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Manual of Leaf Architecture
Ellis, B.; Daly, D.C.; Hickey, L.J.; Johnson, K.R.; Mitchell, J.D.; Wilf, P.; Wing, Scott
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Description for Manual of Leaf Architecture
Offers a reference for describing, measuring and classifying the foliage of flowering plants. This title presents a system that provides long-needed guidelines for characterizing the organization, shape, venation, and surface features of angiosperm leaves. Num Pages: 220 pages, 360 figures/illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAB; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 287 x 18. Weight in Grams: 784.
This is an essential reference for describing, measuring and classifying the foliage of flowering plants. The presented system provides long-needed guidelines for characterizing the organization, shape, venation, and surface features of angiosperm leaves. In contrast to systems focusing on reproductive characters for identification, the emphasis is on macroscopic features of the leaf blade including leaf characters, venation, and tooth characters. The advantage of this system is that it allows for the classification of plants independently of their flowers, which is especially useful for fossil leaves (usually found in isolation) and tropical plants (whose flowering cycles are brief and irregular, and ... Read more
This is an essential reference for describing, measuring and classifying the foliage of flowering plants. The presented system provides long-needed guidelines for characterizing the organization, shape, venation, and surface features of angiosperm leaves. In contrast to systems focusing on reproductive characters for identification, the emphasis is on macroscopic features of the leaf blade including leaf characters, venation, and tooth characters. The advantage of this system is that it allows for the classification of plants independently of their flowers, which is especially useful for fossil leaves (usually found in isolation) and tropical plants (whose flowering cycles are brief and irregular, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845935849
SKU
V9781845935849
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
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