The Phylogenetic Method in Taxonomy: The North American Species of Artemisia, Chrysothamnus, and Atriplex (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Hall, Harvey M.

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ISBN 10: 1332305636 ISBN 13: 9781332305636

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2019

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Scope. - The essence of taxonomy is clearly indicated by the meaning of the word itself. It denotes the science of arrangement or system, and hence classification. While cataloguing is a part of it, it is a small part only. The naming of new forms is a necessary function of taxonomy, but it Should always be incidental to giving them their proper meaning and relationship, and never an end in itself. In the case of plants, the mere recognition of supposed new species in the herbarium hardly merits the term descriptive botany, and it can in no Wise be regarded as adequate taxonomic investigation. It has its value, and hence its excuse, in the biological exploration of new and distant countries, but, here as elsewhere, permanent taxonomic results must await the application of statis tical and experimental methods in the field (clements.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1332305636
• ISBN 13: 9781332305636
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 496