393:"concise and easy to use" and the illustrations "clear although sometimes rather diagrammatic". More serious criticism was levelled at the alphabetical arrangement of families, which Atkinson considered the work's "biggest drawback". He continued: "It would be more valuable if a systematic approach had been taken to avoid the absurdity of closely related families being placed (under an evolutionarily arbitrary, alphabetical system) in different volumes."
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gets just as much space, and just as fine an illustration, as any of the rare, exotic, endemic orchid species do." Harriman also noted the comprehensive literature citations, which he found "most helpful". Although rather conservative, Harriman considered the species synonymies adequate.
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in the early 1980s, it was completed after his death under the guidance of Paul E. Berry, Kay
Yatskievych, and Bruce K. Holst. The nine volumes were published between 1995 and 2005 by
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species are included. Around half of all species are illustrated with black-and-white line drawings by
Venezuelan artist Bruno Manara. Species accounts include non-exhaustive
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