Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics
Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics
Out of Print
This book presents a concise, up-to-date and fully-integrated discussion of present-day plant taxonomy. It emphasises the dynamic nature of taxonomy which results from it being a fundamental discipline and a synthesis of all biological knowledge. Since publication of the first edition there have been many developments in the subject. Perhaps the most important of these has been the rise in popularity of cladistics, and the author fully discusses this controversial methodology.
- A fully updated second edition which pays particular attention to the impact of the techniques of molecular biology and the principles of cladistics
- Well-ordered, providing essential background whilst stimulating the student to progress further
- By the same author as New Flora of the British Isles
Reviews & endorsements
'It is well-ordered, provides the background essential to understanding and stimulates the student to progress further by introducing more specialized areas. An extensive literature list is appended.' British Journal of Linnean Society
' … a refreshing new approach to plant taxonomy … Read it, use it in class, teach from it. It deserves to be the newest standard among plant taxonomic texts.' Taxon
Product details
October 1991Paperback
9780521427852
272 pages
228 × 154 × 18 mm
0.44kg
57 b/w illus. 17 tables
Unavailable - out of print December 2005
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. The Basis of Plant Taxonomy:
- 1. The scope of taxonomy
- 2. The development of plant taxonomy
- Part II. Sources of Taxonomic Information:
- 3. Structural information
- 4. Chemical information
- 5. Chromosomal information
- 6. Information from breeding systems
- 7. Information from plant geography and ecology
- Part III. Taxonomy in Practice:
- 8. The process of classification
- 9. Ways and means
- 10. Taxonomy in the service of man
- Appendix
- References
- Index.
