Table of Contents

1. The Science of Plant Systematics
2. Methods and Principles of Biological Systematics
3. Classification and System in Flowering Plants: Historical Background
4. Taxonomic Evidence: Structural and Biochemical Characters
5. The Evolution of Plant Diversity
6. An Overview of Green Plant Phylogeny
7. Lycophytes, Ferns, and Gymnosperms
8. Phylogenetic Relationships of Angiosperms

Appendix 1. Botanical Nomenclature
Appendix 2. Specimen Preparation and Identification
Literature Cited & Suggested Readings
Glossary
Photographic Credits
Taxonomic Index
Subject Index

About the Author

Walter S. Judd is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology at the University of Florida.
Christopher S. Campbell is Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Maine.
Elizabeth A. Kellogg is a Member at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Peter F. Stevens is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and Curator of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Michael J. Donoghue is Yale University's Sterling Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Botany at the Peabody Museum.