‎"WARMING, EUG.‎
‎Familien Podostemaceae. 6 parts. (In ""D. Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Skr."").‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1881, 1888, 1891, 1899 & 1901. 4to. Six parts bound in one nice recent half calf binding with gilt lettering to spine. Six papers all from ""In ""D. Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Skr."". A very nice and clean copy. (2), 34, 6 plates, (2), 15, 5 plates, (3), 80-130, 9 plates, 17-35, 9 plates, (3), 446-514, 12 plates, (2), 493-514, 12 plates, (2), 136-179, (2), 108-154, 67 pp‎

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‎Rare complete set with all six parts of Warming’s extensive work on the family Podostemaceae, with which he had become acquainted during his stay in Brazil. The plant species of this family are modified by the harsh environment in which they live - they are flowering plants that that resemble liverworts. Johannes Eugenius Warming (1841–1924), commonly known as Eugen Warming, was a pioneering Danish botanist widely recognized as one of the founding figures of modern ecology. He authored the first textbook on plant ecology in 1895, introduced the first university course in the subject, and helped define the scope and content of ecological science. In 1975, ecologist R. J. Goodland asserted: “If one individual can be singled out to be honoured as the founder of ecology, Warming should gain precedence” (""The Tropical Origin of Ecology: Eugen Warming's Jubilee""). Warming wrote a number of textbooks on botany, plant geography and ecology, which were translated to several languages and were immensely influential at their time and later. Most important were “Plantesamfund and Haandbog i den systematiske Botanik”.‎