A handbook of systematic botany

A handbook of systematic botany

The present translation of Dr. E. Warmings Haandbog i den Systematiske Botanik is taken from the text of the 3rd Danish Edition (1892), and from Dr. Knoblauchs German Edition (1890), and the book has been further enriched by numerous additional notes which have been kindly sent to me by the author. Dr. Warmings work has long been recognised as an original and important contribution to Systematic Botanical Literature, and I have only to regret that the pressure of other scientific duties has delayed its presentation to English readers. Dr. Warming desires me to record his high appreciation of the careful translation of Dr. Knoblauch, and his obligation to him for a number of corrections and improvements of which he has made use in the 3rd Danish Edition. In a few instances I have made slight additions to the text; these, however, appear as footnotes, or are enclosed in square brackets. In the present Edition the Thallophytes have been revised and rearranged from notes supplied to me by Dr. Knoblauch, to whom I am indebted for the Classification of the Fungi, according to the more recent investigations of Brefeld. The Bacteria have been revised by Dr. Migula, the Floride rearranged after Schmitz, and the Taphrinace after Sadebeck. The main body of the text of the Alg and Fungi remains as it was originally written by Dr. Wille and Dr. Rostrup in the Danish Edition, though in many places considerable alterations and additions have been made. For the sake of comparison a tabular key to the Classification adopted in the Danish Edition is given in the Appendix. In the Angiosperms I have retained the sequence of orders in the Danish original, and have not rearranged them according to[vi] the systems more familiar to English students. In any rearrangement much of the significance of Dr. Warmings valuable and original observations would have been lost, and also from a teachers point of view I have found this system of great value. Although at present it may not be completely satisfactory, yet as an attempt to explain the mutual relationships, development and retrogression of many of the orders, it may be considered to have a distinct advantage over the more artificial systems founded upon Jussieus Divisions of Polypetal, Gamopetal, and Apetal. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 68580
Author: Warming, Eugenius
Release Date: Jul 21, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Swan Sonnenschein
Publication Date: 1895
Publisher Country: United Kingdom

Contributors

Translator: Potter, Michael Cresse, 1858-