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 |
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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
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SUBJECT |
Rumpf, Georg Eberhard, 1627-1702 fast |
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Orchids -- Indonesia -- Ambon Island
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Botany -- Pre-Linnean works.
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NATURE -- Plants -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
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Botany
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Orchids
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Indonesia -- Ambon Island
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Genre/Form |
Early works
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Beekman, E. M., 1939-2008.
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ISBN |
9780300129311 |
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0300129319 |
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9780300098143 |
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0300098146 |
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