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Flora of North America: Volume 8 - Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to ericaceae (Hardcover, New)
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Flora of North America: Volume 8 - Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to ericaceae (Hardcover, New)
Series: Flora of North America
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Flora of North America Volume 8 is the seventh of 19 volumes on
dicotyledons to be published in the Flora of North America North of
Mexico series. It treats 680 species classified among 125 genera in
19 families. The larger families covered in Volume 8 include
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family), Ericaceae (Heath family),
Grossulariaceae (Currant family), Myrsinaceae (Myrsine family),
Primulaceae (Primrose family), and Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage
family).
Each genus has representative species illustrated with a line
drawing that, in combination with keys and descriptions, will
facilitate identifications of these groups of plants. Some of the
genera treated in this volume with the most species in the flora
include: Ribes (Grossulariaceae) with 53 species; Dudleya and Sedum
(Crassulaceae) with 26 and 41 species, respectively; Heuchera,
Micranthes, and Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) with 31, 45, and 25
species, respectively; and Arctostaphylos, Rhododendron, and
Vaccinium (Ericaceae) with 62, 25, and 25 species, respectively.
Additionally, ten of the 46 genera of Ericaceae are endemic to the
flora area.
The ongoing publishing project Flora of North America is the first
comprehensive taxonomic guide to the extraordinary diversity of
plant life covering our continent north of Mexico. This ground
breaking scholarly series is a collaborative effort by researchers
at more than 30 U.S. and Canadian botanical institutions. The Flora
provides revisions of many plant groups and synthesizes the results
from studies published in hundreds of research papers over the last
three centuries.
The series, based on herbarium, laboratory and field studies by
hundreds of leading botanists and taxonomic authorities, is this
century's premier tool for identifying, understanding, and
conserving North America's floristic heritage. Flora of North
America, with beautiful illustrations accompanying many species, is
concise and easy to use. It is an indispensable resource for
botanists, conservationists, ecologists, agronomists, foresters,
range and land managers, and horticulturists.
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