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De causis plantarum : in three volumes / Theophrastus ; with an English translation by Benedict Einarson and George K. K. Link.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Theophrastus.
- Series:
- Loeb classical library ; 471, etc.
- The Loeb classical library ; 471, 474-475
- Standardized Title:
- De causis plantarum. English & Greek
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Subjects (All):
- Botany--Pre-Linnean works.
- Botany.
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes ; 17 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Heinemann ; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1976-1990.
- Summary:
- Theophrastus was a student, collaborator, and successor of Aristotle; his writings on plants form a counterpart to Aristotle's zoological works. In the Enquiry into Plants he classifies and describes varieties of plants; in De Causis Plantarum he turns to plant physiology. Books One and Two (in Volume I) discuss generation, sprouting, flowering, and fruiting.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0674995198
- 0674995236
- 0674995244
- OCLC:
- 2913982
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