xii, 740 p. : 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Unit 1. Systematics. Plant systematics : an overview ; Phylogenetic systematics -- Unit 2. Evolution and diversity of plants. Evolution and diversity of green and land plants ; Evolution and diversity of vascular plants ; Evolution and diversity of woody and seed plants ; Evolution of flowering plants ; Diversity and classification of flowering plants : amborellales, nymphaeales, austrobaileyales, magnoliids, ceratophyllales, and monocots ; Diversity and classification of flowering plants : eudicots -- Unit 3. Systematic evidence and descriptive terminology. Plant morphology ; Plant anatomy and physiology ; Plant embryology ; Palynology ; Plant reproductive biology ; Plant molecular systematics -- Unit 4. Resources in plant systematics. Plant identification ; Plant nomenclature ; Plant collecting and documentation ; Herbaria and data information systems -- Unit 5. Species concepts and conservation biology. Species and conservation in plant systematics -- Appendix 1. Plant description -- Appendix 2. Botanical illustrations -- Appendix 3. Scientific journals in plant systematics -- Appendix 4. Statistics and morphometrics in plant systematics -- Glossary of terms

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