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Document Type: | Book |
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Tod F Stuessy |
ISBN: | 9780231147125 0231147120 |
OCLC Number: | 494967061 |
Description: | 1 vol. (XX-539 p.) : ill. ; 27 cm |
Contents: | The relevance of systematics -- The importance and universality classification -- Characters -- The anatomy of classification and the artificial approach -- Natural and phyletic approaches -- Phenetic approach -- Cladistic approach -- Evaluation of the three major approaches and explicit phyletics -- The taxonomic hierarchy -- Species -- Subspecies, variety, and form -- Genus -- Family and higher categories -- Morphology -- Anatomy -- Embryology -- Palynology -- Phytochemistry -- Cytology and cytogenetics -- Molecular biology -- Genetics and population genetics -- Reproductive biology -- Ecology -- Gathering and storage of data. |
Responsibility: | Tod F. Stuessy. |
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Abstract:
« The field of plant taxonomy has transformed rapidly over the past fifteen years, especially with regard to improvements in cladistic analysis and the use of new molecular data. The second edition of this popular resource reflects these far-reaching and dramatic developments with over 3,000 new references and many new figures. Synthesizing current research and trends, Plant Taxonomy now provides the most up-to-date overview in relation to monographic, biodiversity, and evolutionary studies, and continues to be an essential resource for students and scholars. »--
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This new edition of Plant Taxonomy is long overdue... Highly recommended. Choice Well written and lucid... a comprehensive text that manages to smoothly bridge classical and recent systematic approaches to identification, nomenclature, and classification. -- R. Geeta Quarterly Review of Biology Read more...

