The fossil flora of Great Britain: or, figures and descriptions of the vegetable remains found in fossil state in this country Volume 2

Employed early on in his career by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist John Lindley went on to conduct important research on the orchid family & also recommended that Kew Gardens should become a national botanical institution. This pioneering three-volume work of palaeobotany, first published between...

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Main Author: Lindley, John 1799-1865
Other Authors: Hutton, William 1797-1860
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2015
Series:Cambridge library collection. Earth sciences
Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107110854
Summary:Employed early on in his career by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist John Lindley went on to conduct important research on the orchid family & also recommended that Kew Gardens should become a national botanical institution. This pioneering three-volume work of palaeobotany, first published between 1831 & 1837, catalogues almost 300 species of fossil plants from the Pleistocene to the Carboniferous period. The geologist & palaeontologist William Hutton, with whom Lindley collaborated, was responsible for collecting the fossil speciments from which the 230 plates were drawn. The first serious attempt at organising & interpreting the evidence of Britain's primeval plant life, this resource is notable also for its prefatory discussion of topics such as coal seams & prehistoric climate. Volume 2 opens with a preface on coal, followed by descriptions of some of the fossil plants found therein.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 207 Seiten) Illustrationen
Audience:Specialized.
ISBN:9781107110854