The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - 8: Flowering Plants. Eudicots - Asterales

This volume contains a complete systematic treatment of the flowering plant order Asterales. This comprises 12 families with approx. 1,720 genera and about 26,300 species. Identification keys are provided for all genera, and likely phylogenetic relationships are discussed extensively. The wealth of information contained in this volume makes it an indispensable source for all working in the fields of pure and applied plant sciences.

List of contents

Asterales: Introduction and Conspectus.- Alseuosmiaceae.- Argophyllaceae.- Calyceraceae.- Campanulaceae.- Carpodetaceae.- Compositae: Introduction with Key to the Tribes.- I. Barnadesieae.- II. Mutisieae.- III. Cardueae.- Carduoid Genera of Uncertain Placement.- IV. Gymnarrheneae.- V. Moquinieae.- VI. Vernonieae.- VII. Liabeae.- VIII. Cichorieae.- IX. Gundelieae.- X. Arctotideae.- XI. Corymbieae.- XII. Senecioneae.- XIII. Calenduleae.- XIV. Gnaphalieae.- XV. Astereae.- XVI. Anthemideae.- XVII. Inuleae .-Key to the Tribes of the Heliantheae Alliance.- XVIII. Athroismeae.- XIX. Helenieae.-XX. Coreopsideae.- XXI. Neurolaeneae.- XXII. Tribe Tageteae.- XXIII. Tribe Chaenactideae.- XXIV. Tribe Bahieae.- XXV. Polymnieae.- XXVI. Heliantheae.- XXVII. Millerieae.- XXVIII. Madieae.- XXIX. Perityleae.- XXX. Eupatorieae.- Asteroid Genus of Uncertain Placement.- Selected Bibliography to Compositae. Goodeniaceae.- Menyanthaceae.- Pentaphragmataceae.- Phellinaceae.- Rousseaceae.- Stylidiaceae.- Index of Scientific Names.

About the author

Joachim W. Kadereit, geb. 1956 in Hannover, studierte Biologie in Hamburg und Cambridge/DK. 1991 wurde er auf einen Lehrstuhl für Botanik an der Universität Mainz berufen. Dort übernahm er die Leitung des Botanischen Gartens.

Summary

This volume contains a complete systematic treatment of the flowering plant order Asterales. This comprises 12 families with approx. 1,720 genera and about 26,300 species. Identification keys are provided for all genera, and likely phylogenetic relationships are discussed extensively. The wealth of information contained in this volume makes it an indispensable source for all working in the fields of pure and applied plant sciences.

Product details

• Assisted by: Jeffrey (Editor), Jeffrey (Editor), Charles Jeffrey (Editor), Joachim W. Kadereit (Editor), Joachi W Kadereit (Editor), Joachim W Kadereit (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2010
• EAN: 9783642068225
• ISBN: 978-3-642-06822-5
• No. of pages: 636
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 34 mm x 280 mm
• Weight: 1560 g
• Illustrations: XI, 636 p.
• Sets: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants; The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants
• Series: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants; The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; C, Biodiversität (Artenvielfalt), Evolution, Pflanzenbiologie, Entwicklungsbiologie, Botany, Biodiversity, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Botany & plant sciences, Plant Science, Plant Sciences, Taxonomy & systematics, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Plant systematics, Plant Evolution, Plant taxonomy, Plant anatomy, Plant Development, Plant Anatomy/Development, Developmental biology