Botany Illustrated: Introduction to Plants, Major Groups, Flowering Plant Families

Janice Glimn-Lacy, Peter B. Kaufman0387288708, 9780387288703

This easy-to-use book helps you acquire a wealth of fascinating information about plants. There are 130 pages with text, each facing 130 pages of beautiful illustrations. Each page is a separate subject. Included is a coloring guide for the realistic illustrations. The illustration pages are composed of scientifically accurate line drawings with the true sizes of the plants indicated. Using colored pencils and the authors’ instructions, you can color the various plant structures to stand out in vivid clarity. Your knowledge of plants increases rapidly as you color the illustrations.

There is a balanced selection of subjects that deal with all kinds of plants. However, the emphasis is on flowering plants, which dominate the earth. Drawings show common houseplants, vegetables, fruits, and landscape plants. They also show common weeds, wild flowers, desert plants, water plants, and crop plants.

Botany Illustrated, Second Edition, has three sections. An Introduction to Plants gives you facts on everything from cells to seeds. The Major Groups section is from fungi to algae, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants. In Flowering Plant Families are magnolias to asters, and water-plantains to orchids, with the families of major interest included. You will find plants used for food, ornamentals, lumber, medicines, herbs, dyes, and fertilizers, whether wild or poisonous, or of special importance to our Earth’s ecosystem.

Topics that will be of interest to you include:

Why leaves ‘turn’ color in autumn

How certain plants devour insects

How a flower develops into a fruit with seeds

Why some plants only flower at certain times of the year

How water, nutrients, and sugars move within a plant, including tall trees

How flowers are pollinated

The ‘inside’ story of how plants manufacture their own food

How plants are named and classified

How vines ‘climb’

Why ‘pinching’ makes plants ‘bushy’

How plants reproduce sexually

Why shoots grow towards light

How specific leaf colors can indicate specific mineral deficiencies

Botany Illustrated, Second Edition, В is especially easy to use because of its great flexibility. You can read the text and look at the drawings, read the text and color the drawings, or just enjoy coloring the drawings. No matter where your interests lead you, you will quickly find your knowledge of plants growing! Thus, this beautiful book will be of great value to students, scientists, artists, crafters, naturalists, home gardeners, teachers, and all plant lovers.

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Table of contents :
Preface……Page 5
Color Code Clues……Page 7
Acknowledgements……Page 8
Contents……Page 9
About the Authors……Page 13
Names and Terms……Page 15
Cell Structure……Page 17
Cell Organelles……Page 19
Cell Pigments……Page 21
Cell—Water Movement……Page 23
Cell Chromosomes……Page 25
Cell—Mitosis……Page 27
Cell Types……Page 29
Tissue Systems of the Plant Body……Page 31
Tissue—Epidermis……Page 33
Tissue—Primary Vascular System……Page 35
Root Types and Modi.cations……Page 37
Root Tissues……Page 39
Stem Structure……Page 41
Stem Tissues……Page 43
Stem Modifications……Page 45
Stem—Water Transport……Page 47
Stem—Food Transport……Page 49
Stem—Apical Dominance……Page 51
Stem—Growth Movements……Page 53
Leaf Types and Arrangement……Page 55
Leaf Tissues……Page 57
Leaf Modifications……Page 59
Leaf—Photosynthesis……Page 61
Leaf—Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms……Page 63
Flower Initiation in Response to Daylength……Page 65
Flower Structure……Page 67
Flower Structure Variations……Page 69
Flower Development……Page 71
Flower—Meiosis……Page 73
Flower—Pollen Development……Page 75
Flower—Ovule Development……Page 77
Flower Pollination by Insects……Page 79
Flower Pollination by Insects (continued)……Page 81
Flower Pollination by Wind……Page 83
Flower Pollination by Birds and Bats……Page 85
Flower—Fertilization and Embryo Development……Page 87
Fruit—Dry Types……Page 89
Fruit—Fleshy Types, Compound……Page 91
Seed Structure and Germination……Page 93
Major Groups; Geologic Time Scale……Page 95
Fossils……Page 97
Fossils (continued)……Page 99
Blue-greens……Page 101
Slime Molds……Page 103
Water Molds, Downy Mildews, Chytrids and Allies White Rusts……Page 105
Fungi……Page 107
Molds, Mildews, Morels (Sac Fungi)……Page 109
Rusts, Smuts, Jelly Fungi (Club Fungi)……Page 111
Gill Fungi……Page 113
Gill and Pore Fungi……Page 115
Pore, Coral, and Toothed Fungi……Page 117
Puffballs, Stinkhorns, Bird’s-nest Fungi……Page 119
Lichens……Page 121
Dinoflagellates……Page 123
Golden Algae, Yellow-green Algae, Diatoms……Page 125
Red Algae……Page 127
Green Algae……Page 129
Brown Algae……Page 131
Brown Algae (continued)……Page 133
Brown Algae (continued)……Page 135
Stoneworts……Page 137
Liverworts, Hornworts, Mosses……Page 139
Whisk Ferns……Page 141
Clubmosses, Spikemosses, Quillworts……Page 143
Horsetails……Page 145
Ferns……Page 147
Common Ferns……Page 149
Fern Leaf Development……Page 151
Water Ferns……Page 153
Cycads……Page 155
Ginkgo……Page 157
Conifers……Page 159
Gnetes……Page 161
Flowering Plant Classi.cation……Page 163
Major Land Plant Communities……Page 165
Magnolia Family (Magnoliaceae)……Page 167
Laurel Family (Lauraceae)……Page 169
Water Lily Family (Nymphaeaceae)……Page 171
Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae)……Page 173
Witch Hazel Family (Hamamelidaceae)……Page 175
Elm Family (Ulmaceae)……Page 177
Beech Family (Fagaceae)……Page 179
Birch Family (Betulaceae)……Page 181
Cactus Family (Cactaceae)……Page 183
Cactus Family (continued)……Page 185
Pink Family (Caryophyllaceae)……Page 187
Goosefoot Family (Chenopodiaceae)……Page 189
Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae)……Page 191
Mallow Family (Malvaceae)……Page 193
Pitcher-plant Family (Sarraceniaceae)……Page 195
Violet Family (Violaceae)……Page 197
Begonia Family (Begoniaceae)……Page 199
Gourd Family (Cucurbitaceae)……Page 201
Willow Family (Salicaceae)……Page 203
Mustard Family (Brassicaceae)……Page 205
Heath Family (Ericaceae)……Page 207
Saxifrage Family (Saxifragaceae)……Page 209
Rose Family (Rosaceae)……Page 211
Pea Family (Fabaceae)……Page 213
Dogwood Family (Cornaceae)……Page 215
Staff-tree Family (Celastraceae)……Page 217
Spurge Family (Euphorbiaceae)……Page 219
Grape Family (Vitaceae)……Page 221
Maple Family (Aceraceae)……Page 223
Cashew Family (Anacardiaceae)……Page 225
Rue Family (Rutaceae)……Page 227
Geranium Family (Geraniaceae)……Page 229
Carrot Family (Apiaceae)……Page 231
Milkweed Family (Asclepiadaceae)……Page 233
Nightshade Family (Solanaceae)……Page 235
Morning Glory Family (Convolvulaceae)……Page 237
Mint Family (Lamiaceae)……Page 239
Olive Family (Oleaceae)……Page 241
Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae)……Page 243
Gesneria Family (Gesneriaceae)……Page 245
Honeysuckle Family (Caprifoliaceae)……Page 247
Teasel Family (Dipsacaceae)……Page 249
Aster Family (Asteraceae)……Page 251
Water-plantain Family (Alismataceae)……Page 253
Spiderwort Family (Commelinaceae)……Page 255
Sedge Family (Cyperaceae)……Page 257
Grass Family (Poaceae)……Page 259
Arrowroot Family (Marantaceae)……Page 261
Palm Family (Arecaceae)……Page 263
Palm Family (continued)……Page 265
Arum Family (Araceae)……Page 267
Lily Family (Liliaceae)……Page 269
Iris Family (Iridaceae)……Page 271
Orchid Family (Orchidaceae)……Page 273
Bibliography……Page 275
Glossary of Word Roots……Page 277
Index……Page 279