Table of Contents

Introduction. I: MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION. 1: Basic principles. 2: Methods of description. 3: Flowering plants. 4: Meristems and buds. 5: Leaf morphology. 6: Root morphology. 7: Stem morphology. 8: Reproductive morphology. 9: Seedling morphology. 10: Vegetative morphology. 11: Sedge morphology. 12: Orchid morphology. 13: Cacti and cacti look-alikes. 14: Domatia: cavities inhabited by animals. 15: Misfits. II: CONSTRUCTIONAL ORGANIZATION. 16: Introduction. 17: Meristem position. 18: Meristem potential. 19: Time of meristem activity. 20: Meristem disruption. 21: Plant branch construction