ENGLISH

Common Families of Flowering Plants

By Michael Hickey , S. M. Walters , Clive King

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
0521576091, 9780521576093
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
13 MB (13494549 bytes)
Pages
226\224
Time added
2012-05-28 17:07:58

Description

This book provides a basic introduction to twenty-five commonly occurring families of flowering plants, chosen for their economic, ornamental and ecological importance. It is designed to enable students of botany and related disciplines to gain some knowledge of the general characteristics of each family and also the relationships among them. An introductory section provides basic botanical information essential for a proper consideration of the families themselves. For each family, information on its distribution, classification, general features and economic importance precedes a detailed description of a typical representative species that will be useful to botanists and botany students. Illustrated throughout with clear and accurate line diagrams and accompanied by an extensive glossary.

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