In the Herbarium: The Hidden World of Collecting and Preserving Plants

by Maura C. Flannery

How herbaria illuminate the past and future of plant science

"We should treasure herbaria, in biologist Maura Flannery's spirited retelling, not simply because of the stories they tell about plants, but because of the stories they tell about the individuals who assembled them."--Laurence A. Marschall, Natural History

Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly five centuries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300247915
• ISBN13: 9780300247916
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"