{"product_id":"flora-australiensis-a-description-of-the-plants-of-the-australian-territory-paperback-9781108037402","title":"Flora Australiensis; A Description of the Plants of the Australian Territory (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108037402","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFlora Australiensis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Description of the Plants of the Australian Territory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA seven-volume compendium, published from 1863 to 1878, of Australian flora, compiled by one of Britain's most influential botanists.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge Bentham (Author), Ferdinand von Mueller (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108037402, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e718 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 4 cm, 0.9 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeorge Bentham (1800–84) was one of Britain's most influential botanists, whose own collection of plant specimens numbered more than 100,000. Although he donated his herbarium to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1854, he continued to make significant contributions to the field, including this exhaustive, seven-volume work detailing the plant life of Australia, which was published from 1863 to 1878. It was part of a series of works commissioned by the British government to document the flora in its colonies. Using the extensive numbers of specimens at Kew - and with the help of Ferdinand Mueller (1825–96), a German botanist in Australia - Bentham was able to compile descriptions of more than 8,000 species of Australian plants, making these volumes the first completed compendium of the flora of any large continental area. Volume 3, published in 1866, describes 14 orders of dicotyledon flora in the subclasses polypetalae and monopetalae.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eConspectus of the orders\u003cbr\u003e Order XLVIII. Myrtaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order XLIX. Melastomaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order L. Lythrarieae\u003cbr\u003e Order LI. Onagrarieae\u003cbr\u003e Order LII. Samydaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order LIII. Passifloreae\u003cbr\u003e Order LIV. Cucurbitaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order LV. Ficoideae\u003cbr\u003e Order LVI. Umbelliferae\u003cbr\u003e Order LVII. Araliaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order LVIII. Cornaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order LIX. Loranthaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order LX. Caprifoliaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order LXI. Rubiaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order LXII. Compositae\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Botany%20\u0026amp;%20plant%20sciences%20%5BPST%5D%22\"\u003ePST\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266052772120,"sku":"9781108037402","price":51.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108037402i.jpg?v=1696743783","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/flora-australiensis-a-description-of-the-plants-of-the-australian-territory-paperback-9781108037402","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}