‎"WARMING, EUGEN.‎
‎Forgreningsforhold hos Fanerogamerne, betragtede med særligt Hensyn til Kløvning af Vækstpunktet. (In: ""Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter"") - [WARMING'S DOCTORAL DISSERTATION]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1872. 4to. Bound with the original printed wrappers in a recent cardboard-binding. In ""Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter"" Nat.Vid. og Math. Afd. Femte Række, Bd.5, 10. Bd.:1. 171, (1), L pp. + 11 plates. ‎

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‎Rare first edition of Warming’s pricewinning work which stands as one of the earliest and most significant contributions to the study of plant morphology in Denmark. Submitted as his doctoral dissertation at the University of Copenhagen, this work laid the groundwork for Warming’s later, more famous contributions to ecology and plant geography. Yet, in its own right, “Forgreningsforhold” is a highly influential study that reflects the scientific rigor of a botanist ahead of his time.In this monograph, Warming investigates the structural and developmental principles underlying the branching patterns of phanerogams - seed-bearing plants that include both gymnosperms and angiosperms. 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”.‎