RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Acanthaceae / Solanaceae / Rosaceae / Leguminosae / Verbenaceae / Summary. CUL-DAR15.2.76. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Text prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR15.2 contains calculations and tables for Darwin's 'big book' Natural Selection F1583.

Candolle, Augustine Pyramus de. 1824-1825. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta. vols. 1-2. Paris: Treuttel & Würtz. [Darwin Library-Down] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF


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Acanthaceae    232/1088 = 213/1000    65/335 = 194/1000

Solanaceae    258/1419 = 181/1000    11/139 = 79/1000

Rosaceae    103/562 = 183/1000    24/144 = 166/1000

Leguminosae    223/2937 = 75/1000    38/619 = 61/1000

Verbenaceae    21/506 = 41/1000    5/82 = 60/1000

Summary of the 3 volumes    892/7272 = 122/1000    170/1593 = 106/1000

The twelve small orders alone }    56 altered from '55 /765 = 73/1000    27/271 = 98/1000
In the 3 other & previous volumes there were 9 orders.

D. C. Prodromus vols. 2, 11, & 13


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