Icones Plantarum is an extensive series of published volumes of botanical illustration, initiated by Sir William Jackson Hooker. The Latin name of the work means "Illustrations of Plants". The illustrations are drawn from herbarium specimens of Hooker's herbarium, and subsequently the herbarium of Kew Gardens. Hooker was the author of the first ten volumes, produced 1837–1854. His son, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, was responsible for Volumes XI-XIX (most of Series III). Daniel Oliver was the editor of Volumes XX-XXIV. His successor was William Turner Thiselton-Dyer. The series now comprises forty volumes.
References
- Stafleu, Frans A.; Cowan, Richard S. (1979). Taxonomic literature: a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types (2nd ed.). Utrecht, The Netherlands: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema ; dr. W. Junk b.v., Publishers, Utrecht, The Hague, 1979. pp. 294–296. doi:10.5962/t.206091. ISBN 9031303437. OCLC 1410843974 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
External links
- Hooker’s Icones Plantarum Kew: Bentham-Moxon Trust, 1851- (incomplete)
- Icones Plantarum: Or Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks, of New Or Rare Plants, Selected from the Author's Herbarium By William Jackson Hooker, Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Hooker's Icones Plantarum At: Biodiversity Heritage Library