Provides excellent keys to families and separate keys to genera and species. It contains state-of-the-art nomenclature and lists of synonymy when other scientific names have been published or used informally. Each species is illustrated by the author's hand-drawn line art.
PrefaceChapter 1, IntroductionChapter 2, Key to FamiliesChapter 3, Families of Tenderillate ClimbersA. BignoniaceaeB. CucurbitaceaeC. FabaceaeD. LoganiaceaeE. PassifloraceaeF. PolemoniaceaeG. PolygonaceaeH. RhamnaceaeI. SapindaceaeJ. SmilacaceaeK. VitaceaeLiterature Cited.
Alexander Krings, MS, is Curator of the North Carolina State University Herbarium. Richard R. Braham, PhD, is Professor of Forestry, North Carolina State University, and an ecological consultant