Flora of Great Britain and Ireland
Flora of Great Britain and Ireland
$267.00
USDPlanned in five volumes, this new, critical Flora provides a definitive account of the native species, naturalized species, frequent garden escapes and casuals found in the British Isles. Full keys and descriptions should enable the botanist, researcher or informed amateur to name all plants occurring in the wild, plus some ornamental trees and shrubs. Detailed accounts of all the large apomictic genera are given and many infraspecific variants. Each species entry begins with the accepted Latin name, synonyms and the common English name. A detailed description follows, with separate descriptions being given for infraspecific taxa. Includes information on status, ecology and distribution. Clear black and white line drawings illustrate an extensive glossary and also illuminate the diagnostic features of a number of groups of plants.
- Provides keys and full descriptions of all taxa that a botanist might reasonably find in the wild in the British Isles
- Descriptions are sufficiently detailed to confirm the accurate identification of any given plant
- An essential purchase for the library of any professional or serious amateur botanist
Reviews & endorsements
"...a most attractive book to use and one that I strongly commend to Canadian libraries with interests in plant biodiversity." John McNeill, CBA/ABC Bulletin
Product details
March 1997Hardback
9780521553391
440 pages
254 × 29 × 178 mm
0.945kg
21 b/w illus.
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
- Foreword S. M. Walters
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Conspectus of families
- 2. Text
- 3. Artificial key to families
- 4. Butomaceae
- 5. Alismataceae
- 6. Hydrocharitaceae
- 7. Scheuchzeriaceae
- 8. Juncaginaceae
- 9. Potamogetonaceae
- 10. Ruppiaceae
- 11. Najadaceae
- 12. Zanichelliaceae
- 13. Zosteraceae
- 14. Arecaceae
- 15. Araceae
- 16. Lemnaceae
- 17. Commelinaceae
- 18. Eriocaulaceae
- 19. Juncaceae
- 20. Cyperaceae
- 21. Poaceae
- 22. Sparganiaceae
- 23. Typhaceae
- 24. Bromeliaceae
- 25. Pontederiaceae
- 26. Iridaceae
- 27. Liliaceae
- 28. Agavaceae
- 29. Dioscoreaceae
- 30. Orchidaceae
- Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Index.
