Edition |
2nd ed. |
Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 1568 pages) : illustrations, maps, portrait |
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data file |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Note |
Includes index. |
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First ed. published as: The Jepson manual: higher plants of California, ©1993. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Philosophy -- Conventions used in The Jepson Manual, Second edition -- Abbreviations and symbols -- Glossary -- Geographic subdivisions of California -- Hierarchical outline of geographic subdivisions -- Geographic subdivisions of California (map) -- Geologic, climatic, and vegetation history of California -- Key to California vascular plant families -- Lycophytes -- Ferns -- Gymnosperms -- Nymphaeales -- Magnoliids -- Ceratophyllales -- Eudicots -- Monocots -- Appendix. Numerical summary of taxa treated in The Jepson Manual, Second edition -- Index. |
Summary |
The second edition of The Jepson Manual thoroughly updates this acclaimed work, the single most comprehensive resource on California's amazingly diverse flora. The Jepson Manual, second edition, integrates the latest science with the results of intensive fieldwork, institutional collaboration, and efforts of hundreds of contributing authors into an essential reference on California's native and naturalized vascular plants. The second edition includes treatments of many newly described or discovered taxa and recently introduced plants, and reflects major improvements to plant taxonomy from phylogenetic studies. Nearly two-thirds of the 7,600 species, subspecies, and varieties the volume describes are now illustrated with diagnostic drawings. Geographic distributions, elevation ranges, flowering times, nomenclature, and the status of non-natives and native taxa of special concern have all been updated throughout. This edition also allows for identification of 240 alien taxa that are not fully naturalized but sometimes encountered. A new chapter on geologic, climatic, and vegetation history of California is also featured. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Botany -- California.
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Botany. |
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California. |
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Plants -- California -- Identification.
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Plants. |
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Plants -- California -- Pictorial works.
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Genre/Form |
Pictorial works.
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Electronic books.
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Field guides.
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Electronic books.
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Illustrated works.
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Illustrated works.
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Added Author |
Baldwin, Bruce G., 1957- editor.
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Goldman, Douglas H., 1969- editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Jepson manual. 2nd ed. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2012 0520253124 (DLC) 2011027207 (OCoLC)739914699 |
ISBN |
9780520951372 (electronic book) |
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0520951379 (electronic book) |
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9780520253124 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520253124 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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