Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Asterales / Edition 1

by Joachim W. Kadereit, Charles Jeffrey

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540310501
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	03/29/2007
Series:	The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants , #8
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	636
Product dimensions:	7.99(w) x 10.87(h) x 0.06(d)

Table of Contents

Asterales: Introduction and Conspectus.- Alseuosmiaceae.- Argophyllaceae.- Calyceraceae.- Campanulaceae.- Carpodetaceae.- Compositae: Introduction with Key to the Tribes.- I. Barnadesieae.- II. Mutisieae.- III. Cardueae.- Carduoid Genera of Uncertain Placement.- IV. Gymnarrheneae.- V. Moquinieae.- VI. Vernonieae.- VII. Liabeae.- VIII. Cichorieae.- IX. Gundelieae.- X. Arctotideae.- XI. Corymbieae.- XII. Senecioneae.- XIII. Calenduleae.- XIV. Gnaphalieae.- XV. Astereae.- XVI. Anthemideae.- XVII. Inuleae .-Key to the Tribes of the Heliantheae Alliance.- XVIII. Athroismeae.- XIX. Helenieae.-XX. Coreopsideae.- XXI. Neurolaeneae.- XXII. Tribe Tageteae.- XXIII. Tribe Chaenactideae.- XXIV. Tribe Bahieae.- XXV. Polymnieae.- XXVI. Heliantheae.- XXVII. Millerieae.- XXVIII. Madieae.- XXIX. Perityleae.- XXX. Eupatorieae.- Asteroid Genus of Uncertain Placement.- Selected Bibliography to Compositae. Goodeniaceae.- Menyanthaceae.- Pentaphragmataceae.- Phellinaceae.- Rousseaceae.- Stylidiaceae.- Index of Scientific Names.