Losing paradise?
Subtitle: endangered plants here and around the world
By: a project of the American Society of Botanical Artists ; introduction, Peter H. Raven ; editor, Carol Woodin
Contributors: American Society of Botanical Artists; Missouri Botanical Garden; New York Botanical Garden; Chicago Botanic Garden; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
Publisher: American Society of Botanical Artists
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780974415383
Subjects: Endangered plants; Exhibitions; Botanical illustration; Plants in art
Description: Plants enrich our lives, we must save them / Peter H. Raven -- Rare and ephemeral beauty: botanical art and the future of plants / Peter Crane -- America's at-risk plants and the Center for Plant Conservation / Kathryn L. Kennedy -- Assessing the conservation status of endangered plant species / Gary A. Krupnick -- The role of research botanical gardens in conserving endangered plants / James S. Miller -- Plants from the United States -- Plants from around the world.
Notes: Exhibition venues: Missouri Botanical Garden, New York Botanical Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, National Museum of Natural History.
Table of contents: title: Plants enrich our lives, we must save them / Peter H. Raven; title: Rare and ephemeral beauty : botanical art and the future of plants / Peter Crane; title: America's at-risk plants and the Center for Plant Conservation / Kathryn L. Kennedy; title: Assessing the conservation status of endangered plant species / Gary A. Krupnick; title: The role of research botanical gardens in conserving endangered plants / James S. Miller; title: Plants from the United States; title: Plants from around the world.