Practical Plant Identification is an essential guide to identifying flowering plant families (wild or cultivated) in the northern hemisphere. Details of plant structure and terminology accompany practical keys to identify 318 families into which flowering plants are divided. Specifically designed for practical use, the keys can easily be worked backwards for checking identifications. Containing descriptions of families and listings of the genera within, it also includes a section on further identification to generic and specific levels. A successor to the author's bestselling The Identification of Flowering Plant Families, this guide is updated, and retains the same concise user-friendly approach. Cullen skillfully leads the reader from restrictive disciplines of older taxonomy, into an era of increasing numbers of plant families defined by DNA analysis. Aimed primarily at students of botany and horticulture, this is a perfect introduction to plant identification for anyone interested in plant taxonomy.
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"This is a very practical, handy-sized book for gardeners and students of horticulture and botany." Marilyn K. Alaimo, garden writer and volunteer, Chicago Botanic Garden
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Building on the success of Cullen's The Identification of Flowering Plant Families, this is an essential guide to identifying flowering plant families (wild or cultivated) in the northern hemisphere. Details of plant structure and terminology accompany practical keys to the identification of 318 of the flowering plant families.
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Not at all what I thought I was buying
April 26 2012
By Mountain Top
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I thought I was a buying a book with photos of flowering plants to help me identify flowers in my garden. This is a tiny, paperback, expensive book. There are no photos other than the cover and only a few pages of drawings. I am going to return it. After seeing this book I would have guessed it would cost $6.95 not $42.
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Content fine; Format not fine.
Feb 3 2012
By Philip Bauerle
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Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I do not know how books get turned into the kindle format but there is a large formatting flaw which was lost in translation. To those who have used a dichotomous key before the formatting would be obviously flawed (I do not know the format of the print book and can not speak to its quality). A true dichotomous key has the following format:
1. If the flower is white continue to 2
2.If the flower is bilateral the plant is a pea
2.If the flower is radially similar the plant is an aster
1. If the flower is not white continue to 3
3.If the flower is yellow the plant is a sunflower
3.If the flower is purple continue to 4
4. If the roots are a tap root the plant is echniacea
4. If the roots are fibrous continue to 5
That is a very basic fake key but it is to make a point. The format within the kindle copy is:
1.
2.
3.
4.
This format is not conducive to a quick answer using the key. I have tried adjusting font size, words per line and screen rotation. All failed to produce the correct format. I would suggest that either the kindle sample include a portion of the key so customers can decide whether the book is useful OR they reformat the book to fit a kindle screen.
I will stick to my hard copy of Gleason and Cronquist
1. If the flower is white continue to 2
2.If the flower is bilateral the plant is a pea
2.If the flower is radially similar the plant is an aster
1. If the flower is not white continue to 3
3.If the flower is yellow the plant is a sunflower
3.If the flower is purple continue to 4
4. If the roots are a tap root the plant is echniacea
4. If the roots are fibrous continue to 5
That is a very basic fake key but it is to make a point. The format within the kindle copy is:
1.
2.
3.
4.
This format is not conducive to a quick answer using the key. I have tried adjusting font size, words per line and screen rotation. All failed to produce the correct format. I would suggest that either the kindle sample include a portion of the key so customers can decide whether the book is useful OR they reformat the book to fit a kindle screen.
I will stick to my hard copy of Gleason and Cronquist
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Plant ID Book
Jun 5 2009
By weav5
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Book was not precise enough in identification of the plants involved. However, I should have looked into the book more before I bought it.
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