Botany Illustrated
Autor Janice Glimn-Lacy, Peter B Kaufmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 mar 2006
Subliniem apariția celei de-a doua ediții a volumului Botany Illustrated, o resursă esențială care rafinează prezentarea vizuală a conceptelor fundamentale de biologie vegetală. Această actualizare aduce o structură mai riguroasă asupra componentelor subcelulare, incluzând capitole noi sau revizuite despre organitele celulare, pigmenți și mișcarea apei la nivel celular, elemente critice pentru înțelegerea fiziologiei moderne. Notăm cu interes modul în care autorii reușesc să echilibreze rigoarea academică cu un format accesibil, transformând fiecare planșă într-o unitate de învățare de sine stătătoare. Organizarea cărții urmează o progresie logică, de la micro la macro. Primele secțiuni introduc cititorul în citologie și histologie, detaliind sistemele de țesuturi și epiderma. Ulterior, analiza se extinde către morfologie, explorând tipurile de rădăcini, modificările tulpinii și transportul hranei. Partea finală a lucrării este dedicată biologiei reproductive, oferind o perspectivă exhaustivă asupra structurii florale, meiozei și dezvoltării embrionare, finalizându-se cu clasificarea fructelor și structura semințelor. Această abordare sistematică permite o parcurgere cursivă a materiei, facilitând corelarea structurii cu funcția. Considerăm Botany Illustrated o alternativă viabilă la Anatomy of Flowering Plants pentru cursurile de botanică generală, având avantajul unei abordări vizuale mai accentuate, care sprijină memorarea activă prin diagrame explicate. Față de alte texte introductive, acest volum se distinge prin claritatea cu care ilustrează procesele dinamice, precum polenizarea realizată de insecte, vânt sau păsări, oferind un suport didactic superior pentru nivelul de licență.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780387288703
ISBN-10: 0387288708
Pagini: 278
Ilustrații: XIV, 278 p. 130 illus.
Dimensiuni: 212 x 283 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Ediția:2nd edition
Editura: Springer Us
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States
ISBN-10: 0387288708
Pagini: 278
Ilustrații: XIV, 278 p. 130 illus.
Dimensiuni: 212 x 283 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Ediția:2nd edition
Editura: Springer Us
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States
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Public țintă
Lower undergraduateDe ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte studenților la biologie și agronomie care au nevoie de o metodă vizuală de fixare a cunoștințelor. Botany Illustrated transformă terminologia complexă în diagrame clare, acoperind totul de la structura celulară la dezvoltarea fructelor. Este un instrument de lucru care facilitează înțelegerea rapidă a anatomiei vegetale, fiind ideal pentru pregătirea examenelor de laborator și a cursurilor de morfologie vegetală.
Despre autor
Janice Glimn-Lacy este un ilustrator botanic recunoscut, specializat în traducerea conceptelor științifice în imagini didactice precise. Peter B Kaufman a fost un profesor emerit de biologie la Universitatea din Michigan, cu o carieră dedicată fiziologiei plantelor și biotehnologiei. Colaborarea dintre cei doi combină expertiza în cercetare cu rigoarea reprezentării grafice, rezultatul fiind un manual de referință în literatura de specialitate publicat de Springer Us.
Cuprins
to Plants.- Names and Terms.- Cell Structure.- Cell Organelles.- Cell Pigments.- Cell—Water Movement.- Cell Chromosomes.- Cell—Mitosis.- Cell Types.- Tissue Systems of the Plant Body.- Tissue—Epidermis.- Tissue—Primary Vascular System.- Root Types and Modifications.- Root Tissues.- Stem Structure.- Stem Tissues.- Stem Modifications.- Stem—Water Transport.- Stem—Food Transport.- Stem—Apical Dominance.- Stem—Growth Movements.- Leaf Types and Arrangement.- Leaf Tissues.- Leaf Modifications.- Leaf—Photosynthesis.- Leaf—Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms.- Flower Initiation in Response to Daylength.- Flower Structure.- Flower Structure Variations.- Flower Development.- Flower—Meiosis.- Flower—Pollen Development.- Flower—Ovule Development.- Flower Pollination by Insects.- Flower Pollination by Insects (continued).- Flower Pollination by Wind.- Flower Pollination by Birds and Bats.- Flower—Fertilization and Embryo Development.- Fruit—Dry Types.- Fruit—Fleshy Types, Compound.- Seed Structure and Germination.- Major Groups.- Major Groups; Geologic Time Scale.- Fossils.- Fossils (continued).- Blue-greens.- Slime Molds.- Water Molds, Downy Mildews, White Rusts; Chytrids and Allies.- Fungi.- Molds, Mildews, Morels (Sac Fungi).- Rusts, Smuts, Jelly Fungi (Club Fungi).- Gill Fungi.- Gill and Pore Fungi.- Pore, Coral and Toothed Fungi.- Puffballs, Stinkhorns, Bird’s-nest Fungi.- Lichens.- Dinoflagellates.- Golden Algae, Yellow-green Algae, Diatoms.- Red Algae.- Green Algae.- Brown Algae.- Brown Algae (continued).- Brown Algae (continued).- Stoneworts.- Liverworts, Hornworts, Mosses.- Whisk Ferns.- Clubmosses, Spikemosses, Quillworts.- Horsetails.- Ferns.- Common Ferns.- Fern Leaf Development.- Water Ferns.- Cycads.- Ginkgo.- Conifers.- Gnetes.- FloweringPlant Classification.- Major Land Plant Communities.- Flowering Plant Families.- Magnolia Family (Magnoliaceae).- Laurel Family (Lauraceae).- Water Lily Family (Nymphaeaceae).- Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae).- Witch Hazel Family (Hamamelidaceae).- Elm Family (Ulmaceae).- Beech Family (Fagaceae).- Birch Family (Betulaceae).- Cactus Family (Cactaceae).- Cactus Family (continued).- Pink Family (Caryophyllaceae).- Goosefoot Family (Chenopodiaceae).- Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae).- Mallow Family (Malvaceae).- Pitcher-plant Family (Sarraceniaceae).- Violet Family (Violaceae).- Begonia Family (Begoniaceae).- Gourd Family (Cucurbitaceae).- Willow Family (Salicaceae).- Mustard Family (Brassicaceae).- Heath Family (Ericaceae).- Saxifrage Family (Saxifragaceae).- Rose Family (Rosaceae).- Pea Family (Fabaceae).- Dogwood Family (Cornaceae).- Staff-tree Family (Celastraceae).- Spurge Family (Euphorbiaceae).- Grape Family (Vitaceae).- Maple Family (Aceraceae).- Cashew Family (Anacardiaceae).- Rue Family (Rutaceae).- Geranium Family (Geraniaceae).- Carrot Family (Apiaceae).- Milkweed Family (Asclepiadaceae).- Nightshade Family (Solanaceae).- Morning Glory Family (Convolvulaceae).- Mint Family (Lamiaceae).- Olive Family (Oleaceae).- Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae).- Gesneria Family (Gesneriaceae).- Honeysuckle Family (Caprifoliaceae).- Teasel Family (Dipsacaceae).- Aster Family (Asteraceae).- Water-plantain Family (Alismataceae).- Spiderwort Family (Commelinaceae).- Sedge Family (Cyperaceae).- Grass Family (Poaceae).- Arrowroot Family (Marantaceae).- Palm Family (Arecaceae).- Palm Family (continued).- Arum Family (Araceae).- Lily Family (Liliaceae).- Iris Family (Iridaceae).- Orchid Family (Orchidaceae).
Notă biografică
Janice Glimn-Lacy, B.S. Botany, is a graduate of the University of Michigan. Since 1976 she has been a free-lance botanical illustrator and is Instructor of Botanical drawing and illustration for The University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens Adult Education Program. She is a member of the Michigan Botanical Club and the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. She has illustrated Practical Botany (published by Reston), Michigan Trees (The University of Michigan Press), several Ph.D. theses, and many botanical journal articles.
Peter B. Kaufman, Ph.D., is a Professor of Biology Emeritus in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) at the University of Michigan and is currently Senior Scientist, University of Michigan Integrative Medicine Program (MIM). He received his B.Sc. in Plant Science from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. in 1949 and his Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of California, Davis in 1954 under the direction of Professor Katherine Esau. He did post-doctoral research as a Muellhaupt Fellow at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He has been a Visiting Research Scholar at University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; University opf Saskatoon, Saskatoon, Canada; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana; USDA Plant Hormone Laboratory, BARC-West, Beltsville, Maryland; Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; Lund University, Lund, Sweden; International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) at Los Banos, Philippines; and Hawaiian Sugar Cane Planters’ Association, Aiea Heights, Hawaii. Dr. Kaufman is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology (ASGSB) in 1995. He served on the Editorial Board of Plant Physiology for ten years and is the author of more than 220 research papers. He has published eight professional books to date and taughtpopular courses on Plants, People, and the Environment, Plant Biotechnology, and Practical Botany at the University of Michigan. He has received research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) BARD Program with Israel, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Xylomed Research, Inc, and Pfiser Pharmaceutical Research. He produced with help of Alfred Slote and Marcia Jablonski a 20-part TV series entitled, “House Botanist.†He was past chairman of the Michigan Natural Areas Council (MNAC), past president of the Michigan Botanical Club (MBC), and former Secretary-Treasurer of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology (ASGSB). He is currently doing research on natural products of medicinal value in plants in the University of Michigan Medical School in the laboratory of Stephen F. Bolling, M.D. and serves on the research staff of MIM.
Peter B. Kaufman, Ph.D., is a Professor of Biology Emeritus in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) at the University of Michigan and is currently Senior Scientist, University of Michigan Integrative Medicine Program (MIM). He received his B.Sc. in Plant Science from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. in 1949 and his Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of California, Davis in 1954 under the direction of Professor Katherine Esau. He did post-doctoral research as a Muellhaupt Fellow at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He has been a Visiting Research Scholar at University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; University opf Saskatoon, Saskatoon, Canada; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana; USDA Plant Hormone Laboratory, BARC-West, Beltsville, Maryland; Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; Lund University, Lund, Sweden; International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) at Los Banos, Philippines; and Hawaiian Sugar Cane Planters’ Association, Aiea Heights, Hawaii. Dr. Kaufman is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology (ASGSB) in 1995. He served on the Editorial Board of Plant Physiology for ten years and is the author of more than 220 research papers. He has published eight professional books to date and taughtpopular courses on Plants, People, and the Environment, Plant Biotechnology, and Practical Botany at the University of Michigan. He has received research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) BARD Program with Israel, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Xylomed Research, Inc, and Pfiser Pharmaceutical Research. He produced with help of Alfred Slote and Marcia Jablonski a 20-part TV series entitled, “House Botanist.†He was past chairman of the Michigan Natural Areas Council (MNAC), past president of the Michigan Botanical Club (MBC), and former Secretary-Treasurer of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology (ASGSB). He is currently doing research on natural products of medicinal value in plants in the University of Michigan Medical School in the laboratory of Stephen F. Bolling, M.D. and serves on the research staff of MIM.
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Botany Illustrated, Second Edition
This easy-to-use book helps you acquire a wealth of fascinating information about plants. There are 130 pages with text, each facing 130 pages of beautiful illustrations. Each page is a separate subject. Included is a coloring guide for the realistic illustrations. The illustration pages are composed of scientifically accurate line drawings with the true sizes of the plants indicated. Using colored pencils and the authors’ instructions, you can color the various plant structures to stand out in vivid clarity. Your knowledge of plants increases rapidly as you color the illustrations.
There is a balanced selection of subjects that deal with all kinds of plants. However, the emphasis is on flowering plants, which dominate the earth. Drawings show common houseplants, vegetables, fruits, and landscape plants. They also show common weeds, wild flowers, desert plants, water plants, and crop plants.
Botany Illustrated has three sections. An Introduction to Plants gives you facts on everything from cells to seeds. The Major Groups section is from fungi to algae, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants. In Flowering Plant Families are magnolias to asters, and water-plantains to orchids, with the families of major interest included. You will find plants used for food, ornamentals, lumber, medicines, herbs, dyes, and fertilizers, whether wild or poisonous, or of special importance to our Earth’s ecosystem.
Topics that will be of interest to you include:
This easy-to-use book helps you acquire a wealth of fascinating information about plants. There are 130 pages with text, each facing 130 pages of beautiful illustrations. Each page is a separate subject. Included is a coloring guide for the realistic illustrations. The illustration pages are composed of scientifically accurate line drawings with the true sizes of the plants indicated. Using colored pencils and the authors’ instructions, you can color the various plant structures to stand out in vivid clarity. Your knowledge of plants increases rapidly as you color the illustrations.
There is a balanced selection of subjects that deal with all kinds of plants. However, the emphasis is on flowering plants, which dominate the earth. Drawings show common houseplants, vegetables, fruits, and landscape plants. They also show common weeds, wild flowers, desert plants, water plants, and crop plants.
Botany Illustrated has three sections. An Introduction to Plants gives you facts on everything from cells to seeds. The Major Groups section is from fungi to algae, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants. In Flowering Plant Families are magnolias to asters, and water-plantains to orchids, with the families of major interest included. You will find plants used for food, ornamentals, lumber, medicines, herbs, dyes, and fertilizers, whether wild or poisonous, or of special importance to our Earth’s ecosystem.
Topics that will be of interest to you include:
- Why leaves ‘turn’ color in autumn
- How certain plants devour insects
- How a flower develops into a fruit with seeds
- Why some plants only flower at certain times of the year
- How water, nutrients, and sugars move within a plant, including tall trees
- How flowers arepollinated
- The ‘inside’ story of how plants manufacture their own food
- How plants are named and classified
- How vines ‘climb’
- Why ‘pinching’ makes plants ‘bushy’
- How plants reproduce sexually
- Why shoots grow towards light
- How specific leaf colors can indicate specific mineral deficiencies
Caracteristici
Provides more visual learners an effective way to study the basics of botany in a fun way Realistic Drawings: Illustrations are drawn from live specimens and to the correct scale found in nature. The competition’s illustrations are not as accurate and are often very incorrectly scaled compared to one another. This is quite important to an instructor trying to teach accurate principles of plants and their structure as well as in identification Examples: There are more examples than the competition allowing instructors flexibility in the specimens they choose to cover Flowering Plant Coverage: More coverage of flowering plants to provide the right specimens for those teaching ornamental horticulture courses Clean Design. Botany Illustrated is designed in such a way that the students can clearly see the connections between the background biology and the illustrations they are coloring by having the two on facing pages Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Descriere
Contains 130 pages with text, each facing 130 pages of illustrations. Each page is a separate subject. This guide emphasises on flowering plants, which dominate the earth. It discusses: why leaves "turn" color in autumn; how certain plants devour insects; how a flower develops into a fruit with seeds; how flowers are pollinated; and more.