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A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America: With Supplementary Notes on Herbaceous Taxa

by Gentry, Alwyn H. A Vasquez, Rodolfo

  • ISBN: 9780226289434
  • ISBN10: 0226289435

A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America: With Supplementary Notes on Herbaceous Taxa

by Gentry, Alwyn H. A Vasquez, Rodolfo

  • List Price: $85.00
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Publisher: University of Chicago Press
  • Publish date: 01/01/1993
  • ISBN: 9780226289434
  • ISBN10: 0226289435
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Description: FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF FIGURES INTRODUCTION KEY OUTLINE KEY TO FAMILIES KEY I - Leaves Opposite or Whorled (and Compound) IA. Leaves bipinnate to biternate (and opposite) IB. Leaves simply pinnately compound (and opposite) IC. Leaves 3-foliolate ID. Leaves palmately compound (and opposite) KEY II - Leaves Alternate (and Compound) IIA. Leaves bipinnate IIB. Leaves simply pinnate (and alternate) IIC. Leaves 3-foliolate IID. Leaves palmately compound (and alternate) KEY III - Leaves Simple and Opposite (or Whorled) IIIA. Lianas IIIB. Trees and shrubs KEY IV - Leaves Simple and Alternate IVA. Trees IVB. Lianas with alternate simple leaves SPECIAL HABIT LISTS AND FIGURES 1. Leafless achlorophyllous parasites and saprophytes 2. Leafless plants with chlorophyllous stems 3. Tendrillate lianas 4. Anomalous liana stem cross sections 5. Some common whole-tree branching patterns 6. Ant domatia 7. Stilt roots 8. Spines 9. Strongly fenestrated trunks FERNS AND GYMNOSPERMS Ferns (mostly Cyatbeaceae) Cycadaceae Ephedraceae Gnetaceae Podocarpaceae MONOCOTS Agavaceae Araceae Bromeliaceae Burmanniaceae Cannaceae Commelinaceae Cyclantbaceae Cyperaceae Dioscoreaceae Eriocaulaceae Gramineae Haemodoraceae Iridaceae Liliaceae Marantaceae Musaceae Orchidaceae Palmae Rapateaceae Smilacaceae Strelitziaceae Triuridaceae Velloziaceae Zingiberaceae DICOTS Acantbaceae Actinidiaceae Aizoaceae Alzateaceae Amaranthaceae Anacardiaceae Annonaceae Apocynaceae Aquifoliaceae Araliaceae Aristolochiaceae Asclepiadaceae Balanophoraceae Basellaceae Bataceae Begoniaceae Berberidaceae Betulaceae Bignoniaceae Bixaceae Bombacaceae Boraginaceae Brunelliaceae Burseraceae Buxaceae Cactaceae Calyceraceae Campanulaceae Capparidaceae Caprifoliaceae Caricaceae Caryocaraceae Caryophyllaceae Celastraceae Chenopodiaceae Chloranthaceae Chrysobalanaceae Clethraceae Cochlospermaceae Columelliaceae Combretaceae Compositae Eupatorieae Vemonieae Astereae Inuleae Heliantheae Tageteae Liabeae Senecioneae Anthemideae Mutisieae Lactuceae Connaraceae Convolvulaceae Coriariaceae Cornaceae Crassulaceae Cruciferae Cucurbitaceae Cunoniaceae Cyrillaceae Dialypetalanthaceae Dichapetalaceae Dipterocarpaceae Droseraceae Ebenaceae Elaeocarpaceae Ericaceae Erythroxylaceae Euphorbiaceae Fagaceae Flacourtiaceae Gentianaceae Geraniaceae Gesneriaceae Goodeniaceae Guttiferae Haloragidaceae Hamamelidaceae Hernandiaceae Hippocastanaceae Hippocrateaceae Humiriaceae Hydrophyllaceae Icacinaceae Juglandaceae Julianaceae Krameriaceae Labiatae Lacistemataceae Lauraceae Lecythidaceae Leguminosae Caesalpinioideae Mimosoideae Papilionoideae Lentibulariaceae Lepidobotryaceae Linaceae Loasaceae Loganiaceae Loranthaceae Lythraceae Magnoliaceae Malesherbiaceae Malpighiaceae Marcgraviaceae Martyniaceae Melastomataceae Meliaceae Menispermaceae Monimiaceae Moraceae Myricaceae Myristicaceae Myrsinaceae Myrtaceae Nolanaceae Nyctaginaceae Ochnaceae Olacaceae Oleaceae Onagraceae Opiliaceae Oxalidaceae Papaveraceae Passifloraceae Phytolaccaceae Piperaceae Plantaginaceae Plumbaginaceae Polemoniaceae Polygalaceae Portulacaceae Proteaceae Pyrolaceae Quiinaceae Rafflesiaceae Ranunculaceae Rharnnaceae Rhizophoraceae Rosaceae Rubiaceae Rutaceae Sabiaceae Salicaceae Santalaceae Sapindaceae Sapotaceae Saxifragaceae Scrophulariaceae Simaroubaceae Solanaceae Staphyleaceae Styracaceae Symplocaceae Theophrastaceae Thymelaeaceae Tiliaceae Trigoniaceae Tropaeolaceae Turneraceae Ulmaceae Umbelliferae Urticaceae Valerianaceae Verbenaceae Violaceae Vitaceae Vochysiaceae Winteraceae INDEX: COMMON NAMES INDEX: SCIENTIFIC NAMES
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