Contemporary Plant Systematics. 2nd ed. 1997. illustr. & 1 CD-ROM. XIV, 619 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Chapter headings: The Significance of Systematics/ How Plants Get TheirNames/ The Literature of Systematics/ How Plants are Identified/Collecting, Handling, and Preserving Specimens/ Families of Ferns andTheir Associated Plants (Pteridophytes)/ Families of Pinophyta(Gymnosperms)/ Terminology of Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta)/Families of Flowering Plants I: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)/ Families ofFlowering Plants II: Liliopsida (Monocots)/ History and Development ofClassification/ Contemporary Views of the Origin of Vascular Plants/Contemporary Methods of Studying Plant Systematics/ Endangered and Threatened Species/ The Role of Botanical Gardens in Society/Epilogue/ Selected References