xvi, 576 pages : 29 cm +

CD-ROM contains: color photographs -- illustrated glossary -- appendices

Includes bibliographical references

The science of plant systematics -- Methods and principles of biological systematics -- Classification and system in flowering plants: historical background -- Taxonomic evidence: structural and biochemical characters -- Molecular systematics -- The evolution of plant diversity -- An overview of green plant phylogeny -- Lycophytes, ferns and their allies, and extant gymnosperms -- Phylogenetic relationships of angiosperms -- Appendix 1. Botanical nomenclature -- Appendix 2. Specimen preparation and identification

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