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Summary
This one-semester text is designed for an upper level botany course. Plants in our World emphasizes how people use plants; including fundamental information on morphology, anatomy, and taxonomy as a foundation of general botany. Now in full color, the fourth edition includes molecular data that has immensely altered the understanding of relationships among flowering plants and recently pinpointed the origin of numerous crops. Taxonomy of species has been updated to discuss the system of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Plants in Our World Chapter 2 Origins of an Agricultural Way of Life Chapter 3 Human Manipulation of Plants Chapter 4 Fruits and Nuts of Temperate Regions Chapter 5 Fruits and Nuts of Warm Regions Chapter 6 Old World Grains Chapter 7 New World Grains and Forage Grasses Chapter 8 Legumes Chapter 9 Foods from Stems and Leaves Chapter 10 Foods from Roots, Tubers, and Rhizomes Chapter 11 Vegetable Oils and Waxes Chapter 12 Hydrocolloids, Elastic Latexes, and Resins Chapter 13 Herbs, Spices, and Perfumes Chapter 14 Medicinal Plants Chapter 15 Psychoactive Drugs and Poisons from Plants Chapter 16 Stimulating Beverages Chapter 17 Alcoholic Beverages Chapter 18 Fibers, Dyes, and Tannins Chapter 19 Wood, Cork, and Bamboo Chapter 20 Ornamental Plants Chapter 21 Future Trends