Guide to standard floras of the world : an annotated, geographically arranged systematic bibliography of the principal floras, enumerations, checklists, and chorological atlases of different areas / David G. Frodin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frodin, D. G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Botany--Bibliography.

Botany.

Phytogeography--Bibliography.

Phytogeography.

Plants--Classification--Bibliography.

Plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 1100 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 2001 book provides a selective annotated bibliography of the principal floras and related works of inventory for vascular plants. The second edition was completely updated and expanded to take into account the substantial literature of the late twentieth century, and features a more fully developed review of the history of floristic documentation. The works covered are principally specialist publications such as floras, checklists, distribution atlases, systematic iconographies and enumerations or catalogues, although a relatively few more popularly oriented books are also included. The Guide is organised in ten geographical divisions, with these successively divided into regions and units, each of which is prefaced with a historical review of floristic studies. In addition to the bibliography, the book includes general chapters on botanical bibliography, the history of floras, and general principles and current trends, plus an appendix on bibliographic searching, a lexicon of serial abbreviations, and author and geographical indexes.

Contents:

Maps. I. Five-grade map of the approximate state of world floristic knowledge of 1979 (from E. Jager). II. The spread of divisions 0-9 as used in this book. I. General introduction. An analytical-synthetic systemic bibliography of 'standard' floras: scope, sources and structure

The evolution of floras

Floras at the end of the twentieth century: philosophy, progress and prospects. II. Systemic bibliography. Conventions and abbreviations

Conspectus of divisions and superregions

Division 0: world floras, isolated oceanic islands and polar regions

Division 1: North America (north of Mexico)

Division 2: Middle America

Division 3: South America

Division 4: Australasia and islands of the southwest Indian Ocean (Malagassia)

Division 5: Africa

Division 6: Europe.

Division 7: Northern, central and southwestern (extra-monsoonal) Asia

Division 8: Southern, eastern and southeastern (monsoonal) Asia

Division 9: Greater Malesia and Oceania.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 948-967).

ISBN:

1-316-08549-X

0-521-18977-2

0-511-32769-2

1-280-42989-5

0-511-17366-0

0-511-15283-3

0-511-04665-0

9786610429899

0-511-54180-5

OCLC:

171135120