Taxonomy & Systematics

A powerful and critical investigation of iron deficiency in women throughout evolutionary history and in our current society Women of the world ar...

This book describes the natural and cultural history of an iconic and unusual woodpecker a species that nests in tree cavities but which forages m...

HONG De-Yuans three-volume monograph of the popular genus Paeonia is a comprehensive taxonomic revision, based on extensive field observations, pop...

The Flora Zambesiaca series provides comprehensive descriptive accounts of the flowering plants and ferns native and naturalised in Zambia, Malawi,...

Grasses and bamboos are part of the same botanical group, the grass family, also called Poaceae, a family with an estimated 12,000 species. Grasses...

A critical, illustrated Flora of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, designed to treat phanerogams as well as cryptogams of the area. Publication t...

The book follows contemporary classifications and is richly illustrated with line drawings and photographs throughout. Each group has a family desc...

This is the first up to date and comprehensive checklist of the vascular plants of Jordan. The book covers 112 families and all species (including ...

A critical, illustrated Flora of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, designed to treat phanerogams as well as cryptogams of the area. Publication t...

In China, the cultivated tree peony is known as the King of Flowers, while in ancient Greece the herbaceous peony was dubbed the Queen of Herbs--a ...

A descriptive account of the Acanthaceae (Part 2) native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamen...

Non-native plants have been introduced to South Georgia since the first sealers inhabited the island in the late eighteenth century. The number of ...

The Flora Zambesiaca series provides comprehensive descriptive accounts of the flowering plants and ferns native and naturalised in Zambia, Malawi,...

Situated in the South Atlantic, some 500 km from mainland South America, the Falkland Islands are a remote archipelago formed of two larger islands...

The Flora of Iraq is the only flora for this region in the Middle East. It enables anyone documenting, studying and/or managing Iraqs vast and rich...

This is the second part of the three volume set monograph Peonies of the World, a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus Paeonia. Part of Ho...

This landmark volume is a unique, comprehensive compendium of all the biosystematics information on mosquitoes available today. Its purpose is to p...

This is the fifth title in the series Repatriation of Kew Herbarium Data for the Flora of Northeastern Brazil. In total 184 species are recorded in...

Embark on a journey into the captivating world of alkaloids with this book, a thorough guide that explores the most used alkaloid plants, alongside...

In our modern world, it is easy to overlook the natural world all around us. Only major life events, such as birth, injury, disease, and death, rem...

Richly illustrated with figures and examples and supplemented with a glossary of terms, The Evolutionary Roots of Human Brain Diseases assembles re...

The superfamily Chalcidoidea (the jewel wasps) are part of the insect order Hymenoptera. The superfamily comprises more than 27,000 known species, ...

A Birdwatcher's Guide to Norway helps you find all the birds of Norway and Svalbard, and guides you in detail to more than 350 of the best birdwatc...

An indispensable illustrated source of information for hundreds of species of North American trees   This authoritative reference on native and non...

The Flora Zambesiaca series, published in over 200 parts, provides comprehensive descriptive accounts of the flowering plants and ferns native and ...

Comprehensive descriptive account of the Indigofereae native and naturalised in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and the Caprivi Strip.

A critical, illustrated Flora of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, designed to treat phanerogams as well as cryptogams of the area. Publication t...

This is the first publication dedicated to the flora of the Republic of Sudan and the recently seceded Republic of South Sudan. This up to date com...

This book lists over 400 Zambian plant remedies with their scientific and common names, a brief description of plant and habitat, and the plant par...

Select Agents are defined in regulations through a list of names of particularly dangerous known bacteria, viruses, toxins, and fungi. However, nat...

This book consists of a series of papers that help to unravel the taxonomy of the phylum Brachiopoda and describe associated marine communities in ...

Leaf beetles are one of the largest groups of beetles, with tens of thousands of species worldwide and around 280 in Britain. They belong mainly to...

Comprehensive photographic guide to the orchids of the region written by leading experts, who between them have decades of orchid field and researc...

This book considers the natural history and cultural symbolism of a most unusual woodpecker a species that neither excavates nest holes in trees, ...

This books targets a wide audience of practitioners and researchers alike. First, it introduces newly developed, dynamic classification concepts ba...