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Vascular Plant Taxonomy excites and encourages students to extend their own studies in the myriad of directions that attract their curiosity.
It gives the reader a sense of accomplishment that the ever-broadening field of taxonomy is within their grasp.
Vascular Plant Taxonomy is the only truly introductory systematics text available. Concisely written, the text targets the beginning student and is designed to be mastered in a single semester.
The new 7th edition includes:
The System presentation that follows the phylogeny advocated by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, including illustrations of phylogenetic trees.
Line-drawn illustrations.
Up-to-date Web resources described in the text.
Newly developed methods to explore evolutionary relationships of plants and new data (especially molecular data).
End-of-chapter exercises to ensure students retain information learned.
Updated extensive keys designed for determining plant families in both wild and cultivated groups.
Contents
PART 1
Taxonomy, Nomenclature, and Tools
CHAPTER 1
Introduction to Plant Taxonomy
CHAPTER 2
Botanical Nomenclature
CHAPTER 3
Tools for the Taxonomist
CHAPTER 4
Collecting and Preserving Plants for Study
PART 2
Character Variation
CHAPTER 5
Vegetative Variation
CHAPTER 6
Reproductive Variation
CHAPTER 7
Molecular Variation
PART 3
Discovery of Species and Clades
CHAPTER 8
A Brief History of Classification
CHAPTER 9
Phylogenetics, Deep Time, and Modern Classification
CHAPTER 10
Shallow Time, Species, and Intraspecies Studies
PART 4
Plant Diversity
CHAPTER 11
Survey of the Vascular Plants
CHAPTER 12
Lycopodiopsida and Monilophyta
CHAPTER 13
Gymnosperms
CHAPTER 14
Flowering Plants: Introduction and Early Evolution
CHAPTER 15
Monocots
CHAPTER 16
Basal Eudicots
CHAPTER 17
Rosids
CHAPTER 18
Asterids
Appendix 1: Key to Families of Vascular Plants
Glossary
Index
