Plant Structure: A Colour Guide - Softcover

Bowes, Bryan G; Mauseth, James D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763763861 ISBN 13: 9780763763862

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2008

Synopsis

This fundamental guide to understanding plant structure offers plant scientists, plant biologists and horticulturalists in practice and in academia, a combination of concise scientific text and superb color photographs and drawings. The book deals with the development and mature form of plants, focusing on structure at anatomical, histological and fine structure levels. Appropriate emphasis is given to plants of economic importance. The new and totally revised edition has been expanded by 30% with 194 new photos and diagrams. The original author has been joined by Dr James Mauseth to create a formidable partnership of teaching and research experience from Europe and North America. Key elements of the revised book include: recent findings (supplemented by DNA analysis) on the classification of flowering plants; current concepts of plant wall structure; detailed description of eg. leaves as insectivorous traps; spines in cacti, desert plants adapted for water storage, saltmarsh and aquatic plants; a new section on asexual plant multiplication; additional bibliography and website resources. Plant Structure - A Colour Guide is designed as a tool for teaching and revision at undergraduate and graduate levels, as a complement to traditional textbooks for professionals and researchers, and as a general reference for non-specialists.

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Review

Plant Structure is a stunning collection of anatomical images at the light-microscope level with informative accompanying text... It represents excellent value
―Annals of Biology, March 2010

Praise for the Previous Edition:
The concept is remarkable...written to inform with maximum clarity and brevity.
―The Horticulturist

From the Previous Edition:
The author has succeeded in preparing material not only for students and professional biologists, but also for artists and interested lay people...Students will find the hundreds of full colour illustrations a welcome study resource...visually delightful.
―Trends in Plant Science

From the Back Cover

This is a revised edition of a fundamental guide to understanding plant structure. The book deals with the development and mature form of plants, focusing on structure at anatomical, histological and fine structure levels. Appropriate emphasis is given to plants of economic importance. The book contains superb colour photos and drawings with over 194 new photos. Key elements of the revised book include: recent findings (supplemented by DNA analysis) on the classification of flowering plants; current concepts of plant wall structure; detailed description of eg. leaves as insectivorous traps; spines in cacti, desert plants adapted for water storage, saltmarsh and aquatic plants; a new section on asexual plant multiplication; additional bibliography and website resources.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0763763861
• ISBN 13: 9780763763862
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288