500 i Index
Alan of Lille, 290, 292
Albert of Bollstädt, 308
aleurone layer, 376n24
algae, classification of, 377n51
A l lat, 271– 273
alleles, 492, 496n23
deleterious, 493
Alston, Charles, 409
alternation of generations theory
Darwin and, 495n5
Hofmeister’s, 346– 347n30, 479– 482,
481 f, 495n10
Al- ’Uzza (goddess of date palms), 271– 274
Ambrose of Milan, Bishop, 280
amenorrhea, lactational, 13– 15
Ameretat, 126
Amici, Giovanni Battista
pollen tube discovery of, 471– 472, 475n20
on pollen tube function, 473
anastomosis, 447
Anatolian language, 70
Anatome Plantarum Idea (Marcello), 324,
325– 327
The Anatomy of Plants Begun (Grew), 324, 330
The Anatomy of Vegetables Begun (Grew),
328– 330, 346n17
Anaximander, 211– 212
Anaximenes, 211
androdioecy, 348n58
androgyny, 204
andromonoecy, 348n58
angiosperms, 465
intermediate sexual types in, 348n58
plant crops in, 35
Anglo- Norman herbals, 12th c., 261, 266f– 267f
Anglo- Saxon herbals, 11th c., 261, 265f
animal- baiting scenes, lone woman and,
Çatalhüyük, 50– 53, 51f, 52f, 66– 67n49
An Introduction to Botany, in a Series of
Familiar Letters (Wakefield), 392
annuals, for seed crop domestication, 36
anther, 485f
antheridia, 467, 467f, 468, 470f, 474n12, 478
anthesis, 36, 37f
Anthesteria, Athenian, 198– 199
Anthologia (Pontedera), 351– 352, 408– 409
Anzu- bird, 106
Aphrodite
garden of, 189– 190
goddess of flowers, 190
goddess of love, 184, 189– 190
Apollo, Daphne and, 194f
Apollonian, 358, 375n20
apomixis, 410
apotropaic, 48
apple
Eve’s, as evil, 298– 299
as iconic fruit, 298
Apuleian manuscript herbals, 5th c., 261, 264f,
266, 284n15
Apuleius (Barbarus, Platonicus, Pseudo-
Apuleius), 26, 261
Apuleius, Lucius, The Golden Ass, 238
Arabia Deserta, 271
Arabia Felix, 271
Arabia Petraea, 271
Ara Pacis Augustae, 238– 240, 239f
arboriculture, 85. See also date palm trees; figs
(Ficus); sacred trees
archaeological periods. See also specific periods
of Western Europe, 11– 13, 12t
archegonia (archegonium), 467, 467f, 470f,
474 n12 , 478
ardat- lili, 106, 133n53
ards, 81
Ares, 230
Arete’s garden, 280–281
Aristophanes, 202– 203
The Birds, 210– 211
Aristotle, 493
De Generatione Animalium, 215, 217– 218
essential life processes of, 215
on female sexual organs, 5– 6
on “generation” in plants, 216– 218, 227n17
on hybridization, 218– 219
on insects, 215, 227n13
Metaphysics, 212, 291
Scala Natura, 215, 217– 218, 220
on sex, gender, and plants, 214– 216
sex ranking by, 5– 6
on soul, 215
Artemis (Mistress of Animals), 190
Artemis’s garland, 190
artificial pollination, of date palm trees
in Mesopotamia, 94– 98
by Minoans, 142, 177n15