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Flora of North America: North of Mexico Volume 22: Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae, Arecidae,...
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by Flora of North America Editorial Committee
Sales Rank: 1089823
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Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA March 23, 2000
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195137299
ISBN-13: 978-0195137293
Product Dimensions:
10.9 x 8.5 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
From Library Journal
A massive ten-year effort, coordinated by the Missouri Botanical Gardens and involving the collaboration of American and Canadian botanical taxonomists and institutions, finally bears fruit with the simultaneous publication of the first two volumes of a projected 14-volume catalog of the vascular flora and bryophytes a phylum of nonvascular plants of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Written by leading botanical authorities, the introductory essays of Volume 1 cover climate, geography, the history of vegetation from late Cretaceous times, the major vegetation formations recognized today, and the impact of humankind on the natural flora. An overview of the history of botanical exploration in North America and a discussion of classification systems relevant to vascular plants rounds out this impressive tome. Volume 2 covers the classification and description of ferns and gymnosperms. Each taxonomic key and description of a family, genus, or species was written by a leading authority responsible for an exhaustive examination and consolidation of information contained throughout herbaria and the botanical literature. Each species description includes morphology, habitat, a distribution map, synonymies, chromosome numbers, and other pertinent biological informatin. Although regional field guides and floras with local range maps and photographs will continue to flourish, these handsomely bound and typeset volumes identifying and detailing the complete continental flora north of Mexico will be the definitive work well into the next century. For large public and academic libraries. --Teresa Elberson, Lafayette P.L., La.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
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Product Review
"A massive ten-year effort, coordinated by the Missouri Botanical Gardens and involving the collaboration of American and Canadian botanical taxonomists and institutions, finally bears fruit with the simultaneous publication of the first two volumes of a projected 14-volume catalog.Although regional field guides and floras with local range maps and photographs will continue to flourish, these handsomely bound and typeset volumes identifying and detailing the complete continental flora north of Mexico will be the definitive work well into the next century. For large public and academic libraries." --Library Journal
"I highly recommend this new series for the serious gardener or amateur naturalist. I'll bet this would be great for the cross-country family vacation: Imagine the kids in the back of the wagon arguing over which species of pine was growing along the interstate. -- Tony Avent, The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC
"Likely to be regarded as a major event in botany. Its volumes provide more authoritative and useful treatments than do the regional accounts, which hitherto have been the only available source for scientists, conservationists, land managers, agriculturalists, foresters, prospectors for medicinal plants and amateur naturalists." --The New York Times
"I'm delighted with Volume 1.lively and informative essays.an encyclopedia of our present knowledge of the flora of our continent.beautifully illustrated with maps, charts, historic botanical drawings. Excellent photographs.contains a very useful summary of major plants used by North American native peoples.an up-to-the-moment compendium of our knowledge.for a number of years to come, this will be an important reference work for all American botanists." --Bulletin of the Native Plant Society of Oregon
"Should become a well-thumbed reference work not only for botanists but also average gardeners and amateur naturalists." --The Phoenix Gazette
"The first comprehensive description of the plants growing generally north of Mexico.represents the culmination of 11 years of work.a milestone." --College and Research Libraries News
"Concise, straightforward, and consistent in format from group to group." --Robert Ornduff, Science
"Clear, well-organized, and thoroughly referenced. exceptional.an invaluable regional reference. Highly recommended." --Choice
"Beautifully bound, library quality work. For anyone who ever wanted a reference on the plants of North America, this is the book of our dreams.invaluable to researchers in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and biology, and promises to be the standard reference for environmental management." --Gaillardia, The Oklahoma Native Plant Society Newsletter
"What you get here is a lot more than what you see. authoritative. This is a dictionary of plant species, the working vocabulary of plant biodiversity, as essential to its knowing, productive users as any big dictionary." --Scientific American
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
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