Aquatic Monocotyledons of North America: Ecology, Life History, and Systematics

ISBN-13: 9781032235875 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 568 str.

Donald H. Les

Opis

This book brings together information on the natural history, ecology and systematics of North American aquatic monocotyledons. The book is an overview of the biology of major aquatic species by compiling information from numerous sources that lie scattered among the primary literature, herbarium databases, and other reference sources.

Spis treści

The Monocotyledons. Monocotyledons I: Early Diverging Monocotyledons. A group of uncertain phylogenetic position (Acorales). Order 1: Acorales [1]. Alismatid monocotyledons (Alismatidae). Order 2: Alismatales [3]. Order 3: Potamogetonales [8]. Aroids. Order 4: Arales [4]. Monocotyledons II: Lilioid Monocotyledons ("Liliidae"). Order 5: Asparagales [13–25]. Order 6: Dioscoreales [3–5]. Order 7: Liliales [10]. Monocotyledons III: Commelinoid Monocots (Commelinidae). Order 8: Arecales [1]. Order 9: Commelinales [5]. Order 10: Poales [14]. Order 11: Zingiberales [8].

O autorze

Donald H. Les is a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut. He is the author or co-author of hundreds of peer reviewed journal articles, reports, and abstracts.