A Tour of the Flowering Plants Based on the Classification System of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group - Softcover

Priscilla Spears

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1930723482 ISBN 13: 9781930723481

Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 2006

Synopsis

A microbiologist turned science educator, Spears provides both text and superb color photographs as she explores 109 families of flowering plants in temperate areas of the US and Canada that are well known and common and often used for food or medicine or are grown in gardens. The classification system she adopts has only recently been devised, so knowledgeable readers can update their angiosperm taxonomy here. However she writes for general readers. Plant families are indexed. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

Priscilla Spears was a microbiologist before she turned to science education. For over a decade she has written for the Montessori education system at the elementary and secondary levels. She has addressed topics from astronomy to zoology, but as one can tell from this book, her special love is botany. Priscilla participates in Montessori teacher training at several education centers and presents science updates at teacher conferences. Her books for elementary and secondary teachers include Plant Lessons and From the Biosphere to Atoms. Her major goal is improving science literacy and helping people understand how the world works, especially the living parts of it.

Edition details

• Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1930723482
• ISBN 13: 9781930723481
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308