The Identification of Flowering Plant Families: Including a Key to Those Cultivated in North Temperate Regions - Softcover

Davis, P. H.; Cullen, J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521377072 ISBN 13: 9780521377072

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Synopsis

Intended for those with a practical interest in plant identification and wishing to understand the scientific basis of the identification procedure. The information provided enables the reader to identify all flowering plant families normally found wild or in cultivation in northern regions.

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Review

."..guides the student firmly but gently through terminology and observations necessary to identify a plant down to family and then provide a relatively simple set of keys for its closer identification." The Quarterly Review of Biology "From time to time taxonomists are asked to recommend a key to families of flowering plants, or a work describing plant families, which must be at once comprehensive, accurate, easy to use, in English, and of a size that is at all times manageable. This book meets all the scholarly criteria and, in addition, accommodates itself easily to either purse or pocket." Baileya

Book Description

An easy-to-use guide to the identification of the flowering plant families found in the wild or cultivated in northern temperate regions. This new edition has been completely revised to make it more accessible and informative.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521377072
• ISBN 13: 9780521377072
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 144