Vascular Plants of Texas: A Comprehensive Checklist Including Synonymy, Bibliography, and Index

by Stanley D. Jones, Joseph K. Wipff, Paul M. Montgomery

Overview

Everyone with a professional interest in the flora of Texas will welcome this checklist of the vascular plants. This comprehensive list also includes crops, persistent perennials, and naturalized plants and encompasses over 1,000 changes to the previous (Hatch, 1990) checklist. The authors have arranged this checklist phylogenetically by classes following the Cronquist system.

Several features make this checklist especially useful. Chief among them is the relative synonymy (name history). An extensive index makes current classification and correct nomenclature readily accessible, while the botanical bibliography is the most extensive ever compiled for Texas. The authors also note which plants have been listed as threatened or endangered by the Texas Organization of Endangered Species, which are designated as Federal Noxious Weeds, and which have been chosen as state tree, flower, fruit, etc. by the Texas Legislature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780292788541
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Publication date:	09/11/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Stanley D. Jones and Joseph K. Wipff are botanists at the Botanical Research Center in Bryan, Texas. Paul M. Montgomery is a photographer with a special interest and expertise in grasses. His work has appeared in numerous publications.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
  • Format
  • Scientific Names: Species and Infraspecific Rank
  • Authors of Taxa
  • Common Names
  • Abbreviations and Special Designations
  • Conserved Names
  • Cultivated Plants
  • Endangered and Threatened Taxa
  • Federal Noxious Weeds
  • Hybrid Taxa
  • Misapplied Names
  • Orthography
  • State Symbols
  • Synonyms
  • Unpublished Names
  • Summary of Taxa
• Summary Table
• Checklist
  • Classes:
    • Lycopodiopsida
    • Isoëtopsida
    • Equisetopsida
    • Psilotopsida
    • Polypodiopsida
    • Cycadopsida
    • Ginkgoöpsida
    • Pinopsida
    • Gnetopsida
    • Magnoliopsida
    • Liliopsida
• Bibliography
• Index

Editorial Reviews

This comprehensive, up-to-date checklist of the vascular plants of Texas includes crops, persistent perennials, and naturalized plants and encompasses over 1,000 changes to the previous list. The checklist is phylogenetically arranged by classes following the Cronquist system. Special features include the relative synonymy (name history); an extensive index; an extensive botanical bibliography; and notation of threatened or endangered species and Federal Noxious Weeds. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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