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An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany John Lindley

An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany By John Lindley

An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany by John Lindley


Summary

In this 1830 work, important in the history of taxonomy, John Lindley (1799-1865) gives a 'systematic view of the organisation, natural affinities, and geographical distribution of the whole vegetable kingdom', as well as of the uses of plants 'in medicine, the arts, and rural or domestic economy'.

An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany Summary

An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany: Or, a Systematic View of the Organisation, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution, of the Whole Vegetable Kingdom by John Lindley

Employed early in his career by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist John Lindley (1799-1865) is best known for his recommendation that Kew Gardens should become a national botanical institution, and for saving the Royal Horticultural Society from financial disaster. As an author, he is best remembered for his works on taxonomy and classification. A partisan of the 'natural' system of Jussieu rather than the Linnaean, Lindley writes, in his preface to this 1830 work, that it was originally created for his own use, to avoid having recourse to 'rare, costly and expensive publications' available only in the libraries of the wealthy. His intention is to give a 'systematic view of the organisation, natural affinities, and geographical distribution of the whole vegetable kingdom', as well as of the uses of plants 'in medicine, the arts, and rural or domestic economy'. The work is important in the history of taxonomy.

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; The classes and orders; Index.

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NLS9781108076654
9781108076654
1108076653
An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany: Or, a Systematic View of the Organisation, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution, of the Whole Vegetable Kingdom by John Lindley
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Cambridge University Press
2015-03-05
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