Guide to standard floras of the world: an annotated, geographycally arranged systematic bibliography of the principal floras, enumerations, checklists and chorological atlases of different areas

This book provides a selective annotated bibliography of the principal floras and related works of inventory for vascular plants. The second edition has been completely updated and expanded to take into account the substantial literature of the late twentieth century, and features a more fully developed review of the history of floristic documentation. The works covered in this volume are principally specialist publications such as floras, checklists, distribution atlases, systematic iconographies and enumerations, or catalogues. In addition, some popularly oriented books are also included. The Guide is organized in ten geographical divisions, with these successively divided into regions and units, each of which is prefaced with a historical review of floristic studies. The book also includes general chapters on botanical bibliography, the history of floras, general principles and current trends, plus an appendix on bibliographic searching, a lexicon of serial abbreviations, and author and geographical indexes. This 2001 book provides a selective annotated bibliography of the principal floras and related works of inventory for vascular plants. The second edition was completely updated and expanded to take into account the substantial literature of the late twentieth century, and features a more fully developed review of the history of floristic documentation. The works covered are principally specialist publications such as floras, checklists, distribution atlases, systematic iconographies and enumerations or catalogues, although a relatively few more popularly oriented books are also included. The Guide is organised in ten geographical divisions, with these successively divided into regions and units, each of which is prefaced with a historical review of floristic studies. In addition to the bibliography, the book includes general chapters on botanical bibliography, the history of floras, and general principles and current trends, plus an appendix on bibliographic searching, a lexicon of serial abbreviations, and author and geographical indexes. Maps. I. Five-grade Map Of The Approximate State Of World Floristic Knowledge Of 1979 (from E. Jager). Ii. The Spread Of Divisions 0-9 As Used In This Book. I. General Introduction. An Analytical-synthetic Systemic Bibliography Of 'standard' Floras: Scope, Sources And Structure -- The Evolution Of Floras -- Floras At The End Of The Twentieth Century: Philosophy, Progress And Prospects. Ii. Systemic Bibliography. Conventions And Abbreviations -- Conspectus Of Divisions And Superregions -- Division 0: World Floras, Isolated Oceanic Islands And Polar Regions -- Division 1: North America (north Of Mexico) -- Division 2: Middle America -- Division 3: South America -- Division 4: Australasia And Islands Of The Southwest Indian Ocean (malagassia) -- Division 5: Africa -- Division 6: Europe. Division 7: Northern, Central And Southwestern (extra-monsoonal) Asia -- Division 8: Southern, Eastern And Southeastern (monsoonal) Asia -- Division 9: Greater Malesia And Oceania. David G. Frodin. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Contents 7 Prologue to the first edition 9 Prologue to the second edition 16 Acknowledgments for the first edition 19 Acknowledgments for the second edition 24 Part I General introduction 25 1 27 2 48 3 76 Part II Systematic bibliography 111 Division 0 117 Division 1 172 Division 2 280 Division 3 333 Division 4 405 Division 5 458 Division 6 541 Division 7 674 Division 8 743 Division 9 862 Appendix A 955 Appendix B 972 Geographical index 997 Author index 1017 This expanded edition of an essential botanical reference work, which was originally published in 2001, has been fully revised, updated and expanded to take into account the substantial literature of the late twentieth century and includes a more fully developed review of the history of floristic documentation. The aim of the present work, a revised and expanded version of that first published in 1984, is to furnish in bibliographic form a geographically arranged one-volume guide to the most useful nominally complete floras, checklists and related works dealing with the vascular plants of the world. An essential botanical reference work updated to include the literature of the last two decades