Flora of Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 5, Butomaceae - Orchidaceae

by Peter Sell, Gina Murrell, S. M. Walters (Foreword by)

Overview

Planned in five volumes, this new, critical Flora provides a definitive account of the native species, naturalized species, frequent garden escapes and casuals found in the British Isles. Full keys and descriptions should enable the botanist, researcher or informed amateur to name all plants occurring in the wild, plus some ornamental trees and shrubs. Detailed accounts of all the large apomictic genera are given and many infraspecific variants. Each species entry begins with the accepted Latin name, synonyms and the common English name. A detailed description follows, with separate descriptions being given for infraspecific taxa. Includes information on status, ecology and distribution. Clear black and white line drawings illustrate an extensive glossary and also illuminate the diagnostic features of a number of groups of plants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521553391
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/13/1997
Series:	Flora of Great Britain and Ireland
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	1.14(w) x 10.00(h) x 7.01(d)

About the Author

Peter Sell joined the Herbarium in the University of Cambridge's Plant Science Department in 1944, holding the post of Assistant Curator from 1972 until his retirement in 1997.

Gina Murrell is Assistant Curator of the Herbarium in the University of Cambridge's Plant Science Department. She has worked with Peter Sell over a period of 30 years, and together they have collected a quarter of the British Herbarium's 200,000 specimens.

Table of Contents

Foreword S. M. Walters; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Conspectus of families; 2. Text; 3. Artificial key to families; 4. Butomaceae; 5. Alismataceae; 6. Hydrocharitaceae; 7. Scheuchzeriaceae; 8. Juncaginaceae; 9. Potamogetonaceae; 10. Ruppiaceae; 11. Najadaceae; 12. Zanichelliaceae; 13. Zosteraceae; 14. Arecaceae; 15. Araceae; 16. Lemnaceae; 17. Commelinaceae; 18. Eriocaulaceae; 19. Juncaceae; 20. Cyperaceae; 21. Poaceae; 22. Sparganiaceae; 23. Typhaceae; 24. Bromeliaceae; 25. Pontederiaceae; 26. Iridaceae; 27. Liliaceae; 28. Agavaceae; 29. Dioscoreaceae; 30. Orchidaceae; Glossary; Abbreviations; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...a most attractive book to use and one that I strongly commend to Canadian libraries with interests in plant biodiversity." John McNeill, CBA/ABC Bulletin

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