Howell, Catherine Herbert.

Flora mirabilis : how plants have shaped world knowledge, health, wealth, and beauty / Catherine Herbert Howell ; foreword by Peter H. Raven. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2009. - 255 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origins -- Discovery -- Exploration -- Enlightenment -- Empire -- Science.

9781426205095

2009019627


Botany--History.
Plant collecting--History.

QK15 / .H695 2009

580.9

QK15 / .H69 2009