New Flora of the British Isles
New Flora of the British Isles
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USDSince its first publication in 1991, New Flora of the British Isles has become established as the standard work on the identification of the wild vascular plants of the British Isles. The Flora remains unique in many features, including its full coverage of all British wild plants, its user-friendly organisation, and its specially compiled keys and descriptions. This new edition includes the addition of more than 160 species, so that 4,800 taxa are now covered in varying degrees of detail. It also incorporates the new molecular system of classification based on DNA sequences. Furthermore, it includes 1600 species illustrations, rewritten distributions and an overhaul of the designation of degrees of rarity, with the introduction of a third, less rare, category. These revisions should ensure that this third edition remains the essential reference source for all taxonomists, ecologists, conservationists, plant hunters and biogeographers, whether they be researchers, teachers, students or amateurs.
- 160 new species added, with 4,800 taxa now covered
- Uses the new molecular system of classification based on DNA sequences
- Whole text updated and new features introduced
Reviews & endorsements
"This reference is essential to anyone interested in this flora; no other text is as comprehensive."
S.L. Timme, Choice Magazine
"Stace 3 will be the flora of choice for all serious botanists in Britain and Ireland for the foreseeable future. It is THE book to use."
M.F.Fay, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
"The New Flora of the British Isles is a standard not only among British botanists but also on the shelves of other European botanists, and I can only congratulate this outstanding presentation of the British flora."
Lars Fröberg, Systematic Biology
"The New Flora has been the standard work for those wishing to identify a plant growing in the wild in the British Isles ever since the first edition appeared in 1991."
Quarterly Review of Biology
Product details
June 2010Adobe eBook Reader
9780511740640
0 pages
0kg
180 b/w illus.
This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
- Foreword David Bellamy
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Note on cover photographs
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Introduction
- Bibliography
- Synopsis of families
- How to use this book
- Signs and abbreviations
- The Flora
- Pteridophytes (Ferns & Fern-allies)
- Lycophytes (Clubmosses and Quillworts)
- Eusporangiate Ferns (Adder's-tongues and Moonworts)
- Calamophytes (Horsetails)
- Leptosporangiate Ferns (True Ferns)
- Gymnosperms (Conifers)
- Angiosperms (Flowering Plants)
- Pre-Dicots (Primitive Angiosperms)
- Eu-Dicots (True Dicotyledons)
- Monocots (Monocotyledons)
- Glossary
- Index.
