Botany in a day APG : the patterns method of plant identification : an herbal field guide to plant families of North America /
Elpel, Thomas J.,
Botany in a day APG : the patterns method of plant identification : an herbal field guide to plant families of North America / Botany in a day : the patterns method of plant identification : an herbal field guide to plant families of North America Patterns method of plant identification Herbal field guide to plant families of North America Thomas J. Elpel. - Edition 6.2 : minor edits and corrections. - ii, 235 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Edition statement from title page verso. "6th edition." Includes "Quick Guide to Flower Terms"--Inside front cover, and "Quick Guide to Leaf Terms"--inside back cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225) and indexes.
Botany in a day: the patterns method of plant identification -- Botany in a day tutorial: how to proceed -- Plant names and classification -- Evolution of plants : A puzzle without all the pieces -- Life begins -- The land plants -- Learning plants by families -- Problems in taxonomic paradise -- How to use the keys -- Profile your flower : Key to regular dicot flowers with numerous petals -- Key to irregular dicot flowers -- Key to regular dicot flowers with 0, 3 or 6 petals -- Key to regular dicot flowers with 4 petals -- Key to regular dicot flowers with 5 united petals -- Key to regular dicot flowers with 5 separate petals -- Key to dicot trees and shrubs by their fruits -- Key to monocot flowers -- Reference guide: an herbal field guide to plant families -- Clubmoss clade -- Fern clade -- Naked seed clade -- Flowering plants clade : Water lily clade -- Magnolia clade -- Hornwort clade -- Eudicots clade -- Monocots clade -- Medicinal properties of plants -- Indexes : Plants by genus -- Plants by common name -- Plant families and subfamilies by botanical names -- Plant families and subfamilies by common names. Part I : Part II :
Explains the patterns method of plant identification, describing eight key patterns for recognizing more than 45,000 species of plants, and includes an illustrated reference guide to plant families.
9781892784353 1892784351
Medicinal plants--United States--Identification.
Wild flowers--United States--Identification.
Botany--United States.
Botany--Pictorial works.
Photobooks.
Botany in a day APG : the patterns method of plant identification : an herbal field guide to plant families of North America / Botany in a day : the patterns method of plant identification : an herbal field guide to plant families of North America Patterns method of plant identification Herbal field guide to plant families of North America Thomas J. Elpel. - Edition 6.2 : minor edits and corrections. - ii, 235 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Edition statement from title page verso. "6th edition." Includes "Quick Guide to Flower Terms"--Inside front cover, and "Quick Guide to Leaf Terms"--inside back cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225) and indexes.
Botany in a day: the patterns method of plant identification -- Botany in a day tutorial: how to proceed -- Plant names and classification -- Evolution of plants : A puzzle without all the pieces -- Life begins -- The land plants -- Learning plants by families -- Problems in taxonomic paradise -- How to use the keys -- Profile your flower : Key to regular dicot flowers with numerous petals -- Key to irregular dicot flowers -- Key to regular dicot flowers with 0, 3 or 6 petals -- Key to regular dicot flowers with 4 petals -- Key to regular dicot flowers with 5 united petals -- Key to regular dicot flowers with 5 separate petals -- Key to dicot trees and shrubs by their fruits -- Key to monocot flowers -- Reference guide: an herbal field guide to plant families -- Clubmoss clade -- Fern clade -- Naked seed clade -- Flowering plants clade : Water lily clade -- Magnolia clade -- Hornwort clade -- Eudicots clade -- Monocots clade -- Medicinal properties of plants -- Indexes : Plants by genus -- Plants by common name -- Plant families and subfamilies by botanical names -- Plant families and subfamilies by common names. Part I : Part II :
Explains the patterns method of plant identification, describing eight key patterns for recognizing more than 45,000 species of plants, and includes an illustrated reference guide to plant families.
9781892784353 1892784351
Medicinal plants--United States--Identification.
Wild flowers--United States--Identification.
Botany--United States.
Botany--Pictorial works.
Photobooks.