Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida

by Richard P. Wunderlin, Bruce F. Hansen

Overview

The definitive guide to more than 4,000 plants found in the Sunshine State

Expanded and updated, this volume is an indispensable reference to the highly diverse flora of the state. Both popular and comprehensive, this new edition contains updated nomenclature and the inclusion of more than 100 additional species, making it the most inclusive identification manual to the more than 4,200 taxa native to or naturalized in Florida.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813035437
Publisher:	University Press of Florida
Publication date:	08/14/2011
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	800
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Richard P. Wunderlin is professor of biology at the University of South Florida. 

Bruce F. Hansen is curator of the University of South Florida Herbarium. Together they are coauthors of Flora of Florida, Volume I and the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants website.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Keys 6

Major Vascular Plant Groups 6

Pteridophyte Families 6

Gymnosperm Families 10

Monocotyledon Families 10

Dicotyledon Families 14

Descriptive Flora 33

Pteridophytes 33

Gymnosperms 60

Monocotyledons 64

Dicotyledons 240

Synopsis of the Flora 628

Glossary 629

Index to Common Names 647

Index to Scientific Names 719

Editorial Reviews

"Wunderlin brings us light-years toward an understanding of what we have and what we had in the state. He also shows us what we stand to lose to exotic species invasion, urbanization, and similar impacts of modern civilization."—Florida Scientist

"Includes paragraphs on scope of the flora, arrangement of taxa, keys, taxonomy and nomenclature, distribution, etc. Identifies exotic species that have become naturalized. . . . An extremely valuable reference."—Economic Botany

"A comprehensive identification manual to the region that has the third largest plant diversity of any state in the nation."—Publishers Weekly

"An invaluable source. . . . Wunderlin’s guide brings together his years of work with the flora of Florida."—Choice

"Has quickly become THE means to key out more than 4,000 taxa of native and non-native ferns, fern allies and seed plants in Florida. . . . Required by serious plant people in the Sunshine State."—Aquaphyte

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