Guide to Flowering Plant Families
By Wendy B. Zomlefer
448 pp., 8.5 x 11, 165 line drawings, 23 charts
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-4470-0
Published: January 1995
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The content of the family discussions is geared to readers who have completed one introductory biology course. For readers less familiar with botanical terminology, Zomlefer provides an illustrated glossary of 551 terms with more than 300 drawings. Other important tutorial features are twenty-two detailed charts that compare pertinent characteristics of certain related plant groups and a general chart that summarizes the salient features of the families covered in the text. Both amateurs and professionals will particularly enjoy the chapter on examining, dissecting, and sketching live material.
About the Author
Dr. Wendy B. Zomlefer is a curator at the University of Georgia Herbarium. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in botany from the University of Florida and her B.S. in botany from the University of Vermont. She is a plant taxonomist with numerous scientific publications and also has over twenty-five years experience as a professional scientific illustrator.
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"Wendy Zomlefer has written a scholarly but eminently readable book that is highlighted by her superb drawings. This work will be an invaluable tool in the taxonomy lab."—Rudolf Schmid, University of California, Berkeley
"The major flowering plant families have rarely been presented in so accessible a manner as in Zomlefer's new book. I highly recommend it to all plant enthusiasts."—Brian M. Boom, New York Botanical Garden
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