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A Synopsis of the British Flora John Lindley

A Synopsis of the British Flora By John Lindley

A Synopsis of the British Flora by John Lindley


Summary

John Lindley's 1829 classification of British plants, using the 'natural' system of the French botanist Jussieu, describes genera and species in English, using a uniform, standard vocabulary, and also offers tables showing the components of each genus, and indexes giving both Latin and English common names of the plants discussed.

A Synopsis of the British Flora Summary

A Synopsis of the British Flora: Arranged According to the Natural Orders by John Lindley

The botanist and horticulturalist John Lindley (1799-1865) worked for Sir Joseph Banks, and was later instrumental in saving the Royal Horticultural Society from financial disaster. He was a prolific author of works for gardening practitioners but also for a non-specialist readership, and many of his books have been reissued in this series. This 1829 work is a classification of British plants using the 'natural' system of the French botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, which Lindley firmly supported, believing that the Linnaean system was both inaccurate and had 'almost disappeared from every country but our own'. Lindley describes genera and species in English, but using a uniform, standard vocabulary, and gives the alternative Latin names proposed by taxonomists including Smith, Curtis, Linnaeus, and the Hortus Kewensis. He also offers tables showing the components of each genus, and substantial indexes giving both Latin and English common names of the plants discussed.

Table of Contents

Preface; Class Vasculares; Class Cellulares; Appendix; Index of the orders, genera, and species; Index of the English names.

Additional information

NLS9781108076715
9781108076715
1108076718
A Synopsis of the British Flora: Arranged According to the Natural Orders by John Lindley
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Cambridge University Press
2015-03-05
376
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