Flowering Plants

2. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-94-017-7735-3
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 871 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 2333 g

Armen Takhtajan is among the greatest authorities in the world on the evolution of plants. This book culminates almost sixty years of the scientist's research of the origin and classification of the flowering plants. It presents a continuation of Dr. Takhtajan’s earlier publications including “Systema Magnoliophytorum” (1987), (in Russian), and “Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants” (1997), (in English). In his latest book, the author presents a concise and significantly revised system of plant classification (‘Takhtajan system’) based on the most recent studies in plant morphology, embryology, phytochemistry, cytology, molecular biology and palynology. Flowering plants are divided into two classes: class Magnoliopsida (or Dicotyledons) includes 8 subclasses, 126 orders, c. 440 families, almost 10,500 genera, and no less than 195,000 species; and class Liliopsida (or Monocotyledons) includes 4 subclasses, 31 orders, 120 families, more than 3,000 genera, and about 65,000 species.This book contains a detailed description of plant orders, and descriptive keys to plant families providing characteristic features of the families and their differences.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Takhtajan, Armen

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Taxonomie und Systematik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Foreword.- Introduction.- Synopsis.- Phylum Magnoliophyta.- Class MAGNOLIOPSIDA: Subclass I. Magnoliidae.- Subclass II. Ranunculidae.- Subclass III. Hamamelididae.- Subclass IV. Caryophyllidae.- Subclass V. Dilleniidae.- Subclass VI. Rosidae.- Subclass VII. Asteridae.- Subclass VIII. Lamiidae.- Class ILIOPSIDA: Subclass I. Alismatidae.- Subclass II. Liliidae.- Subclass III. Arecidae.- Subclass IV. Commelinidae.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

The author is one of the greatest botanists of the 20 century who was awarded "The Henry Allan Gleason Award" by the New York Botanical Garden  for the book "Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants" (1997). Citation: This work, which is a complete classification of the angiosperms to the genus level, is the culmination of over sixty years of research in botany focusing on flowering plants systematics and phytogeography.