{"product_id":"flora-australiensis-a-description-of-the-plants-of-the-australian-territory-paperback-9781108037426","title":"Flora Australiensis; A Description of the Plants of the Australian Territory (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108037426","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\"\u003e9781108037426, 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\"\u003e612 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.5 cm, 0.77 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 5, published in 1870, gives the details of 14 orders of monopetalae and monochlamydeae dicotyledon flora.\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 XC. Myoporineae\u003cbr\u003e Order XCI. Selagineae\u003cbr\u003e Order XCII. Verbenaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order XCIII. Labiatae\u003cbr\u003e Order XCIV. Plantagineae\u003cbr\u003e Order XCV. Phytolaccaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order XCVI. Chenopodiaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order XCVII. Amarantaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order XCVIII. Paronychiaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order XCIX. Polygonaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order C. Nyctagineae\u003cbr\u003e Order CI. Myristiceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CII. Monimiaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CIII. Laurineae\u003cbr\u003e Order CIV. Proteaceae\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":46266052411672,"sku":"9781108037426","price":46.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108037426i.jpg?v=1696743750","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/flora-australiensis-a-description-of-the-plants-of-the-australian-territory-paperback-9781108037426","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}