The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Volume 3: Flowering Plants: Monocotyledons: Lilianae (Except Orchidaceae)

When Rolf Dahlgren and I embarked on preparing this book series, Rolf took prime responsibility for monocotyledons, which had interested him for a long time. After finishing his comparative study and family classification of the mono cots, he devoted much energy to the acquisition and editing of family treatments for the present series. After his untimely death, Peter Goldblatt, who had worked with him, continued to handle further incoming monocot manuscripts until, in the early 1990s, his other obligations no longer allowed him to continue. At that time, some 30 manuscripts in various states of perfection had accumulated, which seemed to form a solid basis for a speedy completion of the FGVP monocots; with the exception of the grasses and orchids which would appear in separate volumes. I felt a strong obligation to do everything to help in publishing the manuscripts that had been put into our hands. I finally decided to take charge of them personally, although during my life as a botanist I had never seriously been interested in mono cots. Front Matter....Pages I-X Development and Organization....Pages 1-19 Epicuticular Wax Ultrastructure....Pages 20-22 Systematics and Evolution....Pages 23-33 Floral Biology....Pages 34-48 Conspectus of Families Treated in this Volume....Pages 49-52 Acanthochlamydaceae....Pages 55-58 Agapanthaceae....Pages 58-60 Agavaceae....Pages 60-70 Alliaceae....Pages 70-78 Alstroemeriaceae....Pages 79-83 Amaryllidaceae....Pages 83-110 Anemarrhenaceae....Pages 111-114 Anthericaceae....Pages 114-121 Aphyllanthaceae....Pages 122-124 Asparagaceae....Pages 125-129 Asphodelaceae....Pages 130-140 Asteliaceae....Pages 141-145 Behniaceae....Pages 146-148 Blandfordiaceae....Pages 148-150 Boryaceae....Pages 151-154 Burmanniaceae....Pages 154-164 Calochortaceae....Pages 164-172 Campynemataceae....Pages 173-175 Colchicaceae....Pages 175-185 Convallariaceae....Pages 186-198 Corsiaceae....Pages 198-201 Cyclanthaceae....Pages 202-215 Dioscoreaceae....Pages 216-235 Doryanthaceae....Pages 236-238 Dracaenaceae....Pages 238-241 Eriospermaceae....Pages 241-244 Hemerocallidaceae....Pages 245-253 Herreriaceae....Pages 253-255 Hostaceae....Pages 256-260 Hyacinthaceae....Pages 261-285 Hypoxidaceae....Pages 286-295 Iridaceae....Pages 295-333 Ixioliriaceae....Pages 334-335 Johnsoniaceae....Pages 336-340 Lanariaceae....Pages 340-342 Liliaceae....Pages 343-353 Lomandraceae....Pages 354-365 Luzuriagaceae....Pages 365-369 Melanthiaceae....Pages 369-380 Nartheciaceae....Pages 381-392 Nolinaceae....Pages 392-397 Pandanaceae....Pages 397-404 Pentastemonaceae....Pages 404-406 Petermanniaceae....Pages 406-408 Philesiaceae....Pages 409-411 Ruscaceae....Pages 412-416 Smilacaceae....Pages 417-422 Stemonaceae....Pages 422-425 Taccaceae....Pages 425-428 Tecophilaeaceae....Pages 429-436 Themidaceae....Pages 436-441 Trichopodaceae....Pages 441-444 Trilliaceae....Pages 444-452 Triuridaceae....Pages 452-458 Velloziaceae....Pages 459-467 Xanthorrhoeaceae....Pages 467-470 Back Matter....Pages 471-478 "Volumes III and IV of this encyclopaedia provde a novel classification of the monocotyledons, a group encompassing plants of most diverse lifeforms such as aquatics, terrestrial and epiphytic herbs, and tall trees. Of the 106 families now recognized 104 are treated in the two volumes, while the economically or horticulturally important grass and orchid families are relegated to two subsequent volumes. The classification followed here is based on recent molecular studies as well as on the vast body of information available on this plant group. The wealth and precision of information, but also the keys for the identification of genera and details on their properties, including distribution and diversification, make this work an important source for both the scholar and the practitioner in the fields of pure and applied plant sciences"--Back cover