List of contents

1. PLANTS, TAXONOMY AND SYSTEMATICS 1 

2. BOTANICAL NOMENCLATURE 15 

3. HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION 46 

4. DESCRIPTIVE TERMINOLOGY 56 

5. PROCESS OF IDENTIFICATION 91

6.VARIATION, BIOSYSTEMATICS, POPULATION

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 128 

7. TAXONOMIC EVIDENCE 149 

8. DEVELOPING CLASSIFICATIONS 210

9. PHYLOGENY OF ANGIOSPERMS 265 

10. SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATION 297 

11. FAMILIES OF PTERIDOPHYTES 35

12. FAMILIES OF GYMNOSPERMS 384

13. SELECTED FAMILIES OF ANGIOSPERMS 407

14. PLANT GEOGRAPHY 569

REFERENCES 588

INDEX 611