Orchids are among the most popular and widely collected of plant families, with tropical species and hybrids cultivated all over the world. In Genera Orchidacearum, Volume One, a comprehensive, robust classification of orchids is provided with descriptions of individual species and cultivational information. It includes comprehensive coverage on Cypripedioideae, the slipper orchids--one of the most attractive and popular of all. Superbly illustrated with contributions from over 50 international experts, this volume is indispensable for scientists, breeders, and collectors.
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Dr. Phillip J Cribb, Deputy Keeper, Herbarium, and Curator, Orchid Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Dr Mark W. Chase, Head, Molecular Systematics Secrion, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Dr Alec M Pridgeon, Sainsbury Orchid Fellow, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Dr Finn N Rasmussen, Associate Professor, Botanical Institute, University of Copenhagen
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The classification of orchids has developed by accumulation of discoveries of new species and a steadily growing knowledge of the life history, morphology, and anatomy of the species in this large family of plants. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dysploid variation, developing proembryo, embryonal tubes, concave synsepal, congruent morphological, staminode terminal, dysploid series, hooded over lip, outer integument cells, sheathing sterile bracts, orchid systematics, plant chromosome numbers, orchid classification, dysploid reduction, orchid phylogeny, embryological developmental patterns, most frequent record, vandoid orchids, nombre fondamental, orchid embryos, orchid taxonomy, rachis terete, suspensor cells, deeply pouched, ovary unilocular Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Hiroshima Bot, North America, Die Orchideen, Solomon Islands, American Journal of Botany, Papua New Guinea, Series Arcuinervia Sect, Central America, Orchid Digest, Russian Fed, Judi Stone, Kew Spirit Collection, Orchid Rev, Orchidacearum Genera, South America, Genera Plantarum, Paul Parey, Phytochemistry Nothing, The Cypripedium, Both Atwood, Costa Rica, Criosanthes Raf, Genera Orchidacearum, Harvard University Press New!
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The classification of orchids has developed by accumulation of discoveries of new species and a steadily growing knowledge of the life history, morphology, and anatomy of the species in this large family of plants. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dysploid variation, developing proembryo, embryonal tubes, concave synsepal, congruent morphological, staminode terminal, dysploid series, hooded over lip, outer integument cells, sheathing sterile bracts, orchid systematics, plant chromosome numbers, orchid classification, dysploid reduction, orchid phylogeny, embryological developmental patterns, most frequent record, vandoid orchids, nombre fondamental, orchid embryos, orchid taxonomy, rachis terete, suspensor cells, deeply pouched, ovary unilocular Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Hiroshima Bot, North America, Die Orchideen, Solomon Islands, American Journal of Botany, Papua New Guinea, Series Arcuinervia Sect, Central America, Orchid Digest, Russian Fed, Judi Stone, Kew Spirit Collection, Orchid Rev, Orchidacearum Genera, South America, Genera Plantarum, Paul Parey, Phytochemistry Nothing, The Cypripedium, Both Atwood, Costa Rica, Criosanthes Raf, Genera Orchidacearum, Harvard University Press New!
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- The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants by John Lindley on page 4, page 148, and page 153
- Flora of Ecuador on page 153, and Back Matter
- The Orchids: Natural History and Classification by Robert Dressler on page 11
- The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace on page 156
- Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family by Robert L. Dressler on page 11
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