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Icones Plantarum Or, Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks of New or Rare Plants, Selected from the Author's Herbarium

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ISBN-10: 1108039308

ISBN-13: 9781108039307

Edition: N/A

Authors: William Jackson Hooker

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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…    
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List price: $38.95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/8/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Cheilanthes Chrysophylla
Onychium Melanolepis
Anemia (Coptophyllum) Aurita
Cheilanthes Ochracea
Gymnopteris Quercifolia
Anemia (Anemidictyon) Tweedieana
Gymnopteris Trilobata
Phylloglossum Drummondi
Marsilea Macropus
Leptopteris Superba
Asplenium Novae-Caledoniae
Cheilanthes Nitidula
Asplenium (Athyrium?) Grammitoides
Asplenium Attenuatum
Pteris (Pellea) Geranifolia
Gymogramme Microphylla
Asplenium Mucronatum
Asplenium Delicatulum
Aspidium (Nephrodium) Simplicifolium
Aspidium (Nephrodium) Heterophyllum
Aspidium (Lastrea) Vogelii
Aspidium (Nephrodium) Hookeri
Aspidium (Lastrea) Klotzschii
Aspidium (Nephrodium) Skinneri
Asplenium (Thamnopteris) Simonsianum
Asplenium Loriforme
Asplenium Pinnatifidum
Asplenium Griffithianum
Asplenium Subhastatum
Asplenium Scolopendrioides
Aspidium (Lastrea) Boutonianum
Asplenium Fragile
Acrostichum (Neurocallis) Aureo-Nitens
Polypodium Macrocarpum
Gymnogramme Rutaefolia
Diplazium (Oxygonium) Cordifolium
Asplenium (Asplenidictyon) Finlaysonianum
Asplenium (Hemidictyon) Purdieanum
Diplazium (Oxygonium) Elegans
Diplazium (Oxygonium) Elegans
Polypodium Setigerum
Polypodium Leucosorum
Polypodium Leucosorum
Polypodium (Ctenopteris) Pellucidum
Polypodium (Ctenopteris) Pellucidum
Polypodium Papillosum
Polypodium Farinosum
Polypodium Semiadnatum
Polypodium (Ctenopteris) Khasyanum
Gymogramme Aspidioides
Polypodium (Drynaria) Griffithianum
Polypodium (Marginaria) Lachnopus
Polypodium (Drynaria) Rostratum
Polypodium (Drynaria) Rhynchophyllum
Cystopteris Douglasii
Hymenophyllum Asplenioides
Lindsaea Media
Lindsaea Caudata
Cystopteris Tasmanica
Lomaria Nigra
Adiantum Glaucophyllum
Hymenophyllum Flexuosum
Hymenophyllum Fucoides
Hymenophyllum Undulatum
Adiantum Fragile
Lycopodium Scariosum
Grammitis Ascensionis
Lycopodium Casuarinoides
Lomaria Vulcanica
Blechnum Lanceola
Gymnopteris Semipinnatifida
Gymnopteris Semipinnatifida
Pteris Endlicheriana
Gymnogramme Aurita
Actiniopteris Radiata
Actinopteris Radiata
Asplenium Adiantoides
Asplenium (Allantodia) Brownii
Trichomanes Colensoi
Nothochlaena Distans
Trichomanes Spruceanum
Trichomanes Bicorne
Asplenium Adiantoides
Asplenium Adiantoides
Cyathea Cunninghami
Trichomanes Petersii
Polypodium (Drynaria) Contiguum
Anemia (Euanemia) Mexicana
Gymnogramme Aurita
Meniscium Salicifolium
Polypodium Eriophorum
Gymnogramme Schomburgkiana
Lastrea Borneensis
Taenitis Obtusa
Ophioglossum Intermedium
Drymoglossum Rigidum
Trichomanes Pluma
Grammitis Bisulcata
Hymenolepis Platyrhynchos
Asplenium (Darea) Obtusilobum
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