Guide to Flowering Plant Families
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807844705 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 430 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Guide to Flowering Plant Families by Wendy B. Zomlefer [Paperback]" according to OM Braida. *****This should be a five star rating but something happened when I wrote the review so I can't change the star rating. Suffice it to say that this is a very comprehensive book with wonderful black and white illustrations. A very useful guide for students of botanical art or for anyone interested in plants.. "Missing Families" according to DR. Many floras and the USDA Plant Database use Cronquist's classification system. Several families in that system are missing in Thorne's system as used in this book. I would suggest supplementing this book with James Payne Smith's "Vascular Plant Families.". "Excellent, but not for the beginner" according to Graham Lawrence. This is the last word in botanical family id.But the vocabulary is very dense, which makes Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary an essential adjunct to it.
. Information on botanical illustrations, comparative data charts, an illustrated glossary, and a family summary chart with floral formulas round out this quality work. High-quality pen-and-ink artwork by Zomlefer, a plant taxonomist and scientific illustrator, is used to illustrate the important family characteristics of over 300 representative species. From Library Journal This comprehensive, illustrated guide characterizes 130 flowering plant families common in the native and naturalized floras of the temperate and tropical regions of the United States. Arranged according to Thorne's classification scheme, each family entry contains descriptions of major plant part
Other important tutorial features are twenty-two detailed charts that compare pertinent characteristics of certain related plant groups and a general chart that summarizes the salient features of the families covered in the text. For readers less familiar with botanical terminology, Zomlefer provides an illustrated glossary of 551 terms with more than 300 drawings. The book's most striking feature is Zomlefer's 158 original pen-and-ink plates depicting intricate dissections of 312 species. Both amateurs and professionals will particularly enjoy the chapter on examining, dissecting, and sketching live material.. Understanding the flowering plants of any region begins with the recognition of families. Each family discussion includes a diagnosis and summary of characteristics, distribution data, important economic members, and pollination ecology. The content of the family discussions is geared to readers who have completed one introductory biology course. This remarkable volume, created to serve students, professionals, and other plant enthusiasts, covers 130 temperate to tropical families commo