Plant Systematics: An Integrated Approach

by Gurcharan Singh

The focus of the present edition has been to further consolidate the information on the principles of plant systematic, include detailed discussion on all major systems of classification, and significantly, also include discussion on the selected families of vascular plants, without sacrificing the discussion on basic principles. The families included for discussion are largely those which have wide representation, as also those that are less known but significant in evaluating the phylogeny of angiosperms. The discussion of the families also has a considerable focus on their phylogenetic relationships, as evidenced by recent cladistic studies, with liberal citation of molecular data. Several additional families have been included for detailed discussion in the present volume.

561 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[itsumoAoi · Rating 4 out of 5]

like the title itself, this book - gave us an integrated explanation about the whole taxonomy of plants, from the earlier plant systematic until the recent changes, from the taxonomy point of view until botanical description. Composed as full color and pictorial text book, this book is quite handy even for first year botany students..However, it seems one can't rely the whole information only on this book, because some statements need detail explanation from other books

[PRACHI KHOLA · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite a good book for studying systematics and everything else for classification and its systems.
It also contains brief intro of families and genera but lacks it for some sub divisions, hence some inconsistency is found here, rest otherwise a goof read for studying the history and very detailed systematics.