana. Catalogue of the Library of the Late Richard Heber, Esq. ... which Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby and Son, at Their House, Wellington-street, Strand, on Thursday, April 10, and Twenty-five Following Days ... written by Sotheby's (London) and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: