Genera Orchidacearum: Volume 1
Subtitle: General Introduction, Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae (Genera Orchidacearum)
Contributors: Alec M. Pridgeon (Editor); Phillip J. Cribb (Editor); Mark W. Chase (Editor); Finn Rasmussen (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 22, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780198505136
First sentence: The classification of orchids has developed by accumulation of discoveries of new species and a steadily growing knowledge of the life history, morphology, and anatomy of the species in this large family of plants.