An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants [Hardcover]

Arthur Cronquist (Author), Armen Takhtajan (Foreword)

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ISBN-10: 0231038801 | ISBN-13: 978-0231038805 | Publication Date: April 15, 1992 0

-- Natural History

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A definitive statement by one of the few . . . botanists with a comprehensive knowledge of the whole vast range of flowering plants. . . . No botanical library should be without it. -- Natural History

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• Hardcover: 1262 pages
• Publisher: Columbia University Press (April 15, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0231038801
• ISBN-13: 978-0231038805
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.5 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,769,357 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars an integrated system of classification of flowering plants, March 8, 2001

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This review is from: An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants (Hardcover)

This book is a classic and should be part of the reading list in an advanced and intermediate systematics and plant taxonomy class. Lets not forget the many descriptions of the families and the systematic discrepancies that the author said need to be carefully studied. It is easy to think that in todays phylogenetics classification Cronquist's contribution would not fit, but that is not the case with this book in which morphological, anatomical, palynological, biogeographical and paleobotanical data offer a unique picture of each taxonomic group, regardless of todays results by means of other techniques. The book is a wealth of information.