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Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plant Families by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Michael F. Fay, Mark.W Chase, Mark W. Chase is a book available to read on EtoBox.
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This is the first comprehensive book to cover every vascular plant family in the world, including all families of lycopods, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Organised in a modern phylogenetic order (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group IV for flowering plants and equivalent systems for other groups), over 450 families are described in this illustrated encyclopedia, with full information relating to their characteristics, relationships, etymology, economic uses and distribution. Written by three world-r
- Author
- Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Michael F. Fay, Mark.W Chase, Mark W. Chase
- Publisher
- Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ; The University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781842466346
- Subjects
- Science, Crafts & Hobbies, Stem
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (52 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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