Flowering Plants: A Pictorial Guide To The World's Flora

Plants are fundamental to life on Earth - they provide the oxygen we breathe, our food and beverages, spices and herbs, fibers, medicines, fuels, dyes, and building materials. To enable botanists to identify plants they have been classified by physical features and now by their DNA. This book graphically illustrates over 100 of the most important plant families that shape our lives and environment. Description of each family including key diagnostic features, distribution, and economic uses. Meticulous color illustrations by botanical artists. Appendix providing latest classification, listing 413 families as recognized by the APG III system.