Catalogue des plantes indignes des Pyrnes et du Bas Langue... - 9781108037372

Catalogue des plantes indignes des Pyrnes et du Bas LanguedocAvec des notes et observations sur les espces nouvelles ou peu connues\nAuthor(s): George Bentham\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108037372, 978-1108037372\nSynopsis\nEnglish botanist George Bentham [tel] is most famous as the author of the popular Handbook of the British Flora [tel], which ran into many editions. A distinguished scientist, Bentham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1862, and served as President of the Linnean Society of London for thirteen years [tel]. Originally published in 1826, this catalogue of plants from the Pyrnes region of France is Bentham's second work. Inspired by French botanist de Candolle [tel] as well as by the analytical methods of his uncle, the famous philosopher Jeremy Bentham, this book is a systematic overview of the plants found between Figueras, in the north of Spain, and Bordeaux,.