The Genera Of Flowering Plants Angiospermae Based Pricipally On The Genera Plantarum Of G Bentham And J D Hooker

The descriptions of the families and generaare based primarily on those in Bentham and Hooker s Genera Plantarum, often considerably abbreviated, and sometimes added to or modified from direct observation and from more recent diagnoses in large regional Floras and Revisions. The translation into English of about 11,500 descriptions has been an arduous task over a period of many years. The descriptions of those genera established since Bentham and Hooker s work are based on the originals, also sometimes modified, reduced, or added to where necessary. Many of them includ purely specific characters such as branches pubescent, leaves thin, leaves larg, &c. and the colour of the flowers is of much generic value, except in such families as Asteraceae (Compositae) and a few others.

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