PLANT TAXONOMY 2nd Edition by Sharma ISBN 9780070141599 978-0070141599

The revised edition of Plant Taxonomy is designed to present the current principles, practices and techniques of plant taxonomy and contemporary classifications, and also to describe important angiospermic families and groups. It provides a broad and up-to-date synthesis of this active and fascinating field of botany in the most effective manner.

1. Introduction

2. History of Plant Taxonomy

3. Classification

4. Taxonomic Structure

5. Plant Collection and Specimen Preparation

6. Plant Identification

7. Examination of Plant Specimen

8. Plant Nomenclature and Botanical Names

9. Modern Trends in Plant Taxonomy

10. Numerical Taxonomy

11. Chemotaxonomy

12. Serotaxonomy

13. Phylogeny: Origin and Evolution of Angiosperm

14. Molecular Taxonomy

15. Botanical Library

16. Herbarium

17. Botanical Gardens

18. Floral Formula and Floral Diagram

19. Position of selected families in classification systems proposed by Bentham and Hooker, Engler and Prantl, Hutchinson, Takhtajan, Cronquist, and Thorne

20. Terms of Plant Description

21. Selected Families of Dicotyledons

22. Selected Families of Monocotyledons

23. Examination Tool A

24. Examination Tool B