{"product_id":"flora-australiensis-a-description-of-the-plants-of-the-australian-territory-paperback-9781108037440","title":"Flora Australiensis; A Description of the Plants of the Australian Territory (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108037440","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\"\u003e9781108037440, 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\"\u003e824 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 4.6 cm, 1.03 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 7, published in 1878, concludes with descriptions of flora in the classes of monocotyledon and cryptogamae.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eConcluding preface\u003cbr\u003e Conspectus of the orders\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXVI. Roxburghiaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXVII. Liliaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXVIII. Pontederaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXIX. Philydraceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXX. Xyrideae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXXI. Commelynaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXXII. Juncaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXXIII. Palmae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXXIV. Pandaneae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXXV. Aroideae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXXVI. Typhaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXXVII. Lemnaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXXVIII. Naiadeae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXXXIX. Alismaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXL. Eriocauleae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXLI. Centrolepideae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXLII. Restiaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXLIII. Cyperaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXLIV. Gramineae. Cryptogamae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXLV. Lycopodiaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXLVI. Marsileaceae\u003cbr\u003e Order CXLVII. Filices\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":46266052706584,"sku":"9781108037440","price":53.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108037440i.jpg?v=1696743815","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/flora-australiensis-a-description-of-the-plants-of-the-australian-territory-paperback-9781108037440","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}