Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Asterales

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Joachim W. Kadereit, Charles Jeffrey
Springer Science & Business Media, Jul 12, 2007 - Science - 636 pages

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.

 

Contents

Introduction and Conspectus
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R G Bayer J Breitwieser C Jeffrey
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Carolin R C Pulmans Cottage 30 Pulman Street Berry N S W 2535
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Jeffrey
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A FunkH RobinsonandM O Dillon
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A US National Herbarium Department of Botany
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Jeffrey
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Urtubey E Division Plantas Vasculares Museo de La Plata
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B Nordenstam
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to Compositae
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Goodeniaceae R C Carolin
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Menyanthaceae G Kadereit
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Pentaphragmataceae T G Lammers
605
Rousseaceae J A KoontzJ LundbergandD E Soltis
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Index to Scientific Names
621
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