Practical Plant Identification

Including a Key to Native and Cultivated Flowering Plants in North Temperate Regions

By: James Cullen

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Paperback | 14 September 2006

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Practical Plant Identification is an essential guide to identifying flowering plant families (wild or cultivated) in the northern hemisphere. Details of plant structure and terminology accompany practical keys to identify 318 families into which flowering plants are currently divided. Specifically designed for practical use, the keys can easily be worked backwards for checking identifications. Containing descriptions of families and listings of the genera within, it also includes a section on further identification to generic and specific levels. A successor to the author's bestselling The Identification of Flowering Plant Families, this new guide is fully revised and updated, and retains the same concise user-friendly approach. Cullen skillfully leads the reader from restrictive disciplines of older taxonomy, into an era of increasing numbers of plant families defined by DNA analysis. Aimed primarily at students of botany and horticulture, this is a perfect introduction to plant identification for anyone interested in plant taxonomy.

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"This is a very practical, handy-sized book for gardeners and students of horticulture and botany." Marilyn K. Alaimo, garden writer and volunteer, Chicago Botanic Garden

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Non-Fiction Nature & The Natural World Trees, Mushrooms, Wildflowers & Plants Science Biology, Life Sciences Botany & Plant Sciences Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Encyclopaedias & Reference Works Reference Works Engineering & Technology Agriculture & Farming Commercial Horticulture

Language & Linguistics Reference, Dictionaries & Guides Life Sciences in General Taxonomy & Systematics

List of illustrations	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Examining the plant: a brief survey of plant structure and its associated terminology	p. 5
Duration and habit	p. 6
Underground parts	p. 9
Above-ground parts	p. 10
Stems	p. 10
Leaves	p. 11
Flowers	p. 17
Fruits	p. 46
Seeds	p. 49
Miscellaneous features	p. 49
Using the keys	p. 51
Keys	p. 57
'Spot' characters	p. 118
Arrangement and description of families	p. 123
Family descriptions
Subclass Dicotyledones	p. 125
Subclass Monocotyledones	p. 230
Further identification and annotated bibliography	p. 260
Glossary	p. 269
Index	p. 284
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