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The Botany Of Iceland
''The Botany of Iceland'' is a five-volume classic scientific work on flora and vegetation of Iceland. It includes fungi, lichen, algae, bryophytes, and vascular plants. History It was published 1912 to 1949 and funded by the Carlsberg Foundation. The project was initiated by Eugenius Warming and Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge, who edited the first three volumes, but it was continued after their deaths. Volumes * Volume 1 (1912–18), edited by Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge and Eugenius Warming, J. Frimodt, Copenhagen, and John Wheldon and Co., London. ** Part I *** 1. Helgi Jónsson (1912) The marine algal vegetation of Iceland'. pp. 1–186. *** 2. Þorvaldur Thoroddsen (1914) An account of the physical geography of Iceland'. pp. 187–344. ** Part II *** 3. Ernst Østrup (1916) Marine diatoms from the coasts of Iceland'. pp. 345–394. *** 4. August Hesselbo (1918) The bryophyta of Iceland'. pp. 395–677. * Volume 2 (1918–20), edited by Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge and Eugenius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately.Thurmann, J. (1849). ''Essai de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
