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020    022636223X|q(hardcover) 
020    |z9780226362373|q(electronic book) 
035    (OCoLC)1000446971 
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245 04 The book of seeds :|ba life-size guide to six hundred 
       species from around the world /|cedited by Paul Smith ; 
       contributors: Megan Barstow, Emily Beech, Katherine 
       O'Donnell, Lydia Murphy, Sara Oldfield. 
264  1 Chicago :|bThe University of Chicago Press,|c2018. 
264  4 |c©2018 
300    656 pages :|bcolor illustrations, color maps ;|c28 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes indexes. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (page 646) and index. 
505 0  What is a seed? -- How did seed plants evolve? -- Seeds & 
       humans -- Seed conservation -- Plant diversity & why it 
       matters -- Seed-bearing plants -- Cycadophyta -- 
       Ginkophyta & gnetophyta -- Pinophyta -- Magnoliophyta. 
520    "The Book of Seeds takes readers through six hundred of 
       the world's seed species, revealing their extraordinary 
       beauty and rich diversity. Each page pairs a beautifully 
       composed photo of a seed -- life-size, and, in some cases,
       enlarged to display fine detail-- with a short description,
       a map showing distribution, and information on 
       conservation status. The whole spectrum of seeds is 
       covered here. There are prolific species like corn and 
       less widely distributed species, like the brilliant blue 
       seeds of the traveler's palm or the bird of paradise 
       flower, aptly named for its distinctive orange coiffure. 
       There are tiny seeds and seeds weighing up to forty 
       pounds. And while seeds in all their shapes, sizes, and 
       colors grant us sustenance, there are even some we would 
       be wise to treat with caution, such as the rosary pea, 
       whose seeds are considered more toxic than ricin."--Dust 
       jacket. 
650  0 Seeds|vIdentification. 
650  0 Seeds|vPictorial works. 
650  7 Seeds.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01111109 
650  7 SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany.|2bisacsh 
655  7 Illustrated works.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423873 
655  7 Field guides.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01940354 
655  7 Pictorial works.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423874 
655  7 Field guides.|2lcgft 
655  7 Illustrated works.|2lcgft 
700 1  Smith, P. P.|q(Paul Philip),|d1964-|eeditor. 
700 1  Barstow, Megan. 
700 1  Beech, Emily. 
700 1  O'Donnell, Katherine. 
700 1  Murphy, Lydia. 
700 1  Oldfield, Sara,|d1955- 
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