Index j 519519 519
petaloid stamens, in Canna indica, 395, 403n39
Phaistos
bowl of, Minoan Persephone in, 157– 159, 159f,
161 f, 179n40
table dancers of, 155– 157, 156f, 179n39
phallus. See penis
phenotypes, 496n23
Philosophia Botanica (Linnaeus), 365
The Philosophy of Nature (Smellie), 411
Phoenix dactylifera. See date palm trees
photosynthetic eukaryotes, in earth’s
biomass, 131n15
physis (Physis), 291, 318n8, 319n13
phytoerotica, 18th c., 380, 401n4
phytoliths, 30– 31, 30f. See also specific types
Picasso, on Upper Paleolithic cave paintings,
27– 28n17
Pinax Theatri Botanica (Bauhin),
365, 376n39
pine cones, Neo- Assyria, 121– 122, 121f,
123 f, 135n77
pistachio trees, 132n24
dioecious, 142, 224
pistils (carpels), 1, 9n1
in alternation of generations, 487f
as asexual structure, 494
as brides, 368
Camerarius on, 344– 345
vs. carpel, subtle difference, 9n1
compound, 9n1
in cross- fertilization, Darwin (Charles) on,
490– 491
Desfontaines on, 397
in dichogamy, 425
in fertilization, 2, 494
in figurines, European Neolithic, 74, 77f
in Gloriosa, Darwin (Erasmus) on, 395,
396, 403n40
Goethe’s medulla– cortex theory on,
446– 448
Grew on, 392
Hedwig’s, 467, 467f
in hermaphroditic flowers of polygamous
plants, 368
in heterostyly, 429n47
Hofmeister on, 485, 486f
as immature fruit, 423
Kausik on, 399f
Koelreuter on, 430in Linnaeus’ classification system, 364,
368– 369, 373
Linnaeus on development of, 373
Mettrie on, 383
Miller on, 384
Morland on, 357
Rousseau on, 407
Schelver on, 453
Siegesbeck on, 389
simple, 9n1
Sprengel on, 424
Strezer on, 384
Theophratus on, 220– 221
Vaillant on, 354– 355, 380
Wakefield on, 392
Withering on, 391, 392
placenta, 486f
Plantae Hybridae (Linnaeus), 374
plant- female iconography, Neolithic Europe,
69– 84. See also iconography, plant-
female, Neolithic Europe
The Plant Man (La Mettrie), 380– 384
plant sex. See sex, plant; specific topics
Plato, 214
cosmology of, 291
Timaeus, 291
Pliny the Elder, Historia Natura, 241– 243
Plotinus, 291, 318n10
poisons, in Early Middle Age herbals,
252, 283n2
polis, 183
pollen (grains), 2, 486, 494
Albert on, 308–309
as allergen, 3, 9n5
anatomy of, 65n10
of apples, 299
Camerarius on, 339, 340, 342– 343, 344
in caprification, 142, 223
of date palm flowers (taltallu), 97, 101, 102,
110– 111, 114, 122, 279
Grew on, 333, 336
of maize, sacred, 122
Malpighi on, 328, 329f
of pine cones, 122
in plant reproduction, 2– 3
pollination, 269
Ray on, 337
scientific progress on, gender bias on, 8
in selfers, 36, 37f