The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - 6: Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales

Compiled and written for advanced students, this encyclopedia contains a comprehensive treatment of the taxonomy of the families and genera of ferns and seed plants. The present volume, the sixth in this series, deals with five groups of dicotyledons, the Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, and Ericales, comprising 48 families.

List of contents

Introduction to Families Treated in This Volume.- General References.- Actinidiaceae.- Balsaminaceae.- Brunelliaceaem.- Celastraceae.- Cephalotaceae.- Clethraceae.- Connaraceae.- Cornaceae.- Cunoniaceae.- Curtisiaceae.- Cyrillaceae.- Diapensiaceae.- Dirachmaceae.- Ebenaceae.- Elaeagnaceae.- Elaeocarpaceae.- Ericaceae.- Fouquieriaceae.- Grubbiaceae.- Hydrangeaceae.- Hydrostachyaceae.- Lecythidaceae.- Lepidobotryaceae.- Lissocarpaceae.- Loasaceae.- Maesaceae.- Marcgraviaceae.- Myrsinaceae.- Napoleonaeaceae.- Oxalidaceae.- Parnassiaceae.- Pellicieraceae.- Polemoniaceae.- Primulaceae.- Rhamnaceae.- Roridulaceae.- Rosaceae.- Samolaceae.- Sapotaceae.- Sarraceniaceae.- Scytopetalaceae.- Sladeniaceae.- Styracaceae.- Symplocaceae.- Ternstroemiaceae.- Tetrameristaceae.- Theaceae.- Theophrastaceae.- Index of Scientific Names.

Summary

Compiled and written for advanced students, this encyclopedia contains a comprehensive treatment of the taxonomy of the families and genera of ferns and seed plants. The present volume, the sixth in this series, deals with five groups of dicotyledons, the Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, and Ericales, comprising 48 families.

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" ... A fine volume of a series that is timely and highly useful for any biologist interested in flowering plants." (Plant Systematics and Evolution)
"This work attains a notable scientific level and is particularly directed toward upper level students and botanical researchers." (Advances in Horticultural Sciences)

Report

" ... A fine volume of a series that is timely and highly useful for any biologist interested in flowering plants." (Plant Systematics and Evolution)
"This work attains a notable scientific level and is particularly directed toward upper level students and botanical researchers." (Advances in Horticultural Sciences)

Product details

• Assisted by: Klau Kubitzki (Editor), Klaus Kubitzki (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2010
• EAN: 9783642057144
• ISBN: 978-3-642-05714-4
• No. of pages: 489
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 29 mm x 254 mm
• Weight: 1216 g
• Illustrations: XI, 489 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; Botanik und Pflanzenwissenschaften, B, Biodiversität (Artenvielfalt), Evolution, 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