Practical Taxonomy of Angiosperms

"Practical Taxonomy of Angiosperms" presents the subject in a systematic manner with well labelled diagrams and flow charts. A sincere effort has been made to make this book more informative and useful by covering all the important aspects of the subject. Spread in five chapters it deals with: morph [...]
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"Practical Taxonomy of Angiosperms" presents the subject in a systematic manner with well labelled diagrams and flow charts. A sincere effort has been made to make this book more informative and useful by covering all the important aspects of the subject. Spread in five chapters it deals with: morphology of angiosperms where terminology used in taxonomic description of plants is arranged alphabetically - under subheads stem, leaves, flowers etc.; taxonomy of angiosperms - principles of taxonomy, handling of an artificial key to a flora and diagnostic features of common angiospermic families; description, systematization and identification of 84 plants of 44 families of angiosperms; brief account of 143 plants of different families; comparison of allied common angiospermic families in tabular form; economic importance of 106 familiar plants; differences between allied terminology (e.g. phyllode, phylloclade, silqua & siliqula.) that are presented in tabular form; artificial key to the common families of angiosperms; and, upgraded standard of practical exercises on plant taxonomy.