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Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons

Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid Families

Part of the book series: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (FAMILIES GENERA, volume 2)

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Table of contents (77 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
  2. Introduction

    • K. Kubitzki
    Pages 1-12
  3. Introduction to Centrospermae

    • V. Bittrich
    Pages 13-19
  4. A Chemosystematic Overview of Magnoliidae, Ranunculidae, Caryophyllidae and Hamamelidae

    • O. R. Gottlieb, M. A. C. Kaplan, D. H. T. Zocher
    Pages 20-31
  5. General References

    • Klaus Kubitzki, Jens G. Rohwer, Volker Bittrich
    Pages 32-33
  6. Achatocarpaceae

    • V. Bittrich
    Pages 35-36
  7. Aizoaceae

    • H. E. K. Hartmann
    Pages 37-69
  8. Amaranthaceae

    • C. C. Townsend
    Pages 70-91
  9. Amborellaceae

    • W. R. Philipson
    Pages 92-93
  10. Annonaceae

    • P. J. A. Kessler
    Pages 93-129
  11. Aristolochiaceae

    • H. Huber
    Pages 129-137
  12. Austrobaileyaceae

    • P. K. Endress
    Pages 138-140
  13. Barbeyaceae

    • I. Friis
    Pages 141-143
  14. Basellaceae

    • C. R. Sperling, V. Bittrich
    Pages 143-146
  15. Berberidaceae

    • H. Loconte
    Pages 147-152
  16. Betulaceae

    • K. Kubitzki
    Pages 152-157
  17. Cabombaceae

    • P. S. Williamson, E. L. Schneider
    Pages 157-161
  18. Cactaceae

    • W. Barthlott, D. R. Hunt
    Pages 161-197
  19. Calycanthaceae

    • K. Kubitzki
    Pages 197-200
  20. Canellaceae

    • K. Kubitzki
    Pages 200-203

About this book

This volume - the first of this series dealing with angiosperms - comprises the treatments of 73 families, representing three major blocks of the dicotyledons: magnoliids, centrosperms, and hamamelids. These blocks are generally recognized as subclasses in modern textbooks and works of reference. We consider them a convenient means for structuring the hundreds of di­ cotyledon families, but are far from taking them at face value for biological, let alone mono­ phyletic entities. Angiosperm taxa above the rank of family are little consolidated, as is easily seen when comparing various modern classifications. Genera and families, in contrast, are comparatively stable units -and they are important in practical terms. The genus is the taxon most frequently recognized as a distinct entity even by the layman, and generic names provide the key to all in­ formation available about plants. The family is, as a rule, homogeneous enough to conve­ niently summarize biological information, yet comprehensive enough to avoid excessive re­ dundance. The emphasis in this series is, therefore, primarily on families and genera.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Allgemeine Botanik und Botanischer Garten, Hamburg, Germany

    Klaus Kubitzki, Volker Bittrich

  • Institut für Systematische Botanik und Pflanzengeographie, Heidelberg, Germany

    Jens G. Rohwer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons

  • Book Subtitle: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid Families

  • Editors: Klaus Kubitzki, Jens G. Rohwer, Volker Bittrich

  • Series Title: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02899-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-55509-4Published: 28 July 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08141-5Published: 28 January 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-02899-5Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2730-6259

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-6267

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 653

  • Number of Illustrations: 133 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Agriculture

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eBook USD 169.00
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 249.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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