Preface PLANTS, TAXONOMY AND SYSTEMATICS Plants and Kingdoms of Life Taxonomy and Systematics BOTANICAL NOMENCLATURE Need for Scientific names Development of Botanical Code Contents of Botanical Code Unified Biological Nomenclature HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION Taxonomic groups, categories and ranks Utilization of categories DESCRIPTIVE TERMINOLOGY Habit and life span Habitat Roots Stems Leaves Inflorescence Flower Fruit Floral formula Floral diagram PROCESS OF IDENTIFICATION Specimen preparation Herbarium methods Identification methods VARIATION, BIOSYSTEMATICS, POPULATION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION Types of variation Variance analysis Reproductive systems Population genetics Evolution TAXONOMIC EVIDENCE Morphology Anatomy Embryology Palynology Micromorphology and Ultrastructure Chromosomes Chemotaxonomy Molecular systematics DEVELOPING CLASSIFICATIONS Phenetic methods Cladistic methods Phylogenetic data analysis PHYLOGENY OF ANGIOSPERMS Origin of Angiosperms Basal living angiosperms Evolutionary trends SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATION Classifications based on gross morphology Sexual System Natural Systems Phylogenetic Systems FAMILIES OF PTERIDOPHYTES Lycopodiophtes Psilopsida Equisetopsida Pteropsida FAMILIES OF GYMNOSPERMS Cycadales Ginkgoales Coniferales Gnetales MAJOR FAMILIES OF ANGIOSPERMS Angiosperms roll of honour Chloranthidae Magnoliidae Alismatidae Liliidae Commelinidae Ranunculidae Hamamelididae Caryophyllidae Rosidae Malvidae Asteridae Lamiidae REFERENCES INDEX Floral diagram PROCESS OF IDENTIFICATION Specimen preparation Herbarium methods Identification methods VARIATION, BIOSYSTEMATICS, POPULATION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION Types of variation Variance analysis Reproductive systems Population genetics Evolution TAXONOMIC EVIDENCE Morphology Anatomy Embryology Palynology Micromorphology and Ultrastructure Chromosomes Chemotaxonomy Molecular systematics DEVELOPING CLASSIFICATIONS Phenetic methods Cladistic methods Phylogenetic data analysis PHYLOGENY OF ANGIOSPERMS Origin of Angiosperms Basal living angiosperms Evolutionary trends SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATION Classifications based on gross morphology Sexual System Natural Systems Phylogenetic Systems FAMILIES OF PTERIDOPHYTES Lycopodiophtes Psilopsida Equisetopsida Pteropsida FAMILIES OF GYMNOSPERMS Cycadales Ginkgoales Coniferales Gnetales MAJOR FAMILIES OF ANGIOSPERMS Angiosperms roll of honour Chloranthidae Magnoliidae Alismatidae Liliidae Commelinidae Ranunculidae Hamamelididae Caryophyllidae Rosidae Malvidae Asteridae Lamiidae REFERENCES INDEX p;lt;P>Phenetic methods Cladistic methods Phylogenetic data analysis PHYLOGENY OF ANGIOSPERMS Origin of Angiosperms Basal living angiosperms Evolutionary trends SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATION Classifications based on gross morphology Sexual System Natural Systems Phylogenetic Systems FAMILIES OF PTERIDOPHYTES Lycopodiophtes Psilopsida Equisetopsida Pteropsida FAMILIES OF GYMNOSPERMS Cycadales Ginkgoales Coniferales Gnetales MAJOR FAMILIES OF ANGIOSPERMS Angiosperms roll of honour Chloranthidae Magnoliidae Alismatidae Liliidae Commelinidae Ranunculidae Hamamelididae Caryophyllidae Rosidae Malvidae Asteridae Lamiidae REFERENCES INDEX p;lt;/I> MAJOR FAMILIES OF ANGIOSPERMS Angiosperms roll of honour Chloranthidae Magnoliidae Alismatidae Liliidae Commelinidae Ranunculidae Hamamelididae Caryophyllidae Rosidae Malvidae Asteridae Lamiidae REFERENCES INDEX.