Author: Yurii D. Burago; Viktor A. Zalgaller
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: vascular, plants, genera, families, gymnosperms, pteridophytes
Number of Pages: 410
Published: 1990-01
List price: $649.00
ISBN-10: 3540517944
ISBN-13: 9783540517948

This encyclopedia offers access to the diversity of ferns and seed plants, the most important groups of green land plants. Available information of general and systematic relevance is synthesized at the level of families. Evidence from virtually all disciplines important to modern taxonomy makes the work a most valuable source of reference not only for taxonomists, but for all who are interested in the various aspects of plant diversity. A revised classification includes a complete inventory of genera along with their diagnostic features, keys for identification, and references to the literatu

Author: Flora of North America Editorial Committee
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: north, flora, mexico, america, gymnosperms, volume, pteridophytes
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 1993-11-04
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0195082427
ISBN-13: 9780195082425

In Volume 2, over 50 contributors exhaustively describe and classify the ferns, fern allies, and gymnosperms of North America. Covering over two dozen fern and half a dozen gymnosperm families, they survey fern species of both ecological and horticultural importance and review such gymnosperm taxa as the conifers--the dominant trees in many forests as well as important timber plants--and cycads, which display significant evolutionary features. In all, the volume assembles 509 species of ferns and fern allies and infraspecific taxa in 70 genera. The editors have revised nearly 80 of these ta