Contemporary plant systematics /
Dennis W. Woodland ; with contributions by Todd Barkman ... [et al.].
- 4th ed.
- Berrien Springs, Mich. : Andrews University Press, c2009.
- xiv, 652 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
DVD-ROM entitled, Photo atlas of the vascular plants, 3rd ed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The significance of systematics -- How plants get their names -- How plants are identified -- Collecting, handling, and preserving specimens -- History and development of classification to the twenty-first century -- Plant classification in the twenty-first century -- Living ferns and other seedless vascular plants (pteridophytes) -- Families of the Pinophyta (gymnosperms) -- Terminology of flowering plants (angiosperms) -- Families of flowering plants (angiosperms)--"Basal" flowering plants, magnoliids, monocots, and commelinids -- Families of flowering plants (angiosperms)--Eudicots I -- Families of flowering plants (angiosperms)--Eudicots II. Rosids and eurosids -- Families of flowering plants (angiosperms)--Eudicots asterids--Euasterids I, II -- The literature of systematics -- Contemporary views on the origin of vascular plants -- Methods for studying the systematics of plants -- Preserving plant biodiversity -- The role of botanical gardens in society -- Epilogue.