Author: David John Nicholas HindPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Compositae
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Proceedings of the International Compositae Conference, Kew, 1994: Compositae: biology & utilization
Author: David John Nicholas HindPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Compositae
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
The Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature Relating to Vascular Plants
Author: Flowering Plants. Eudicots
Author: Joachim W. KadereitPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540310517
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 645
Book Description
This volume contains a complete systematic treatment of the flowering plant order Asterales. This comprises 12 families with approx. 1,720 genera and about 26,300 species. Identification keys are provided for all genera, and likely phylogenetic relationships are discussed extensively. The wealth of information contained in this volume makes it an indispensable source for all working in the fields of pure and applied plant sciences.
Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of Compositae
Author: Vicki Ann FunkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Compositae
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
"This spectacular book does full justice to the Compositae (Asteraceae), the largest and most successful flowering plant family with some 1700 genera and 24,000 species. It is an indispensable reference, providing the most up-to-date hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships in the family based on molecular and morphological characters, along with the corresponding subfamilial and tribal classification. The 2009 work not only integrates the extensive molecular phylogenetic analyses conducted in the last 25 years, but also uses these to produce a metatree for about 900 taxa of Compositae. The book contains 44 chapters, contributed by 80 authors, covering the history, economic importance, character variation, and systematic and phylogenetic diversity of the family. The emphasis of this work is phylogenetic; its chapters provide a detailed, current, and thoroughly documented presentation of the major (and not so major) clades in the family, citing some 2632 references. Like the Compositae, the book is massive, diverse, and fascinating. It is beautifully illustrated, with 170 figures, and an additional 108 cladograms (all consistently color-coded, based on the geographic range of the included taxa); within these figures are displayed 443 color photographs, clearly demonstrating the amazing array of floral and vegetative form expressed by members of the clade." --NHBS Environment Bookstore.
Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
Author: R. BüttnerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540410171
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 3698
Book Description
With contributions by numerous experts
Chemistry, Biological and Pharmacological Properties of Medicinal Plants from the Americas
Author: Kurt HostettmannPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351461095
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This volume is a compilation of plenary lectures presented at the IOCD/CYTED Symposium held in Panama City, Panama in 1997, and covers different aspects of research into plants from North, South and Central America. The topics treated all revolve around the chemistry, pharmacology, and biology of these plants. The importance of pharmaceuticals derived from plant sources is described, together with the potential of ethnomedicine for providing new leads in the search for bioactive constituents. The biodiversity of the Americas is underlined and an idea is given of the urgency with which the flora must be studied.
Flavonoids of the Sunflower Family (Asteraceae)
Author: Bruce A. BohmPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3709161819
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Flavonoids are secondary plant products that have previously been shown to be helpful in determining relationships among plant groups. This work presents comprehensively the occurrence, patterns of variation, and systematic and evolutionary importance of flavonoids in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), the largest family of flowering plants (23,000 species). It gathers together the more than 2500 reports of flavonoids in Asteraceae published between 1950 to the present and interprets these data in context of new taxonomic (especially generic) alignments. The authors discuss flavonoid patterns with reference to modern phylogenetic studies based on morphology and DNA data. This book provides, therefore, the most exhaustive synthesis and evaluation of the systematic and evolutionary import of flavonoids ever accomplished for any large family of angiosperms.
Artemisia
Author: Colin W. WrightPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203303067
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A comprehensive overview of this genus, Artemisia examines all aspects of the herbs uses and applications, its mode of action and clinical importance. Following a comprehensive introduction to the genus, the book discusses the botanical, phytochemical and biological aspects of a number of important species of Artemisis. Considering that the discove
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Author: Pests of Field Crops and Pastures
Author: Peter T. BaileyPublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643067582
Category : Agricultural pests
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
Here, for the first time is a comprehensive handbook on economic entomolgy for field crops and pastures. It is organised by commodities such as cereals, sugar and tropical pasture legumes allowing all the arthropods on a particular commodity to be examined.