Manual of Flowering Plants

by S Z Davis

ISBN: 9789387642287
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Imprint : Agri Horti Press
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 10995.00
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Author Profile

Dr. Z. Davis, (Ph.D. in Plant Science) has long experience in teaching and research in Plant Sciences at Kenyalta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya. Currently, Dr. Davis serving as Consultant. His research interest include Plant Physiology and Angiosperms. Dr. Davis has published more than 30 peer reviewed papers in many national and international journals and also presented numbers of papers in national and international conferences.

About The Book

Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies. These characteristics include flowers, endosperm within the seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds. Flowering plants (angiosperms) comprise about 90 percent of the Kingdom Plantae. This book covers flowering plants, morphology and anatomy of flowering plants, diversity of flowering plants, plants propagation, germination of seeds, plant reproductive systems, plant water relationship and root system. The book also considers the development of individual plant organs such as the shoot, leaf, root, and flowers as well as alternate developmental strategies of plants. This book will be of immense use to the botanists, plant scientists, students, teachers, researchers, foresters and all other people working in other allied disciplines.

Table of Contents

1. Flowering Plants 1 2. Morphology and Anatomy of Flowering Plants 37 3. Diversity of Flowering Plants 88 4. Plant Propagation 120 5. Germination of Seeds 177 6. Plants Reproductive Systems 230 7. Plant Water Relationship and Root System 268 Bibliography 295 Index 298