Book ID: 97503
Rzedowski, Jerzy, Graciela Calderon de Rzedowski and Armando Butanta
Los principales colectores de plants activos en Mexico entre 1700 y 1930. Publ. 2009. illus. 133 p. 4to. Hardcover. - In Spanish.
Introductory text on the role of dried plant specimens for nomeclature,taxonomic revisions, comparative studies, etc., followed by historyof botanical exploration of Mexico. Most of the book is the alphabeticaltreatment of the collectors, apprximately a third of whom are shownwith a b&w portrait. Each entry includes basic biographical data,botanical interest, travels of exploration, herbaria where specimens arepreserved, and references to other works for further information. Threesmall maps depict travels of botanists. Extensive bibliography.