Book ID: 77616
Leistner, O. A. (ed.)
Seed plants of southern Africa. 2000. (Strelitzia,10). 775 p. Hardcover.- 29.5 x 20.5 cm.
A completely revised version of the two volumes The Genera of SouthernAfrican Plants by R.A. Dyer (1975,1976). A taxonomic treatment of some230 seed plant families and their 2600 genera indigenous and naturalisedin the region, with a key to the families and keys to the genera ineach family. Families and genera are critically described, togetherwith chromosome numbers and notes on distribution and size, both localand worldwide. The latest views on relationships of families arereflected by means of dendrograms, and the classification of generawithin the larger families is given. Comprehensive glossary, and anindex to family and genus names.