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Botany illustrated: introduction to plants, major groups, flowering plant families
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Springer
Publication Date
c2006
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book - 2nd ed.
Preface
Color code clues
Acknowledgements
Introduction to plants
1. Names and terms
2. Cell structure
3. Cell organelles
4. Cell pigments
5. Cell - water movement
6. Cell chromosomes
7. Cell - mitosis
8. Cell types
9. Tissue systems of the plant body
10. Tissue - epidermis
11. Tissue - primary vascular system
12. Root types and modifications
13. Root tissues
14. Stem structure
15. Stem tissues
16. Stem modifications
17. Stem - water transport
18. Stem - food transport
19. Stem - apical dominance
20. Stem - growth movements
21. Leaf types and arrangement
22. Leaf tissues
23. Leaf modifications
24. Leaf - photosynthesis
25. Leaf - nutrient deficiency symptoms
26. Flower initiation in response to daylength
27. Flower structure
28. Flower structure variations
29. Flower development
30. Flower - meiosis
31. Flower - pollen development
32. Flower -ovule development
33. Flower pollination by insects
34. Flower pollination by insects (continued)
35. Flower pollination by wind
36. Flower pollination by birds and bats
37. Flower - fertilization and embryo development
38. Fruit - dry types
39. Fruit - fleshy types, compound
40. Seed structure and germination
Major groups
41. Major groups ; geologic time scale
42. Fossils
43. Fossils (continued)
44. Blue-greens
45. Slime molds
46. Water molds, downy mildews, white rusts ; chytrids and allies
47. Fungi
48. Molds, mildews, morels (sac fungi)
49. Rusts, smuts, jelly fungi (club fungi)
50. Gill fungi
51. Gill and pore fungi
52. Pore, coral and toothed fungi
53. Puffballs, stinkhorns, bird's-nest fungi
54. Lichens
55. Dinoflagellates
56. Golden algae, yellow-green algae, diatoms
57. Red algae
58. Green algae
59. Brown algae
60. Brown algae (continued)
61. Brown algae (continued)
62. Stoneworts
63. Liverworts, hornworts, mosses
64. Whisk ferns
65. Clubmosses, spikemosses, quillworts
66. Horsetails
67. Ferns
68. Common ferns
69. Fern leaf development
70. Water ferns
71. Cycads
72. Ginkgo
73. Conifers
74. Gnetes
75. Flowering plant classification
76. Major land plant communities
Flowering plant families
Dicotyledons
77. Magnolia family (Magnoliaceae)
78. Laurel family (Lauraceae)
79. Water lily family (Nymphaeaceae)
80. Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae)
81. Witch hazel family (Hamamelidaceae)
82. Elm family (Ulmaceae)
83. Beech family (Fagaceae)
84. Birch family (Betulaceae)
85. Cactus family (Cactaceae)
86. Cactus family (continued)
87. PInk family (Caryophyllaceae)
88. Goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae)
89. Buckwheat family (Polygonaceae)
90. Mallow family (Malvaceae)
91. Pitcher-plant family (Sarraceniaceae)
92. Violet family (Violaceae)
93. Begonia family (Begoniaceae)
94. Gourd family (Cucurbitaceae)
95. Willow family (Salicaceae)
96. Mustard family (Brassicaceae)
97. Heath family (Ericaceae)
98. Saxifrage family (Saxifragaceae)
99. Rose family (Rosaceae)
100. Pea family (Fabaceae)
101. Dogwood family (Cornaceae)
102. Staff-tree family (Celastraceae)
103. Spurge family (Euphorbiaceae)
104. Grape family (Vitaceae)
105. Maple family (Aceraceae)
106. Cashew family (Anacardiaceae)
107. Rue family (Rutaceae)
108. Geranium family (Geraniaceae)
109. Carrot family (Apiaceae)
110. Milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae)
111. Nightshade family (Solanaceae)
112. Morning glory family (Convolvulaceae)
113. Mint family (Lamiaceae)
114. Olive family (Oleaceae)
115. Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae)
116. Gesneria family (Gesneriaceae)
117. Honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae)
118. Teasel family (Dipsacaceae)
119. Aster family (Asteraceae)
Monocotyledons
120. Water-plantain family (Alismataceae)
121. Spiderwort family (Commelinaceae)
122. Sedge family (Cyperaceae)
123. Grass family (Poaceae)
124. Arrowroot family (Marantaceae)
125. Palm family (Arecaceae)
126. Palm family (continued)
127. Arum family (Araceae)
128. Lily family (Liliaceae)
129. Iris family (Iridaceae)
130. Orchid family (Orchidaceae)
131. Bibliography
133. Glossary of word roots, metric equivalents
135. Index.
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