Flowering Plants: Nightshades to Mistletoe (The Illustrated Flora of Illinois) - Hardcover

Mohlenbrock, Robert H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080931567X ISBN 13: 9780809315673

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1990

Synopsis

This sixth volume of dicots contains three orders and eight families. The orders included are Solanales, Campanulales, and Santalales. Within the Solanales are the families Solanaceae, Convolvulaceae, Cuscutaceae, and Polemoniaceae. The Campanulales contain only the family Campanulaceae. The Santalales include the families Celastraceae, Santalaceae, and Viscaceae. As with each volume in this series Mohlenbrock includes a complete plant description, illustrations showing diagnostic features, distribution maps, and ecological notes.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert H. Mohlenbrock taught botany at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for thirty-four years. Since his retirement, he has served as senior scientist for Biotic Consultants, teaching wetland identification classes around the country. Among his more than sixty books are Vascular Flora of Illinois and Field Guide to U.S. National Forests.

About this edition

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 080931567X
• ISBN 13: 9780809315673
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240