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Flowering plant families of the world is the successor to Flowering plants of the world (1978).
Plants are fundamental to life on Earth – they provide the oxygen we breathe, our food and beverages, spices and herbs, fibres, medicines, fuels, dyes and building materials. To enable botanists to identify plants they have been classified by physical features and now by their DNA. Flowering Plants: a concise pictorial guide graphically illustrates over 100 of the most important plant families that shape our lives and environment, taken from the classic reference Flowering Plant Families of the World by V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham and O. Seberg.Both as an illustration of the breathtaking beauty of plants and as an introduction to the science behind flowering plants, this concise pictorial guide provides a handy reference to flowering plant families and is sure to become part of every plant enthusiast’s library.
This book includes the proceedings of the second symposium on one important role of botanic gardens in conserving world plant resources. Sessions covered topics such as implementing the botanic gardens conservation strategy, regional networks and national programs in the tropics, and germplasm banks in botanic gardens.
A beautifully illustrated reference to more than 100 flowering plant families.
An examination of more than 300 flowering plant families with specially commissioned colour plates in illustration.
Introduction; Institucional resources; Recent approaches in morphology and anatomy; Karyology and genetics; Ecology and geography; Chemistry, taxonomy and systematics; Data processing and taxonomy; Taxonomic priorities.