Plants of the world : an illustrated encyclopedia of vascular plants

Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. 1976- (author.). Fay, Michael F., (author.). Chase, Mark W., 1951- (author.).

Summary: "Plants of the World is the first book to systematically explore every vascular plant family - more than four hundred and fifty of them - organized in a modern phylogenetic order. Detailed entries for each family include descriptions, distribution, evolutionary relationships, and fascinating information on economic uses of plants and etymology of their names. All entires are also copiously illustrated in full color with more than 2,500 stunning photographs. A collaboration among three celebrated botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Plants of the World is authoritative, comprehensive, and beautiful. Covering everything from ferns to angiosperms, it will be an essential resource for practicing botanists, horticulturists, and nascent green thumbs alike"--Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 022653670X
ISBN: 9780226536705
ISBN: 9781842466346
ISBN: 1842466348
ISBN: 9780226522920
ISBN: 022652292X
ISBN: 1842466364
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (vii, 792 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
Publisher: Richmond, Surrey : Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ; 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Evolution of land plants -- Plants and human culture -- Naming plants -- Classification and the angiosperm phylogeny group -- Fossil plants -- Families -- Etymology and common names -- Genera -- Phytogeography -- Economic botany -- Lycopods -- Ferns -- Gymnosperms -- The ANA grade families -- Magnoliids -- Monocots -- Eudicots -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- Photography credits -- Further reading -- General references -- Index.
Awards Note:	Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2019
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from electronic title page (EBSCOhost, viewed March 22, 2018).