Flora of Florida, Volume I: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms

Richard P. Wunderlin and Bruce F. Hansen

Details: 384 pages     7 x 10
Cloth: $49.95   ISBN 13: 978-0-8130-1805-8   ISBN 10: 0-8130-1805-6   
Pubdate: 12/31/2000
Review(s): 5 available

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Overview

"A major source of information on the plants of Florida which will be the standard reference for years to come."—Rolla Tryon, professor emeritus of biology, Harvard University

"This important addition to the botanical literature of Florida and the eastern United States will be welcomed by professional and amateur botanists and field biologists throughout the region."—Gil Nelson, Florida State University

Flora of Florida, Volume I, is the first of a proposed eight-volume comprehensive reference to the more than 3,800 vascular plants, native and non-native, known to occur growing wild in the state.

Richard Wunderlin and Bruce Hansen employ standard botanical treatments and keys for all families, genera, and species of the ferns and non-flowering seed plants (for example, pines, cedars, yews) along with descriptions, illustrations, nomenclature, and distribution information—making this the first single volume to contain all pertinent data. Chapters also cover physical setting, vegetation, and botanical exploration. Forthcoming volumes will include systematic treatment of the dicot families (volumes 2 to 6) and the monocot families (volumes 7 and 8).

This invaluable reference provides botanists, both professional and advanced amateur, detailed information on the common and the rare and endangered ferns and non-flowering seed plants growing wild in Florida, a state with the third richest flora in the United States. Researchers, state and federal agencies, university students, and environmental consultants will also value the volume’s comprehensive descriptions, illustrations, and taxonomic nomenclature.

Richard P. Wunderlin, professor of biology at the University of South Florida, is the author of Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (UPF, 1998), Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central Florida (UPF, 1982), and co-author of the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants CD-ROM.

Bruce F. Hansen, curator of the University of South Florida Herbarium, is co-author of the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants CD-ROM.
 
Other RICHARD WUNDERLIN Books
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida, 3rd Edition
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida, 2nd edition
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central Florida: Revised 1992
A Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida
 
Other BRUCE HANSEN Books
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida, 3rd Edition
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida, 2nd edition