The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Vol. 9: Flowering Plants: Eudicots. 2006. 174 figs. XI, 509 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Covers Berberidopsidales/ Buxales/ Crossomatales/ Fabales p.p./Geraniales/ Gunnerales/ Myrtales p.p./ Proteales/ Saxifragales/Vitales/ Zygophyllales/ Clusiaceae Alliance/ Passifloraceae Alliance/Dilleniaceae/ Huaceae/ Picramniaceae/ Sabiaceae. In this volume,treatments are offered for 52 families containing 432 genera belongingto 13 eudicot orders, many of which have recently been newly designed;four families remain unassigned to order. Emphasis is on the early-diverging eudicoty and basal core eudicots the phylogenetic relation-ships and diversification of which have recently been in focus and arecriticall discussed. Systematically relevant information includes descriptions of families and genera, keys to the genera, and referencesto recent revisions. Introductions to the families provide convenient,in-depth overviews of key aspects of systematics. The wealth and precision of information contained in this volume will make it an important source of reference for both scholar and the practitioner inthe fields of pure and applied plant sciences.