A01=Beth Ellis
A01=Douglas C. Daly
A01=John Mitchell
A01=Kirk Johnson
A01=Leo Hickey
A01=Peter Wilf
A01=Scott Wing
Author_Beth Ellis
Author_Douglas C. Daly
Author_John Mitchell
Author_Kirk Johnson
Author_Leo Hickey
Author_Peter Wilf
Author_Scott Wing
Category=PSAB
Category=PST
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Product details
- ISBN 9781845935849
- Weight: 800g
- Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jun 2009
- Publisher: CABI Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This is an essential reference for describing, measuring and classifying the foliage of flowering plants. The presented system provides long-needed guidelines for characterizing the organization, shape, venation, and surface features of angiosperm leaves. In contrast to systems focusing on reproductive characters for identification, the emphasis is on macroscopic features of the leaf blade including leaf characters, venation, and tooth characters. The advantage of this system is that it allows for the classification of plants independently of their flowers, which is especially useful for fossil leaves (usually found in isolation) and tropical plants (whose flowering cycles are brief and irregular, and whose fruits and flowers may be difficult to access). An illustrated terminology including detailed definitions and annotated illustrations is the focus of the classification system, the aim of which is to provide a framework with comparative examples to allow both modern and fossil leaves to be described and classified consistently. Published in association with the New York Botanical Garden.
