Recipient of the 1994 Henry Allan Gleason Award of the New York Botanical Garden, this important book delimits several major natural groups within the orchids, suggesting areas that need further research by botanists.Published at $49.95 Our last copies available at $24.98
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'One may agree or disagree with the classification put forward in Dressler's new book, but everyone interested in orchids must have it.' Trends in Ecology and Evolution
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The author feels that much more study and analysis is needed before a fully natural classification of the orchid family can be achieved, but this book provides a reference point in the ongoing discussions. It begins with discussion of structure and other evidence of relationship before proceeding to more specific coverage. Includes drawings and color photos. Printed in Hong Kong on acidic paper. Dioscorides Press is an imprint of Timber Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Perhaps the finest summary of what is known about orchids.,
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This review is from: Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family (Hardcover)
Robert Dressler combines an encyclopedic knowledge of the taxonomy, genetic makeup, and geographic distribution of orchids with a completely understandable prose devoid of scientific jargon. If one desires to find out about the orchid family as it exists on Earth this is probably the best simgle source available.
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When I agreed to publish The Orchids: Natural History and Classification (1981), I found myself with a dilemma and only limited time for a resolution. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
many spiral flowers, cymbidioid phylad, hard pollinia, epidendroid phylad, crustose seed coat, tegular stipe, superposed pollinia, soft pollinia, major orchid groups, median stigma lobe, terminal viscidium, pollinia mealy, prominent staminodia, recognizable subsidiary cells, distinct viscidium, velamen type, dendrobioid subclade, incumbent anther, anther beak, epidendroid groups, primitive epidendroids, prominent caudicles, prominent viscidium, sectile pollinia, naked pollinia Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old World, Velamen of the Cymbidium, Papua New Guinea, New World, North America, Mark Chase, United States, New Caledonia, Velamen of the Epidendrum, Velamen of the Vanda New!
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When I agreed to publish The Orchids: Natural History and Classification (1981), I found myself with a dilemma and only limited time for a resolution. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
many spiral flowers, cymbidioid phylad, hard pollinia, epidendroid phylad, crustose seed coat, tegular stipe, superposed pollinia, soft pollinia, major orchid groups, median stigma lobe, terminal viscidium, pollinia mealy, prominent staminodia, recognizable subsidiary cells, distinct viscidium, velamen type, dendrobioid subclade, incumbent anther, anther beak, epidendroid groups, primitive epidendroids, prominent caudicles, prominent viscidium, sectile pollinia, naked pollinia Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old World, Velamen of the Cymbidium, Papua New Guinea, New World, North America, Mark Chase, United States, New Caledonia, Velamen of the Epidendrum, Velamen of the Vanda New!
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- Orchid Biology (Orchid Biology Series) (Volume 6) by Joseph Arditti on 6 pages
- The Concept of Nature (Great Books in Philosophy) by Alfred North Whitehead in Back Matter
- Genus Pleione by Phillip Cribb in Back Matter
- The Orchids: Natural History and Classification by Robert Dressler in Back Matter
- Systematics of Masdevallia (Monographs in Systemic Botany, Msb-16) by Carlyle A. Luer in Back Matter
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- Wild Orchids Across North America: A Botanical Travelogue by Phillip E. Keenan on page 184, and Back Matter
- Angraecoid Orchids: Species from the African Region by Joyce Stewart in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- An Atlas of Orchid Pollination: European Orchids by Nelis A. Van Der Cingel on page 32, and Back Matter
- Understanding Orchids: An Uncomplicated Guide to Growing the World's Most Exotic Plants by William Cullina in Back Matter
- Chirality in Natural and Applied Science by W.J. Lough on page 301
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