Plant taxonomy : the systematic evaluation of comparative data /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stuessy, Tod F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • A few definitions
  • The relevance of systematics
  • The importance and universality of classification
  • Characters
  • The anatomy of classification and the artificial approach
  • Natural and phyletic approaches
  • The phenetic approach
  • The cladistic approach
  • Evaluations of the three major approaches and explicit phyletics
  • The taxonomic hierarchy
  • The species
  • The subspecies, variety, and form
  • The genus
  • The family and higher categories
  • Morphology
  • Anatomy
  • Embryology
  • Palynology
  • Phytochemistry
  • Cytology and cytogenetics
  • Molecular biology
  • Genetics and population genetics
  • Reproductive biology
  • Ecology
  • The gathering and storage of data
  • The presentation of data.