Plant Taxonomy: The Systematic Evaluation of Comparative Data (Hardcover, 2)

Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Acknowledgments for the first edition
Acknowledgments for the second edition
I. PRINCIPLES OF TAXONOMY
Section 1. The Meaning of Classification
1. A few definitions
2. The relevance of systematics
3. The importance and universality classification
4. Characters
Section 2. Different approaches to biological classification
5. The anatomy of classification and the artificial approach
6. Natural and phyletic approaches
7. Phenetic approach
8. Cladistic approach
9. Evaluation of the three major approaches and explicit phyletics
Section 3. Concepts of Categories
10. The taxonomic hierarchy
11. Species
12. Subspecies, variety, and form
13. Genus
14. Family and higher categories
II. TAXONOMIC DATA
Section 4. Types of data
15. Morphology
16. Anatomy
17. Embryology
18. Palynology
19. Phytochemistry
20. Cytology and cytogenetics
21. Molecular biology
22. Genetics and population genetics
23. Reproductive biology
24. Ecology
Section 5. Handling of Data
25. Gathering and storage of data
26. Presentation of data
Epilogue
Literature Cited
Author Index
Subject Index