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Garden Plants Taxonomy - Volume 2: Angiosperms (Eudicots) (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
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Garden Plants Taxonomy - Volume 2: Angiosperms (Eudicots) (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
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Horticulture has remained far behind in understanding of botanical
principles. Recent phylogenetic (DNA-based) reorganization of
higher plants has revolutionized taxonomic treatments of all
biological entities, even when morphology does not completely agree
with their organization. This book is an example of applying
principals of botanical phylogenetic taxonomy to assemble genera,
species, and cultivars of 200 vascular plant families of ferns,
gymnosperms, and angiosperms that are cultivated for enhancement of
human living space; homes, gardens, and parks. The emphases are on
cultivated species but examples of some plants are often shown in
the wild and in landscapes. In providing descriptions, it is
assumed that students and other interested individuals have no
background in general botany (plant characteristics), or
nomenclature. Fundamental features of all plant groups discussed
are fully illustrated by original watercolor drawings or
photographs. Discussion of the families is grounded on
recent botanical phylogenetic treatments, which is based on common
ancestry (monophyly). Of course, phylogenetic taxonomy is not a new
concept, and was originally based on morphological characteristics;
it is the DNA-based phylogeny that has revolutionized modern
biological classifications. In practical terms, this book
represents the horticultural treatment that corresponds to
phylogenetic-based botanical taxonomy, to which is added cultigens
and cultivated genera and species. Hence, the harmony between
horticultural and botanical taxonomy. This book covers
phylogenetic-based taxonomy of Angiosperms (Eudicots). A companion
volume covers Ferns, Gymnosperms, and Angiosperms
(Monocots).Â
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