The wood collection (XYLARIUM) of the royal botanic gardens, KEW

IAWA Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-104

  Cornish, Caroline ^a   Gasson, Peter ^b   Nesbitt, Mark ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empire; exhibitions; forestry; history; museum; plant anatomy; xylotheque

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896764852     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: 22941932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-00000050     Document Type: Article

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