A. J. E. Smith

The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland

Illustration: Smith, Ruth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This long-awaited new edition describes and illustrates the 760 species of mosses currently known to occur in the British Isles and incorporates the most up-to-date information available on classification and nomenclature, including recent synonyms. An artificial key to genera provides the only workable comprehensive key published in the English language.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 1026
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 55mm
• Gewicht: 1737g
• ISBN-13: 9780521546720
• ISBN-10: 0521546729
• Artikelnr.: 14993890

Autorenporträt

A. J. E. Smith retired from his post as Reader in Botany in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Wales in 1999.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgements; Preface to the second edition; Second edition acknowledgements; Introduction; Abbreviations; Conspectus of classification; Artificial key to the genera of British and Irish mosses; Sphagnopsida; Andreaeopsida; Polytrichopsida; Bryopsida; Geographical relationships of British and Irish mosses; Red List of mosses; British and Irish vice-counties; English names for British and Irish mosses; Glossary; Index.