Flowering Plants

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Takhtajan, Armen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biology > Philosophy.; Biodiversity.; Evolutionary biology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Philosophy of Biology.; Evolutionary Biology.

Armen Takhtajan is among the greatest authorities in the world on the evolution of plants. This book culminates almost sixty years of the scientist's research of the origin and classification of the flowering plants. It presents a continuation of Dr. Takhtajan’s earlier publications including &...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Synopsis
• Phylum Magnoliophyta
• Class MAGNOLIOPSIDA: Subclass I. Magnoliidae
• Subclass II. Ranunculidae
• Subclass III. Hamamelididae
• Subclass IV. Caryophyllidae
• Subclass V. Dilleniidae
• Subclass VI. Rosidae
• Subclass VII. Asteridae
• Subclass VIII. Lamiidae
• Class ILIOPSIDA: Subclass I. Alismatidae
• Subclass II. Liliidae
• Subclass III. Arecidae
• Subclass IV. Commelinidae
• Index.