Woodland D.W. Contemporary plant systematics. - 4th ed. - Berrien Springs: Andrews University Press, 2009. - xiv, 652 p.: ill. + 1 CD-ROM, 1 DVD-ROM. - Ind.: p.640-652. - ISBN 978-1-883925-64-2  Место хранения:   06 | Якутский научный центр СО РАН | Якутск | Центральная научная библиотека Якутского научного центра СО РАН

Оглавление / Contents

Preface ........................................................ ix CHAPTER 1 The Significance of Systematica ...................... 1 Definitions .......................................... 2 Purposes and Significance of Systematics ............. 3 CHAPTER 2 How Plants Get Their Names ........................... 5 Common or Vernacular Names ........................... 5 Latin Names .......................................... 6 Principles of the Code of Botanical Nomenclature ..... 9 What Is Involved in Validly Publishing a Name? ...... 13 Phylocode ........................................... 13 CHAPTER 3 How Plants Are Identified ........................... 14 Some Basic Rules for Constructing and Using Dichotomous Keys .................................... 15 Other Identification Methods ........................ 16 CHAPTER 4 Collecting, Handling, and Preserving Specimens ...... 17 Materials Needed for Collecting Plants .............. 17 Procedure for Pressing, Drying, and Labeling Specimens ........................................... 19 The Herbarium ....................................... 26 Ethics of Collecting and Handling Specimens ......... 30 CHAPTER 5 History and Development of Classification to the Twenty-First Century ................................ 31 Form System of Plants ............................... 32 Sexual System of Plants ............................. 33 Early "Natural" Systems ............................. 35 Post-Darwinian "Natural" Classification Systems (1860-1950) ......................................... 38 Late-Twentieth-Century Classification Systems (1950 to Present) .................................... 43 Contemporary Phenetic Methods ....................... 49 Contemporary Phylogenetic Methods ................... 53 CONTEMPORARY PLANT SYSTEMATICS CHAPTER 6 Plant Classification in the Twenty-First Century .... 58 Advances in Computational Technology ................ 59 Advances in Phylogenetic Methods .................... 59 Advances in Molecular Biology ....................... 60 A Collaborative Approach to Classification: Plant Systematics as "Big Science" .................. 60 Future Challenges in Systematics .................... 61 CHAPTER 7 Living Ferns and Other Seedless Vascular Plants (Pteridophytes) ..................................... 65 Reproductive Cycle of the Spore-Producing Vascular Plants .............................................. 66 Selected Families of Spore-Producing Vascular Plants .............................................. 70 CHAPTER 8 Families of the Pinophyta (Gymnosperms) ............ 105 Reproduction of the Pinophyta ...................... 105 Classification of the Pinophyta .................... 109 CHAPTER 9 Terminology of Flowering Plants (Angiosperms) ...... 134 Vegetative Organs .................................. 135 Reproductive Structures ............................ 150 Reproduction of Flowering Plants ................... 155 CHAPTER 10 Families of Flowering Plants (Angiosperms)—"Basal" Flowering Plants, Magnoliids, Monocots, and Commelinids ........................................ 160 Division Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants [Angiosperms]) ..................................... 161 "Basal" Flowering Plants (Angiosperms) ............. 161 CHAPTER 11 Families of Flowering Plants (Angiosperms)- Eudicots ........................................... 254 CHAPTER 12 Families of Flowering Plants (Angiosperms)- Eudicots II. Rosids and Eurosids ................... 304 CHAPTER 13 Families of Flowering Plants (Angiosperms)- Eudicots Asterids-Euasterids I, II ................. 391 CHAPTER 14 The Literature of Systematics ...................... 474 Indexes for Bibliographic, Illustrative, and Nomenclatural Literature ........................... 474 Terminology and Dictionaries ....................... 477 Specific and Comprehensive Guides .................. 478 Selected Botanical Journals ........................ 479 Floras and Manuals ................................. 480 Historical Background .............................. 481 Detailed Taxonomic Studies ......................... 481 Basic Systematic Texts ............................. 482 CHAPTER 15 Contemporary Views on the Origin of Vascular Plants ............................................. 483 Theories on Origins ................................ 483 Early Fossil Pteridophytes ......................... 484 Early Fossil Pinophyta (Gymnosperms) ............... 487 Fossil Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) ............ 489 Origin of Characteristics .......................... 491 Evolution of Species ............................... 492 CHAPTER 16 Methods for Studying the Systematica of Plants ..... 494 Plant Anatomy as Applied to Systematics ............ 494 Plant Morphology as Applied to Systematics ......... 499 Molecular Systematics .............................. 502 Palynology as Applied to Systematics ............... 508 Biogeography, Ecology, and Systematics ............. 511 Cytology and Genetics as Applied to Systematics .... 517 Summary ............................................ 521 CHAPTER 17 Preserving Plant Biodiversity ...................... 522 Value of Plant Species to Humans ................... 524 How Species Become Endangered ...................... 525 Current Knowledge about Endangered Plants .......... 526 Genetic Engineering and Biodiversity ............... 531 What About the Future? ............................. 537 Individuals Can Help Endangered Wild Plants ........ 539 CHAPTER 18 The Role of Botanical Gardens in Society ........... 540 Objectives of Botanical Gardens .................... 540 History of Botanical Gardens ....................... 541 Survey of Some Gardens ............................. 542 CHAPTER 19 Epilogue ........................................... 559 The Relevance of Systematics to Society ............ 559 Job Opportunities and Qualifications ............... 560 Summary ............................................ 561 Web Sites of Interest .............................. 561 APPENDIX I Selected References .............................. 562 APPENDIX II Floras of the World .............................. 584 APPENDIX III Classification of the Flowering Plants as Proposed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) ............................................ 615 Glossary ...................................................... 623 Index ......................................................... 640