Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach

by Walter S. Judd, Christopher S. Campbell, Elizabeth A. Kellog

A comprehensive introduction to vascular plant phylogeny, the Third Edition of Plant Systematics reflects changes in the circumscription of many orders and families to represent monophyletic groups, following the most recent classification of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The taxonomic evidence described includes data from morphology, anatomy, embryology, chromosomes, palynology, secondary plant compounds, proteins, and DNA. Molecular taxonomic methods are fully presented, as are the results of many recent studies, both molecular and morphological. A chapter on the history of plant classification puts current systematic methods into historical context. Issues relating to variation in plant populations and species, including speciation and species concepts, polyploidy, hybridization, breeding systems, and introgression are carefully considered. Appendices cover botanical nomenclature as well as field and herbarium methodology. The text is copiously illustrated, using in large part the informative analytical drawings developed as part of the Generic Flora of the Southeastern United States project.

Genres: Textbooks, Science, Biology, Plants, Natural History, Reference

611 pages, Hardcover

First published January 28, 1999

Reviews

[Eva · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like yeah it's a textbook it was a good textbook but I got so bored I'm sorry Judd.

[Nathan Waldren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ah, Phylogenetics. The PhyloCode crew are gonna kill poor old Linnaeus once and for all, and this will be their bible. The good part is that they will be right; the bad part is that their new classification system won't be useful. I simultaneously welcome and dread the changes to come.

[Paul Leonard]

It sort of lacks an over-arching narrative just as a flat out "book." I feel the 5-stars eludes because of that. It's plain info.