Plant
Structure - A Colour Guide
2nd edition
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Softcover, 256 pages
261
x 194 mm page size
450
colour and b/w illustrations
ISBN:
978-1-84076-092-7
Price £29.95
Publication: March 2008
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Bryan
G. Bowes
Formerly Senior Lecturer at the Division of Environmental and Evolutionary
Biology, University of Glasgow, UK.
James D. Mauseth
Professor, Integrative Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The
University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA.
This fundamental guide to understanding plant structure offers plant
scientists, plant biologists and horticulturalists in practice, academic
life and in training a combination of concise scientific text and
superb colour photographs and drawings.
The book deals with the development and mature form of plants, focusing
on structure at anatomical, histological and fine structure levels.
Appropriate emphasis is given to plants of economic importance.
The new and totally revised edition has been expanded by 30% with
194 new photos and diagrams. The original author has been joined by
Dr James Mauseth to create a formidable partnership of teaching and
research experience from Europe and North America.
Key elements of the revised book include: recent findings (supplemented
by DNA analysis) on the classification of flowering plants; current
concepts of plant wall structure; detailed description of eg. leaves
as insectivorous traps; spines in cacti, desert plants adapted for
water storage, saltmarsh and aquatic plants; a new section on asexual
plant multiplication; additional bibliography and website resources.
Plant Structure - A Colour Guide is designed as a tool for teaching
and revision at undergraduate and graduate levels, as a complement
to traditional textbooks for professionals and researchers, and as
a general reference for non-specialists.
Short Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 The plant
cell. Chapter 3 Plant histology. Chapter 4 Apical meristems. Chapter
5 The green leaf. Chapter 6 The stem. Chapter 7 The root. Chapter
8 Plant reproduction. |
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Key Features:
A revised edition of a classic guide to understanding plant structure.
Covers anatomy, histology and ultrastructure.
Combines concise scientific text with colour photos and drawings of the
highest quality.
Emphasises plants of economic importance.
Value at many levels for teaching, revision, research and reference.
Some reviews of the 1st edition:
“The concept is remarkable….written to inform with maximum clarity and
brevity.”
The Horticulturist
“The author has succeeded in preparing material not only for students
and professional biologists, but also for artists and interested lay people...
Students will find the hundreds of full colour illustrations a welcome
study resource.... visually delightful.”
Trends in Plant Science
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