AuthorBrightman, F.H. & Nicholson, B.E.
Year1966
TitleThe Oxford Book of Flowerless Plants
SeriesThe Oxford Books
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteA selection of common (or most attractive!) species
SourceThe Oxford Books, 208pp, Oxford University Press
IllustrationsColour paintings
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Text by Frank Brightman, illustrations by B. E. Nicholson, the foremost botanical artist of the day. The book consists of a set of plates each depicting a patch of habitat with a selection of related species. The plates are arranged by habitat class: seashore, grasslands, uplands, wet places and woodlands, with each class broken down into more individual habitats such as types of woodland or whereabouts on the seashore.

The plates beautifully capture the gizz of the organisms. A page of descriptive text faces each plate.

This is probably the best (certainly the most beautiful) in the "Oxford Book" series.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrent[Lichenes]lichensFungi
For identificationCurrent[Macromycetes]larger fungi, macrofungiFungi
For identificationCurrentBRYOPSIDAmossesPlantae
For identificationCurrentCHARACEAEstonewortsPlantae: Charales
For identificationCurrentPTERIDOPHYTAferns and alliesPlantae
For identificationCurrent[Seaweeds]differentiated, multicellular, marine algae
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