Flora of North America North of Mexico; Volume 5: Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 2

by Flora of North America Editorial Committee

• ISBN13: 9780195222111
• ISBN10: 0195222113
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"A major event in botany." -- The New York Times "...will be the definitive work well into the next century." --Library Journal "Flora of North America moves forward steadily, remorselessly, impressively....The level of detail makes the work accessible to a range of users, and the text is clearly written and set out for the non-specialist." -- Plant Talk Volume 5 is the third volume of nineteen on dicots to be published in the Flora of North America series. It treats more than 740 species in 74 genera and three families in the following orders of the subclass Caryophyllidae: Caryophyllales (Pink order); Polygonales (Buckwheat order); andPlumbaginales (Leadwort order). Approximately 60% of the species are endemic to North America north of Mexico, and 19% are known as naturalized elements of the flora. Of the 74 genera treated, 20 are represented in the flora by introduced species, and 13 of the genera have all their species endemic to the region. One of the five largest genera in North America, Eriogonum (Polygonaceae), is represented in the flora area by 225 of its 248 species, with nearly200 of them endemic. Each of the genera treated in the volume has one or more representative species illustrated with a line drawing. These, in combination with the key and descriptions, will facilitate identification of the group of plants. For more information about the Flora of North America series, including a complete listing of the genera in Volume 5, visit www.oup.com/us/fnaseries New lower price! The list price of all volumes in the Flora of North America series have now been reduced to $95 (from $120)

Table of Contents

Donors	vii
Founding Member Institutions	viii
Editorial Committee	ix
Project Staff	x
Contributors	xi
Taxonomic Reviewers	xii
Regional Reviewers	xiii
Preface	xvi
Introduction	xvii
Caryophyllidae
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllaceae	3	(213)
Polygonales
Polygonaceae	216	(386)
Plumbaginales
Plumbaginaceae	602	(10)
Literature Cited	612	(23)
Index	635