Contemporary Plant Systematics

Contemporary Plant Systematics

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This fourth edition of <I>Contemporary Plant Systematics</I> combines the latest in updated literature and additional plant family representations with innovative electronic media. <br><br>Among the features of this fourth edition are: <br><br> <li>New chapters on the latest developments in contemporary plant classification and the role of systematics in preserving plant diversity <br><li>500 all-new line drawings<br><li>Detailed descriptions of 275 plant families, using one page or a double-page spread for each family, with all relevant drawings and descriptions<br><li>More than 60 color plates with more than 500 color photographs of plant specimens<br><li>The updated third edition of the University of Wisconsin <I>Photo Atlas of Vascular Plants</I> (on DVD), now with more than 8,500 plant images representing 325 plant families<br><li>The all-new <I>Interactive Keys to Vascular Plant Families of the World</I> (on CD) for easy identification of plant families and cross-indexed to <I>Contemporary Plant Systematics</I><br><li>An extensive bibliography to world flora, with more than 1,000 listings. </li><br><br>Packed with rich, four-color illustrations, this new edition is ideal for a broad-view beginning text and highly functional as a reference book for basic plant systematics. It gives students and serious amateur gardeners/botanists--wherever they may live in the world--a sufficient botanical understanding of vascular plants. <br><br>