| View Larger Image | Guide to Flowering Plant Families | Paperbackby Wendy B. Zomlefer (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 424 Pages | | Publication Date: | January 27, 1995 | | Sales Rank: | 384,747th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Understanding the flowering plants of any region begins with the recognition of families. This remarkable volume, created to serve students, professionals, and other plant enthusiasts, covers 130 temperate to tropical families common in North America with detailed illustrations and modern referenced commentaries. Each family discussion includes a diagnosis and summary of characteristics, distribution data, important economic members, and pollination ecology. The book's most striking feature is Zomlefer's 158 original pen-and-ink plates depicting intricate dissections of 312 species.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. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 7 reviews)
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Guide to Flowering Plant Families by R. Hartley (Laura, IL USA)  5 Stars
January 18, 2007
The book is just fine ... that's why I ordered it ... it's a good book.
However, I thought I was buying the book USED at a less-than-new price. The price I actually paid was the new price. And I did receive a new book, thank you.
My question: Why didn't I pay for and receive the USED book that I wanted? I wonder if there is something in the ordering process that I missed. This is the first book order from amazon.
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Great resource for a beginner by Annie (Urbana, IL USA) 5 Stars
January 10, 2007
I got this book because I needed to learn about plants and I needed a no nonsense, basic introduction to the plant families of the world--not just trees, not just herbs, and not just information from one part of the world. This book is all that and more. The descriptions of each family use botanical terminology, there are clear line drawings of the taxonomically informative characters, and economically important species are listed in each family. Because I am not an expert on plants, I can't comment on the accuracy of the information, but I can say that this book has been a great resource for me, as a novice botanist. My only complaint (and this is a minor one, because this is not supposed to be a field guide) is that I am unfamiliar with many of the families and color photos would really help me to learn to recognize the plants in nature. I highly recommend this book.
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Guide to Flowering Plant Families by Wendy B. Zomlefer [Paperback] by OM Braida (Florida)  1 Stars
July 04, 2005
*****This should be a five star rating but something happened when I wrote the review so I can't change the star rating. Suffice it to say that this is a very comprehensive book with wonderful black and white illustrations. A very useful guide for students of botanical art or for anyone interested in plants.
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Missing Families by DR (Far North)  3 Stars
May 05, 2005
Many floras and the USDA Plant Database use Cronquist's classification system. Several families in that system are missing in Thorne's system as used in this book. I would suggest supplementing this book with James Payne Smith's "Vascular Plant Families."
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Very handy reference to have around. by J. Whealton (Central Florida, USA)  4 Stars
April 05, 2005
Occasionally I have to (try) and key out plants at work. Not having a botany background makes this difficult and when I get stumped on a particular term or piece of plant anatomy I call up this book to walk me through the terminology. It is particularly useful if you can key the plant out to family level. It's picture (line art) illustrations are very clear and help tremendously when trying to understand what it is the key is referring to. Well worth the 35 dollars if you deal with the anatomy of plants at all or need to know family characteristics.
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