Guide to Standard Floras of the World: An Annotated, Geographically Arranged Systematic Bibliography of the Principal Floras, Enumerations, Checklists, and Chorological Atlases of Different Areas

Abstract

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.