Annals of Botany 2005 96(7):1331-1332; doi:10.1093/aob/mci285
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Systematic botany of flowering plants, 2nd edn.
Spichiger R-E, Savolainen V, Figeat M, Jeanmond D. eds. 2004.
Enfield, New Hampshire: Science Publishers, Inc. $58(softback). 413 pp. plus CD-ROM.
P. F. STEVENS
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Spichiger
et al. introduce a student
without too much botanical knowledge to the diversity of flowering
plants in this text, which is a translation from the French
of the second edition, published in 2002. Five brief introductory
chapters lead to the main part of the book, short and well-illustrated
accounts of 113 families. There is also a glossary and an identification
key to tropical families; a taxon index and a CD-ROM complete
the book. The CD-ROM includes 350 photographs of the families
described, separate lists of medicinal and non-medicinal uses
of plants
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