ENGLISH

Flowering Plants

By Armen Takhtajan (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2009
ISBN
9781402096082, 1402096089
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-9609-9
Open Library ID
OL23742574M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5640397 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
871\917
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Plant Sciences; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeog

Description

Armen Takhtajan is among the greatest authorities in the world on the evolution of plants. This book culminates almost sixty years of the scientist's research of the origin and classification of the flowering plants. It presents a continuation of Dr. Takhtajan’s earlier publications including "Systema Magnoliophytorum" (1987), (in Russian), and "Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants" (1997), (in English). In his latest book, the author presents a concise and significantly revised system of plant classification (`Takhtajan system') based on the most recent studies in plant morphology, embryology, phytochemistry, cytology, molecular biology and palynology. Flowering plants are divided into two classes: class Magnoliopsida (or Dicotyledons) includes 8 subclasses, 126 orders, c. 440 families, almost 10,500 genera, and no less than 195,000 species; and class Liliopsida (or Monocotyledons) includes 4 subclasses, 31 orders, 120 families, more than 3,000 genera, and about 65,000 species.This book contains a detailed description of plant orders, and descriptive keys to plant families providing characteristic features of the families and their differences.

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