Taxonomy & systematics books

This volume presents the current state of our knowledge of the systematics of the approximately 300 species of cycads....  Read More >>

This book documents what now appears to be Tropical Africa’s richest centre of diversity.  Read More >>

Comprehensive checklist of plants growing in the region and numerous illustrations including eight pages of photographs....  Read More >>

This book would be particularly valuable to researchers in the fields of ecology, forestry, botany, and universities...  Read More >>

A six-volume revision of J.M. Dalziel’s 1937 encyclopaedic work, to supplement the 2nd edition of the Flora of West...  Read More >>

Evolution contains extracts from 60 published scientific papers, by an impressive list of eminent scientific authors....  Read More >>

Phoma is a genus of fungi within the Coelomycetes. These fungi are commonly and frequently recovered in culture...  Read More >>

How to tell a bison from a buffalo-not to mention a yam from a sweet potato Here's a book for anyone who's ever...  Read More >>

Cephalopods are fast-moving, voracious predators, and can change colour with breath-taking rapidity. These animals...  Read More >>

This title describes and illustrates all of the birds found in Africa south of the Sahara (the Afrotropic region),...  Read More >>

Contains the Latin, English, and Spanish names for over 7,000 species of the most important plants found mainly...  Read More >>

150 genera and 869 accepted species and infraspecific taxa of liverworts and hornworts are listed from the eight...  Read More >>

Genera Orchidacearum is the first monograph of the world's orchid genera that reflects their long evolutionary history...  Read More >>

This is a unique, up-to-date and well-illustrated monograph on early vertebrates (mainly fish), their appearance...  Read More >>

A complete treatment of the sedges of North America, this volume tackles the notoriously difficult to identify Cyperaceae,...  Read More >>

Jointly published by the Australian Biological Resources Study and the State Herbarium of South Australia, this...  Read More >>

The second of five volumes covering the monocots in North America north of Mexico, this volume features some of...  Read More >>

Comprehensive descriptive account of the Rubiaceae, subfamily Cinchonoideae (inc. Ixoroideae and Antirheiodeae)...  Read More >>

A descriptive account of the Marsileaceae native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.  Read More >>

"This volume describes and illustrates the microscopic anatomy of the ""aroids"", the large, economically important...  Read More >>

A catalogue of the Buprestoidae, commonly known as Jewel Beetles, found in Australia. It documents four subfamilies,...  Read More >>

This book dispels the myths and incorrect information surrounding this particular genera and will be of interest...  Read More >>

Presents a set of essays, exploring the ways in which we categorize animals, including humans. We must reject the...  Read More >>

Despite the great progress in the understanding of broader phylogenetic relationships made during the last years,...  Read More >>

This handbook covers over 9000 taxa of all succulents except Cactaceae. This volume on the Asclepiadaceae (milkweed...  Read More >>