Pondweeds, Bur-Reeds and Their Relatives of British Columbia
Subtitle: Aquatic Families of Monocotyledons
Edition: Rev Sub edition
Publisher: Royal British Columbia Museum
Published: December 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780771895746
Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; Hydrobiology; Nature/Ecology; Freshwater Ecology; Marine Ecology; Science; Nature; Life Sciences - Biology - General; British Columbia; Plants - General; Lakes & Ponds; Rivers; Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology
Description: "In this revised edition, Dr T.C. Brayshaw describes all of the aquatic monocotyledons in British Columbia. (Monocotyledons are a major subgroup of flowering plants that have embryos with only one seed leaf.) This group comprises four orders and fourteen families of plants in freshwater and marine environments. The most populous families are the pondweeds and bur-reeds, but others are water-plantains, arrow-grasses, arums (Skunk Cabbage), duckweeds and cat-tails." "Dr Brayshaw has updated his definitive 1985 treatment of B.C.'s aquatic monocotyledons with several recently discovered species, new distribution maps and the latest taxonomic information. This edition contains Dr Brayshaw's finely detailed illustrations, many reworked or completely redrawn based on new information."--BOOK JACKET.