Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Lamiales (except Acanthaceae Including Avicenniaceae) (the Families And Genera Of Vascular Plants)

In this volume, 24 flowering plant families comprising a total of 911 genera are treated. They represent the asterid order Lamiales except for Acanthaceae (including Avicenniaceae), which will be included in a later volume. Although most of the constituent families of the order have been recognized as being closely related long ago, the inclusion of the families Byblidaceae, Carlemanniaceae and Plocospermataceae is the result mainly of recent molecular systematic research. Keys for the identification of all genera are provided, and likely phylogenetic relationships are discussed extensively. To facilitate the recognition of relationships, families are cross-referenced where necessary. The wealth of information contained in this volume makes it an indispensable source for anybody in the fields of pure and applied plant sciences. Front Matter....Pages I-IX Lamiales: Introduction and Conspectus....Pages 1-8 Bignoniaceae....Pages 9-38 Buddlejaceae....Pages 39-44 Byblidaceae....Pages 45-49 Callitrichaceae....Pages 50-56 Carlemanniaceae....Pages 57-59 Cyclocheilaceae....Pages 60-62 Gesneriaceae....Pages 63-158 Globulariaceae....Pages 159-162 Hippuridaceae....Pages 163-166 Labiatae....Pages 167-275 Lentibulariaceae....Pages 276-282 Martyniaceae....Pages 283-288 Myoporaceae....Pages 289-292 Nesogenaceae....Pages 293-295 Oleaceae....Pages 296-306 Pedaliaceae....Pages 307-322 Phrymaceae....Pages 323-326 Plantaginaceae....Pages 327-329 Plocospermataceae....Pages 330-332 Scrophulariaceae....Pages 333-432 Stilbaceae....Pages 433-440 Tetrachondraceae....Pages 441-444 Trapellaceae....Pages 445-448 Verbenaceae....Pages 449-468 Back Matter....Pages 469-478 *Weitere Angaben Inhalt: After a long period of neglect, biodiversity has come into focus worldwide, not only because it is under serious threat, but mainly so because it presents a great intellectual challenge. This encyclopedia, the third volume of which is presented here, offers access to the diversity of ferns and seed plants, the most important groups of green land plants. Available information of general and systematic relevance is synthesized at the level of families. Evidence from virtually all disciplines important to modern taxonomy makes the work a most valuable source of reference. A revised classification includes a complete inventory of genera along with their diagnostic features, keys for identification, and references to the literature