Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus set out to order and name the entire living world and ended up founding a science: the field of scientific classification, or taxonomy. Yet, in spite of Linnaeus’s pioneering work and the genius of those who followed him, from Darwin to E. O. Wilson, taxonomy went from being revered as one of the most significant of intellectual pursuits to being largely ignored. Today, taxonomy is viewed by many as an outdated field, one nearly...
Hyaenidae (Fossils and Strata Monograph S., #30)
by Lars Werdelin and Nikos Solounias
A group of special interest to mammalogists, taxonomists, and systemicists, ungulates have proven difficult to classify. This comprehensive review of the taxonomic relationships of artiodactyls and perissodactyls brings forth new evidence in order to propose a theory of ungulate taxonomy. With this straightforward volume, Colin Groves and the late Peter Grubb cut through previous assumptions to define ungulate genera, species, and subspecies. The species-by-species accounts incorporate new mole...
Superseded by Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature relating to Vascular Plants.
The product of nearly thirty years of research, ""The Seaweeds of Florida"" offers an invaluable, illustrated reference to all known seaweed taxa found in Florida coastal waters. This volume will provide a helpful aid for researchers in Florida as well as the Caribbean and the southeastern United States.The authors Clinton Dawes and Arthur Mathieson detail the taxonomy, morphology, and cytology, plus the ecology and distribution patterns, of 674 species. In addition, they provide keys to the gen...
Red Data Book of the Flowering Plants of Cameroon
by Jean-Michel Onana and Martin Cheek
This is tropical Africa’s first Red Data book for plants. Cameroon contains tropical Africa’s most species-diverse hotspots for plants; many are rare and threatened with extinction. In the book 815 species are documented as being threatened using IUCN global assessments, most being assessed for the first time. Short species descriptions to aid identification in the field are given, as well as notes on habitats and threats, together with distribution maps and management suggestions to assist bett...
Flora Zambesiaca: Volume 8, Part 6 – Acanthaceae: Barleria to Hypoestes
by Jonathan Timberlake
The Flora Zambesiaca series, published in over 200 parts, provides comprehensive descriptive accounts of the flowering plants and ferns native and naturalized in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and the Caprivi Strip. Volume 8 part 6 covers the Acanthaceae family, from Barleria to Hypoestes.
An edited volume based on the proceedings of the 18th AETFAT Congress held in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Includes 100 research papers in separate sections on taxonomy, phytogeography, ethnobotany, and the conservation and sustainable use of African plants. Includes papers covering recent advances in reproductive biology, vegetation and Podostometaceae in Africa. A separate section on African floras reflects the present state of knowledge and progress towards our understanding and documentation of the pl...
The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan – An Annotated Checklist
by Iain Darbyshire, Helen Pickering, Maha Kordofani, Imadeldin Farag, and Ruba Candiga
This is the first publication dedicated to the flora of the Republic of Sudan and the recently seceded Republic of South Sudan. This up to date comprehensive checklist provides a baseline reference for all future botanical and conservation work in the Sudan region.
Proceedings of the International Compositae Confence, Kew, 1994
by P. D. S Caligari, D. J. N. Hind, and Henk J. Beentje
Two-volume report on the proceedings of the International Compositae Conference held at Kew in 1994, containing a total of 96 papers.
Monocots: Systematics and Evolution
Comprehensive descriptive account of the Labiatae, Pogostemonoideae to Nepetoideae tribe Mentheae native and naturalised in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and the Caprivi Strip.
New and Noteworthy Species from Socotra and Abd al Kuri
by Sir George Taylor
Hooker’s Icones Plantarum. 37(4). Fully illustrated.
Useful Plants Western Tropical Africa Set, The (Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa)
by H. M. Burkill
A six-volume revision of J.M. Dalziel’s 1937 encyclopaedic work, to supplement the 2nd edition of the Flora of West Tropical Africa (page 38).Volume six is an aggregation of all the indices in the previous five volumes.
The Mosses of Norfolk Island (Flora of Australia Supplementary)
by H Streimann
An account of the 69 species of moss known from subtropical Norfolk Island, an Australian territory in the south-western Pacific Ocean. Illustrated in colour and with numerous habit and anatomical drawings and distribution maps, it includes an introduction to the island and the history of bryological activity, identification keys to genera and species, detailed and synoptic species descriptions, specimen citations and information on habitat preferences and local and global distribution.
The Herbarium Handbook
The Herbarium Handbook has been an important reference for herbarium collections care and management since it was first published in 1989. This completely new edition is the essential resource for all botanists, herbarium managers and technicians involved with the making and maintenance of herbarium collections. Based on standard herbarium practices and personal experience from experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the book also draws on examples from partners and collaborators around to...
"A long-overdue and much-needed identification manual for the tree snails of Florida, one of the most exquisite creatures in the natural realm."--Fred G. Thompson, Florida Museum of Natural History"This new book will introduce the novice and expert alike to a wealth of new and fascinating information on one of the most colorful and variable animal species in the world. Anyone interested in the natural history of South Florida and the Florida Keys will want to have a copy of this well-illustrated...
Studies on Eumalacostraca: a homage to Masatsune Takeda (Crustaceana Monographs, #17)
This volume honours an outstanding Japanese carcinologist, Masatsune Takeda (National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan), on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Since 1967, Takeda-sensei (“sensei” is an honourific term for teacher or senior scientist in Japan) has devoted his life to studying the taxonomy of Brachyura and has published 323 papers over a long and illustrious career, and in the process, described 231 new taxa. In this volume, a total of 24 papers have been put together by...
A 2014 Choice Magazine "Outstanding Academic Title" An Atlas of the World's Conifers is the first ever atlas of all known conifer species. It is based on locality information of ca. 37,000 collected herbarium specimens held in scientific institutions. As well as providing natural distribution maps for each species, Farjon and Filer give the reader comprehensive insight into the biogeography, diversity and conservation status of conifers on all continents, dispelling the widely held view that...
A Guide to the Reptiles of Belize (Natural World)
by Peter Stafford and John R. Meyer
"A Guide to the Reptiles of Belize" provides a complete guide to the environment, biogeography, and natural history of this country. It details the local variations, distribution, and ecology of Belize's reptiles and amphibians. This volume includes useful identification keys, numerous diagrams and line drawings, and over 180 lavish color photographs clearly documenting nearly every species. This colorful guide to the scaly denizens of Belize will appeal to anyone planning a Central American vis...
Coenraad Jacob Temminck and the Emergence of Systematics (1800-1850) (Emergence of Natural History)
by Eulalia Gasso Miracle
Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. the Myriapoda, Volume 2 (Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology - The Myria)
Flora of Florida v. 1; Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms
by Richard P. Wunderlin and Bruce F. Hansen
"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 UniversityFlora of Florida, Volume I, is the first of a proposed eight-volume comprehensive reference t...
This fifth volume of The Crustacea contains chapters on: Devoting a chapter to Pentastomida Class Eupentastomida Orders Bochusacea, Mictacea, and Spelaeogriphacea Order Amphipoda Order Tanaidacea For those working on Arthropoda, it will be obvious that the chapters on Pentastomida are newly conceived. The other chapters in this book constitute updated translations of contributions in the French edition of the Traite, volume 7(III)(A), while the order Bochusacea, not featuring in...