Sivarajan V V

Introduction to the Principles of Plant Taxonomy - 2nd ed. - New Delhi Oxford and IBH Publishing 1996 - xiv, 292p.

Includes bibliographic references and index

Preface to the second edition; Editor's note to the second edition; Foreword to the first edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Introduction; 2. The evolution of theories of biological classification; conceptual development of pre-Darwinian taxonomy; 3. Problems in evolutionary taxonomy; 4. The historical development of classificatory systems; 5. Taxonomic structure; 6. Concepts of taxa; 7. The material basis of systematics; 8. Sources of taxonomic characters; 9. Plant nomenclature; 10. Epilogue; References; Index.

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Plant Taxonomy
Botany

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