Contemporary plant systematics
By: Dennis W. Woodland.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Andrews University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berrien Springs, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 666
ISBN-13: 9781883925642
Subjects: Plants -- Classification
Genres: Classification
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The significance of systematics; title: How plants get their names; title: How plants are identified; title: Collecting, handling, and preserving specimens; title: History and development of classification; title: Classification in the 21st century / Tim Evens; title: Families of ferns and other seedless vascular plants (Pteridophytes); title: Families of the Pinophyta (gymnosperms); title: Terminology of flowering plants (angiosperms); title: Families of flowering plants (angiosperms)- Basal flowering; title: Plants, monocots, and commelinids; title: Families of flowering plants (angiosperms)- Eudicots and core eudicots; title: Families of flowering plants (angiosperms)- Rosids and eurosids; title: Families of flowering plants (angiosperms)- Asterids and euasterids; title: The literature of systematics; title: Contemporary views on the origin of vascular plants; title: Methods for studying the systematics of plants; title: Preserving plant biodiversity; title: The role of botanical gardens in society today.