Author: HarveyPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 504
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The Genera of South African Plants, Arranged According to the Natural System
Author: HarveyThe Genera of South African Plants. Arranged According to the Natural System
Author: William Henry Harvey (M.D., M.R.I.A.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 556
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The Genera of South African Plants
Author: William Henry HarveyPublisher:
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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The Genera of South African Plants: Arranged According to the Natural System
Author: William Henry HarveyPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780530914343
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.
Growing Wild
Author: Jasmin RindlisbacherPublisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 3906927059
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Mary Elizabeth Barber (18181899), born in Britain, arrived in the Cape Colony in 1820 where she spent the rest of her life as a rolling stone, as she lived in and near Grahamstown, the diamond and gold fields, Pietermaritzburg, Malvern near Durban and on various farms in the eastern part of the Cape Colony. She has been perceived as the most advanced woman of her time, yet her legacy has attracted relatively little attention. She was the first woman ornithologist in South Africa, one of the first who propagated Darwins theory of evolution, an early archaeologist, keen botanist and interested lepidopterist. In her scientific writing, she propagated a new gender order; positioned herself as a feminist avant la lettre without relying on difference models and at the same time made use of genuinely racist argumentation. This is the first publication of her edited scientific correspondence. The letters transcribed by Alan Cohen, who has written a number of biographical articles on Barber and her brothers are primarily addressed to the entomologist Roland Trimen, the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London. Today, the letters are housed at the Royal Entomological Society in St Albans. This book also includes a critical introduction by historian Tanja Hammel who has published a number of articles and is about to publish a monograph on Mary Elizabeth Barber.
Shaping Natural History and Settler Society
Author: Tanja HammelPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030226395
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
This book explores the life and work of Mary Elizabeth Barber, a British-born settler scientist who lived in the Cape during the nineteenth century. It provides a lens into a range of subjects within the history of knowledge and science, gender and social history, postcolonial, critical heritage and archival studies. The book examines the international importance of the life and works of a marginalized scientist, the instrumentalisation of science to settlers' political concerns and reveals the pivotal but largely silenced contribution of indigenous African experts. Including a variety of material, visual and textual sources, this study explores how these artefacts are archived and displayed in museums and critically analyses their content and silences. The book traces Barber’s legacy across three continents in collections and archives, offering insights into the politics of memory and history-making. At the same time, it forges a nuanced argument, incorporating study of the North and South, the history of science and social history, and the past and the present.
American Journal of Science
Author: The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 15, 1867
Author: Charles DarwinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052185931X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 757
Book Description
During 1867 Darwin intensified lines of research on human expression and sexual selection.
Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) in Southern Africa
Author: Gideon F. SmithPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128140089
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) in Southern Africa: Classification, Biology, and Cultivation provides a highly readable, illustrated account of the Kalanchoe species. The book includes an overview of the family Crassulaceae and genus Kalanchoe in global and subcontinental contexts that is followed by information on the taxonomic history of the genus. The characters and ecology of the species are also discussed, including their distribution ranges, where they occur, their habitat preferences, and where the species were formally recorded for the first time. For each indigenous and naturalized species, comprehensive taxonomic, descriptive and other information of interest is provided. This is the must-have resource for plant scientists, plant taxonomists, ethnobotanists, herbarium curators, ecologists, pharmacologists, invasions scientists, horticulturalists and landscape designers. - Includes currently accepted scientific names and synonyms, common names in English, morphology, cytology, chemistry, toxicology, biogeography, pollination biology, dispersal, cultivation, biocultural applications, and more - Contains a dichotomous identification key and descriptions, providing much needed tools for accurate species identification - Provides an extensive sets of illustrations for all species
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