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Plant taxonomy : the systematic evaluation of comparative data / Tod F. Stuessy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 539 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780231147125 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0231147120 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK95 .S78 2009
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Contents:
A few definitions -- The relevance of systematics -- The importance and universality of classification -- Characters -- The anatomy of classification and the artificial approach -- Natural and phyletic approaches -- The phenetic approach -- The cladistic approach -- Evaluations of the three major approaches and explicit phyletics -- The taxonomic hierarchy -- The species -- The subspecies, variety, and form -- The genus -- The family and higher categories -- Morphology -- Anatomy -- Embryology -- Palynology -- Phytochemistry -- Cytology and cytogenetics -- Molecular biology -- Genetics and population genetics -- Reproductive biology -- Ecology -- The gathering and storage of data -- The presentation of data.
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MARY IMMACULATE LIBRARY CTIE Collection QK95 .S78 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CTIE 08256-C

Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-484) and indexes.

A few definitions -- The relevance of systematics -- The importance and universality of classification -- Characters -- The anatomy of classification and the artificial approach -- Natural and phyletic approaches -- The phenetic approach -- The cladistic approach -- Evaluations of the three major approaches and explicit phyletics -- The taxonomic hierarchy -- The species -- The subspecies, variety, and form -- The genus -- The family and higher categories -- Morphology -- Anatomy -- Embryology -- Palynology -- Phytochemistry -- Cytology and cytogenetics -- Molecular biology -- Genetics and population genetics -- Reproductive biology -- Ecology -- The gathering and storage of data -- The presentation of data.

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