Losing paradise? : endangered plants here and around the world / a project of the American Society of Botanical Artists ; introduction, Peter H. Raven ; editor, Carol Woodin.
Exhibition venues: Missouri Botanical Garden, New York Botanical Garden, Chicago Botanical Garden, National Museum of Natural History.
Contents:
Plants enrich our lives, we must save them / Peter H. Raven -- Rare and ephemeral beauty: botanical art and the future of plants / Peter Crane -- America's at-risk plants and the Center for Plant Conservation / Kathryn L. Kennedy -- Assessing the conservation status of endangered plant species / Gary A. Krupnick -- The role of research botanical gardens in conserving endangered plants / James S. Miller -- Plants from the United States -- Plants from around the world.
Summary:
Plants enrich our lives, we must save them / Peter H. Raven -- Rare and ephemeral beauty: botanical art and the future of plants / Peter Crane -- America's at-risk plants and the Center for Plant Conservation / Kathryn L. Kennedy -- Assessing the conservation status of endangered plant species / Gary A. Krupnick -- The role of research botanical gardens in conserving endangered plants / James S. Miller -- Plants from the United States -- Plants from around the world.
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