Flora of Florida

by Wunderlin, Richard P.

• ISBN13: 9780813018058
• ISBN10: 0813018056
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida

Summary

"A major source of information on the plants of Florida which will be the standard reference for years to come."--Rolla Tryon, professor emeritus of biology, Harvard University "This important addition to the botanical literature of Florida and the eastern United States will be welcomed by professional and amateur botanists and field biologists throughout the region."--Gil Nelson, Florida State University Flora of Florida, Volume I, is the first of a proposed eight-volume comprehensive reference to the more than 3,800 vascular plants, native and non-native, known to occur growing wild in the state. Richard Wunderlin and Bruce Hansen employ standard botanical treatments and keys for all families, genera, and species of the ferns and non-flowering seed plants (for example, pines, cedars, yews) along with descriptions, illustrations, nomenclature, and distribution information-making this the first single volume to contain all pertinent data. Chapters also cover physical setting, vegetation, and botanical exploration. Forthcoming volumes will include systematic treatment of the dicot families (volumes 2 to 6) and the monocot families (volumes 7 and 8). This invaluable reference provides botanists, both professional and advanced amateur, detailed information on the common and the rare and endangered ferns and non-flowering seed plants growing wild in Florida, a state with the third richest flora in the United States. Researchers, state and federal agencies, university students, and environmental consultants will also value the volume's comprehensive descriptions, illustrations, and taxonomic nomenclature. Richard P. Wunderlin, professor of biology at the University of South Florida, is the author of Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (UPF, 1998), Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central Florida (UPF, 1982), and co-author of the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants CD-ROM. Bruce F. Hansen, curator of the University of South Florida Herbarium, is co-author of the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants CD-ROM.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(9)
Physical Setting	10	(10)
Vegetation of Florida	20	(15)
Botanical Exploration in Florida	35	(65)
Systematic Treatments
Key to Major Vascular Plant Groups	100	(1)
Pteridophytes
Key to Pteridophyte Families	101	(3)
Psilotaceae	104	(2)
Lycopodiaceae	106	(7)
Selaginellaceae	113	(5)
Isoetaceae	118	(4)
Equisetaceae	122	(2)
Ophioglossaceae	124	(12)
Osmundaceae	136	(3)
Schizaeaceae	139	(8)
Gleicheniaceae	147	(2)
Hymenophyllaceae	149	(5)
Pteridaceae	154	(27)
Vittariaceae	181	(2)
Dennstaedtiaceae	183	(9)
Thelypteridaceae	192	(21)
Dryopteridaceae	213	(27)
Lomariopsidaceae	240	(4)
Aspleniaceae	244	(13)
Nephrolepidaceae	257	(5)
Blechnaceae	262	(9)
Polypodiaceae	271	(20)
Marsileaceae	291	(4)
Salviniaceae	295	(3)
Azollaceae	298	(3)
Gymnosperms
Key to Gymnosperm Families	301	(1)
Zamiaceae	301	(4)
Pinaceae	305	(6)
Cupressaceae	311	(11)
Podocarpaceae	322	(1)
Taxaceae	323	(6)
Appendix: Synopsis	329	(2)
Literature Cited	331	(10)
General Index	341	(12)
Index to Common Names	353	(4)
Index to Scientific Names	357