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The Ferns (Filicales): Volume 3, The Leptosporangiate Ferns: Treated Comparatively with a View to their Natural Classification
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Ferns (Filicales): Volume 3, The Leptosporangiate Ferns: Treated Comparatively with a View to their Natural Classification
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) F. O. Bower
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| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:324 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Botany and plant sciences |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108013185
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| Classifications | Dewey:587.3012 |
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| Audience | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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| Illustrations |
2 Plates, black and white
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
31 October 2010 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Frederick Orpen Bower (1855-1948) was a renowned botanist best known for his research on the origins and evolution of ferns. Appointed Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow in 1885, he became a leading figure in the development of modern botany and the emerging field of paleobotany, devising the interpolation theory of the life cycle in land plants. First published between 1923 and 1928 as part of the Cambridge Botanical Handbook series, The Ferns was the first systematic classification of ferns according to anatomical, morphological and developmental features. In this three-volume work Bower analyses the major areas of comparison between different species, describes primitive and fossil ferns and compares these species to present-day fern species, providing a comprehensive description of the order. Volume 3 describes, analyses and classifies extant species of ferns.
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