Henry Pearson (1870–1916) was an English botanist specialising in research on the Gnetophyta division of woody plants. In 1903 he was elected to the Henry Bolus Professorship of Botany at the South African College, Cape Town (now known as the University of Cape Town), and he was elected a Fellow of...

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Main Author:	Pearson, H. H. W. (Author)
Other Authors:	Seward, A. C. (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1929
Series:	Cambridge library collection. Botany and Horticulture
Subjects:	Geschichte 1929 Morphologie > Biologie Verbreitung Gnetales Pflanzenanatomie Fortpflanzung Systematik Autökologie Wörterbuch
Online Access:	BSB01 FHN01 Volltext
Summary:	Henry Pearson (1870–1916) was an English botanist specialising in research on the Gnetophyta division of woody plants. In 1903 he was elected to the Henry Bolus Professorship of Botany at the South African College, Cape Town (now known as the University of Cape Town), and he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1916 shortly before his death. In 1915 Pearson was commissioned to write this volume for the Cambridge Botanical Handbooks series. Published posthumously in 1929, it was the first extensive study on the Gnetales order and the only such study in English published during the twentieth century. In it, Pearson investigates the morphology and reproduction of the three Gnetophyta genera and examines their relation to the angiosperms (flowering plants). His research on Gnetophyta was later used together with genetic studies to provide theories explaining the evolution of seed plants
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (216 pages)
ISBN:	9780511709302
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511709302