Table of Contents

Prologue; Acknowledgements; Part I. General Introduction: 1. An analytical-synthetic systematic bibliography of 'standard' floras: scope, sources, structure; 2. The evolution of floras; 3. Floras at the end of the twentieth century: philosophy, progress and prospects; Part II. Systematic Bibliography: Conventions and abbreviations; 1. Conspectus of divisions and superregions; 2. Division 0: World floras, isolated oceanic islands and polar regions; 3. Division 1: North America (north of Mexico); 4. Division 2: Middle America; 5. Division 3: South America; 6. Division 4: Australasia and islands of the south west Indian Ocean (Malagassia); 7. Division 5: Africa; 8. Division 6: Europe; 9. Division 7: Northern, central and southwestern (extra-monsoonal) Asia; 10. Division 8. Southern, eastern and southeastern (monsoonal) Asia; 11. Division 9: Greater Malesia and Oceania; Appendix A. Major general bibliographies, indices and library catalogues covering world floristic literature; Appendix B. Abbreviations; Author Index.

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Originally published in 2001, this is an essential botanical reference work updated to include the literature of the last two decades.

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' ... an extraordinary achievement.' John Manning, South African Journal of Botany '... invaluable as a library resource.' Nature '... an important landmark in floristics, helping to define the area's current status and setting the scene for the new century.' R. Atkinson, Edinburgh Journal of Botany '... very valuable ...'. Journal of Biogeography ' ... an essential tool for all scientists working in biodiversity research or using its results. ... any research institution or library in the field of plant science must have it! Feddes Repert