Indian Trees: An Account of Trees, Shrubs, Woody Climbers, Bamboos, and Palms Indigenous or Commonly Cultivated in the British Indian Empire
An illustration of sterculia guttata from Indian Trees
Authors
Sir Dietrich Brandis
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Published
1906 by Archibald Constable & Co.
Pages
801
Indian Trees: An Account of Trees, Shrubs, Woody Climbers, Bamboos, and Palms Indigenous or Commonly Cultivated in the British Indian Empire is a monograph on the trees of India, written by the German–British botanist and forestry administrator Sir Dietrich Brandis and published in London in 1906 by Archibald Constable & Co.
An extensive work of 801 pages, the book is regarded as his magnum opus and a seminal work on Indian trees.[1] Brandis was regarded as the "father of tropical forestry;" he worked with the British Imperial Forestry Service in colonial India for nearly 30 years, and served as Inspector General of Forests in India from 1864 to 1883.[2][3]
^Ajay Singh Rawat (1993), "Brandis: The Father of Organized Forestry in India," in Ajay Singh Rawat (ed.), Indian Forestry: A Perspective, p. 97, Indus Publishing
^Sharad Singh Negi, Sir Dietrich Brandis: father of tropical forestry, Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1991
^Indra Munshi Saldanha (1996), "Colonialism and Professionalism: A German Forester in India," Environment and History, Vol. 2, No. 2, Volume 2, pp. 195–219
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