Title:
Botany in a day : the patterns method of plant identification : an herbal field guide to plant families of North America / Thomas J. Elpel.
ISBN:
9781892784353
Personal Author:
Edition:
6.1 edition.
Publication Information:
Pony, MT : HOPS Press, LLC, [2018]
©2018
Physical Description:
ii, 235 pages : illustrations, chiefly color, map ; 28 cm
General Note:
"APG" in subscript following title.
Contents:
Pt. I. Botony in a day: the patterns method of plant identification. Botany in a day tutorial: how to proceed -- Plant names and classification -- Evolution of plants : A puzzle without all the pieces ; Life begins ; The land plants -- Learning plants by families -- Problems in taxonomic paradise -- How to use the keys -- Profile your flower : Key to regular dicot flowers with numerous petals ; Key to irregular dicot flowers ; Key to regular dicot flowers with 0, 3 or 6 petals ; Key to regular dicot flowers with 4 petals ; Key to regular dicot flowers with 5 united petals ; Key to regular dicot flowers with 5 separate petals ; Key to dicot trees and shrubs by their fruits ; Key to monocot flowers -- pt. II. Reference guide: an herbal field guide to plant families. Clubmoss clade -- Fern clade -- Naked seed clade -- Flowering plants clade : Water lily clade ; Magnolia clade ; Hornwort clade ; Eudicots clade ; Monocots clade -- Medicinal properties of plants -- Indexes : Plants by genus ; Plants by common name ; Plant families and subfamilies by botanical names ; Plant families and subfamilies by common name.
Summary:
Explains the patterns method of plant identification, describing eight key patterns for recognizing more than 45,000 species of plants, and includes an illustrated reference guide to plant families.
Genre:
OCLC Number:
on1108045239
Availability:
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