Chromosome Numbers of Flowering Plants, by Z.Bolkhovskikh, V.Grif, T.Matvejeva, O.Zakharyeva. Leningrad 1969. (V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute. 926 pages. 4to. 2nd reprint,2007.

This reference book summarizes the results of 80 years' investigations of chromosome numbers, containing more or less exhaustiveinformation on the species of the world's flora described up to 1967,and comprising altogether 35.000 names of species belonging to 272families and 4.669 genera. Some new data on the chromosome numbers ofcertain species to the USSR, including about 1.000 species investigatedat the Laboratory of Cytology of the V.L.Komarov Botanical Institute,are published here for the first time. The book includes several tablesand a bibliography of some 7.000 publications. - This book is animportant item for a modern line of botanical research. English andRussian introductions, remainder in Latin.