Title Rumphius' orchids : orchid texts from the Ambonese herbal / Georgius Everhardus Rumphius ; translated, edited, annotated, and with an introduction by E.M. Beekman

Published New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (li, 172 pages) : illustrations Contents Contents -- List of Original Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- About This Translation -- Rumphius� Orchids -- One. The Inscribed Angrek -- Two. The White, Double Angrek -- Three. The Red Angrek -- Four. The Fifth Angrek -- Five. The Yellow Angrek -- Six. The Remaining Yellow Angreks -- Seven. The Dog Angrek -- The Fifty Seventh Chapter of the Auctuarium -- Eight. The Purple Angrek -- Nine. The Beseeching Plant -- Ten. The First Ground Angrek -- Eleven. The Second Ground Angrek -- Twelve. The Wrapper -- Thirteen. The Triple Flower Fourteen. The Large Ambonese OrchisFifteen. The Small Ambonese Orchis -- The Susanna Flower -- The Petola Leaf -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary A 17th century Dutch naturalist, Rumphius was the first person to describe tropical orchids in a Western language. The original seven volume work, the 'Ambonese Herbal', describes 36 species found on the island of Ambon, plus another 12 uncertified species Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-164) and index Notes Print version record Subject Rumpf, Georg Eberhard, 1627-1702 SUBJECT Rumpf, Georg Eberhard, 1627-1702 fast Subject Orchids -- Indonesia -- Ambon Island Botany -- Pre-Linnean works. NATURE -- Plants -- General. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany. Botany Orchids Indonesia -- Ambon Island Genre/Form Early works Form Electronic book Author Beekman, E. M., 1939-2008. ISBN 9780300129311 0300129319 9780300098143 0300098146

Other Titles Amboinsche kruid-boek. Selections. English

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