The art of plant evolution / W. John Kress and Shirley Sherwood.
Published / Created:
Richmond : Kew Pub., 2009.
Physical Description:
320 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
Table of contents only
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2009483595-t.html
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Book published on the occasion of exhibition at Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 2009.
Contents:
Art meets science -- Natural selection and the origins of species -- Plant evolutionary relationships and a natural classification -- How do we know about plant evolutionary relationships? Evidence from fossils; Evidence from DNA sequence data -- Co-evolution between plants and animals -- The current classification of major groups of plants -- The paintings. Taxonomic arrangement of the paintings -- Fungi and plants without seeds -- Gymnosperms -- Basal angiosperms -- Early diverging eudicots -- Core eudicots.
Subject Terms:
Botanical illustration -- Exhibitions. | Plants -- Evolution -- Exhibitions. | Botanical artists -- Biography. | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art -- Exhibitions.