Guide to Flowering Plant Families
Author: Wendy B. Zomlefer Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press Keywords: Biology ISBN: 0807844705
Book description Understanding the flowering plants of any region begins with the recognition of families. This remarkable volume, created to serve students, professionals, and other plant enthusiasts, covers 130 temperate to tropical families common in North America with detailed illustrations and modern referenced commentaries. Each family discussion includes a diagnosis and summary of characteristics, distribution data, important economic members, and pollination ecology. The book's most striking feature is Zomlefer's 158 original pen-and-ink plates depicting intricate dissections of 312 species.The content of the family discussions is geared to readers who have completed one introductory biology course.
Book review: Great resource for a beginner I got this book because I needed to learn about plants and I needed a no nonsense, basic introduction to the plant families of the world-not just trees, not just herbs, and not just information from… The book is just fine ... that's why I ordered it ... it's a good book.However, I thought I was buying the book USED at a less-than-new price. The price I actually paid was the new price. And I did… |
