Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants
- ISBN-10
- 022652292X
- ISBN-13
- 9780226522920
- Category
- Gardening
- Pages
- 816
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-11-13
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Authors
- Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Michael F. Fay, Mark W. Chase
Description
Evolution of land plant -- Plants and human culture -- Naming plants -- Classification and the angiosperm phylogeny group
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