Flora Europaea, Volume 2 Rosaceae to Umbeliferae

About this book

The Flora Europaea, originally published between 1964 and 1980, explores the synthesis of all the national and regional Floras of Europe. It is based on a critical review of existing literature and on studies on herbaria and in the field. It aims to be simple as well as authoritative, and should enable the reader to name as far as its subspecies any fern, conifer or flowering plant growing wild or wildly cultivated.

The second of the five volumes covers the Dicotyledonous families from Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, following the Engler system. Apart from keys and descriptions, information is given on geographical distribution and, where possible, on habitat preference and chromosome number. All names used in Floras or important monographs are cited in the text or index. The text, in English, uses a limited vocabulary, and there are glossaries of technical terms and Latin equivalents.

Contents

The Flora Europaea organisation
List of contributors
Preface
Introduction
List of basic and standard floras
Synopsis of families
Key to families of angiospermae
Explanatory notes on the text
Text
Appendices
Index
Maps

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