The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (625 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520253124 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1600 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Jepson Manual, second edition, integrates the latest science with the results of intensive fieldwork, institutional collaboration, and efforts of hundreds of contributing authors into an essential reference on California's native and naturalized vascular plants.The second edition includes treatments of many newly described or discovered taxa and recently introduced plants, and reflects major improvements to plant taxonomy from phylogenetic studies. This edition also allows for identification of 240 alien taxa that are not fully naturalized but sometimes encountered. A new chapter on geologic, climatic, and vegetation history of California is also featured.. Geographic distributions, elevation ranges, flowering times, nomenclature, and the status of non-natives and native taxa of special concern have all been updated throughout. Nearly two-thirds of the 7,600 species, subspecies, and varieties the volume describes are now illustrated with diagnostic drawings. The second edition of The Jepson Manual thoroughly updates this acclaimed work, the single most comprehensive resource on California's amazingly diverse flora
Great tool for identification, and learning I botanize in California. As a professional botanist, a book like this is essential to my work. I also live and teach botany outside of California. After going over my personal copy for a week, I can see real value in getting some additional copies for student use for the lab portion of my course. The second edition follows on the first edition in having a very useful family-level key. I emphasize family level sight recognition in my teaching, but students have to learn that skill and using a family level key is critical during the learning process. A plant like Larrea (creosote bush) technically has a compound leaf; but w. "Obviously the pages have to be printed on as light of paper as possible so the book doesn't weigh any extra however the pages ar" according to Amanda. Does its job very well, after a year of owning and learning to use it (in Plant Tax courses) I'm finally understanding its usefulness and the mechanics of the keys. Obviously the pages have to be printed on as light of paper as possible so the book doesn't weigh any extra however the pages are notably easy to damage.. Margaret D. Bischel said Five Stars. Magnificent
A wonderful resource and indispensible reference for anyone working with the flora of western North America and beyond."--Richard Felger, University of Arizona Herbarium"Economic Botany" (01/20/2013)"Another milestone in Californian botanical literature."--Marcel Rejmanek"Plant Science Bulletin" (10/01/2012)"A wonderful resource and indispensible reference for anyone working with the flora of western North America and beyond. A wonderful resource and indispensible reference for anyone working with the flora of western North America and beyond. --Richard Felger, University of Arizona Herbarium"Economic Bot