Flowering Plant Families of the World, the definitive reference on flowering plants originally released in 1978, has now been thoroughly revised. This revision is not just a repackaging of the acclaimed original. In the 30 years since the original publication, plant science has advanced.

?EUR??,,????'??Our knowledge of the flowering plants has been dramatically changed as a result of a flood of publications on morphology, anatomy, distribution and molecular phylogeny,?EUR??,,????'?? notes author V.H. Heywood.

Structural and molecular analyses is revolutionizing how flowering plants are classified. The original volume contained 306 families of flowering plants. The revised edition covers 506! Each entry describes distribution, anatomy, habitat, classification and commercial uses.

This book is the first comprehensive treatment of all the flowering plant families in light of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG II) system of classification.

The book is an authoritative reference work, but also a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to the world?EUR??,,????'???s most colorful flora.

The book’s specially commissioned botanical illustrations by professional artists are both beauty and scientific accurate. The book also features:

• A complete introductory section about flowering plants
• Distribution maps and quick-reference panels
• An extensive illustrated glossary of specialist terms
• A comprehensive index with plant names in Latin and English.

About the authors:

• V.H. Heywood, emeritus professor of botany at the University of Reading, U.K., is an authority on biodiversity and plant systematics. He is co-editor of all five volumes of Flora Europaea, and author of 60 books.
• R.K. Brummitt, honorary research fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K., is a plant taxonomist and authority on botanical nomenclauture. He is co-editor of The Authors of Plant Names, considered the standard in taxonomic description.
• Alastair Culham, PhD, is lecturer in plant taxonomy at the University of Reading, U.K.
• Ole Seberg is a professor of molecular systematics at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universtiy of Copenhagen.