Land of Plants in Motion: Japanese Botany and the World

by Thomas R H Havens and Thomas R.H. Havens

Book Overview

Land of Plants in Motion is the first in any language to examine two companion stories: (1) the rise of an East Asian floristic zone and how the Japanese islands evolved an astonishing wealth of plant species, and (2) the growth of Japanese botanical sciences. The majority of plant species regarded as "Japanese" trace their origins to western China and the eastern Himalaya but are so indigenized that they often seem native today. Early modern scientists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824889738
• ISBN13: 9780824889739
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"