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Author : Carlos Ossenbach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783946583011
Total Pages : 723 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Orchids and Orchidology in the Antilles : An encyclopaedic history written by Carlos Ossenbach and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : IUCN/SSC Orchid Specialist Group
Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 9782831703251
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Orchids written by IUCN/SSC Orchid Specialist Group and published by IUCN. This book was released on 1996 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This action plan chronicles the threats faced by wild orchids, but more importantly to critical habitats that host extraordinarily high orchid diversity and endemicity. It explores and recommends specific ways that national and local government, legislators, scientists and orchid conservationists as well as growers can all help to reverse present trends. The facts and viewpoints presented in this comprehensive document update and supplement the information available to conservation organizations and agencies through the world so that they can lobby their appropriate government offices more effectively.
Author : Eng Soon Teoh
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 303018255X
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Orchids as Aphrodisiac, Medicine or Food written by Eng Soon Teoh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-17 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that Vanilla was formerly served as aphrodisiac by Cassanova and Madam Pompadour, and Elizabeth I loved its flavor? This is the first book that provides a complete worldwide coverage of orchids being employed as aphrodisiacs, medicine or charms and food. Opening with an in-depth historical account of orchids (orchis Greek testicle), the author describes how the Theory of Signatures influenced ancient herbalists to regard terrestrial orchid tubers as aphrodisiacs. Doctors and apothecaries promoted it during the Renaissance. Usage of orchids in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Indian Ayurvedic Medicine; by Tibetan yogins and Amchi healers for longevity pills, tonics and aphrodisiacs; by Africans to prepare 'health promoting' chikanda or as survival food when lost in the Australian bush are some highlights of the book. Early settlers in America and the East Indies often relied on native remedies and employment of orchids for such needs is described. Also covered are the search for medicinal compounds by scientists, attempts to prove the orchid's efficacy by experiment and the worry of conservationists.
Author : Arthur O. Tucker
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303046959X
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Flora of the Codex Cruz-Badianus written by Arthur O. Tucker and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1929, Charles Upson Clark (1875-1960), a history Professor at Columbia University carrying out bibliographic research on the early history of the Americas in the Vatican Library, came across a remarkable illustrated Latin manuscript entitled Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis (Little Book of Indian Medicinal Herbs) completed in 1552. The manuscript now known as the Codex Cruz-Badianus (CCB) contained 185 illustrations (phytomorphs) of plants with text that described their medicinal uses. This manuscript spread new light on botanical and medicinal knowledge of the indigenous peoples of Mexico known today as the Nahuas or Aztecs. It was to have major repercussions on our knowledge of Aztec culture and the history of New Spain in the 16th century. CCB was produced at the Colegio of Imperial de Santa Cruz at Tlatelolco established in 1536 to train sons of the Aztec nobility for the clergy. The authors were two indigenous faculty members, Martin (Martinus in Latin) de la Cruz and Juan Badiano (Juannes Badianus in Latin) whose Spanish names were conferred upon their baptism. Martin de la Cruz was the Colegio’s indigenous doctor who gave instruction in medicine and Juan Badiano, a Latin teacher and former student translated the book into Latin. The herbal dedicated to the Viceroy Francisco de Mendoza was sent to Spain as a gift to King Carlos I soon after its completion in 1552. The original ended up in the Vatican Library until 1990 when John Paul II returned it to Mexico. In 1931, the Mayanist scholar, William Gates, and the biologist Emily Walcott Emmart became aware of the manuscript and independently translated it to English. In 2009, Martin Clayton, Luigi Guerrini, and Alejandro de Avila identified plants of the CCB based on Emmart’s book and a 17th century copy found in the Windsor library. Of the 185 phytomophs, Gates identified 85 on the generic level, Emmart 9, and Clayton et al. 126. However most of these identifications disagree. In the present work, 183 of 185 phytomorphs are systematically re-evaluated and identified on the generic, as well as specific level, along with their botanical descriptions, previous identifications, putative identification, distribution, names, and uses.
Author : Lara Pauline Karpenko
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 047213017X
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)
Download or read book Strange Science written by Lara Pauline Karpenko and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at scientific inquiry during the Victorian period and the shifting boundary between mainstream and unorthodox sciences of the time
Author : Steven D. Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198732694
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Floral Mimicry written by Steven D. Johnson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thie is the first definitive book on floral mimicry, providing a wider treatise on floral adaptation and plant evolution.
Author : William Thomas Stearn
Publisher : David & Charles Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780715316436
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book Botanical Latin written by William Thomas Stearn and published by David & Charles Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference work explains the grammar and syntax of botanical Latin, and covers the roots and origins of Latin and latinised geographical names, colour terms, symbols and abbreviations, diagnoses and descriptions, and the formation of names and epithets.
Author : Joseph Arditti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977810246
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Fundamentals of Orchid Biology written by Joseph Arditti and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : F. C. Lehmann
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781017206128
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (61 download)
Download or read book The Genus Masdevallia written by F. C. Lehmann and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Agnes Robertson Arber
Publisher : Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution written by Agnes Robertson Arber and published by Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press. This book was released on 1912 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Merle A. Reinikka
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 9781604690477
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)
Download or read book A History of the Orchid written by Merle A. Reinikka and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2008-11-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging account of humanity's growing fascination with orchids from ancient times onward, together with a biographical gallery of 50 great scientists, naturalists, and explorers who contributed to our knowledge of orchids. The nomenclature and bibliography have been updated for this edition. This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white.
Author : Robert L. Dressler
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801481390
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (813 download)
Download or read book Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica and Panama written by Robert L. Dressler and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a friendly and accessible style, this guide contains keys to all the orchid genera in the region and most of the orchid species. Includes a discussion of orchid structure and ecology, plus 240 stunning color photos and over 200 line drawings.
Author : Eduardo Quisumbing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Medicinal Plants of the Philippines written by Eduardo Quisumbing and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080561640
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Advances in Botanical Research written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1983-10-31 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Botanical Research
Author : Phillip Cribb
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Genus Paphiopedilum written by Phillip Cribb and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Bateman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780384035300
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (353 download)
Download or read book The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala written by James Bateman and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pedanius Dioscorides
Publisher : Ibidis Press
ISBN 13 : 9780620234351
Total Pages : 939 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (343 download)
Download or read book De Materia Medica written by Pedanius Dioscorides and published by Ibidis Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 939 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
