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" Plants : "
Michael Allaby ; illustrations by Richard Garratt
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BL
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| Record Number
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586610
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b415829
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| Main Entry
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Allaby, Michael
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| Title & Author
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Plants : : food, medicine, and the green earth /\ Michael Allaby ; illustrations by Richard Garratt
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Facts on File,, c2010
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| Series Statement
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Discovering the Earth
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xiii, 226 p. :: ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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9780816061020
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: 0816061025
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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The father of botany -- Herbals and physic gardens -- Botanical gardens and herbaria -- Naming plants -- The plant hunters -- Geography of plants -- Plant cultivation -- Evolution of plants -- Plant physiology -- Ecology of plants -- Biodiversity and plant conservation
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| Subject
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Plants-- History
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Botany-- History
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| Dewey Classification
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580
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QK45.2.A45 2010
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| Added Entry
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Facts on File, Inc
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