Asteraceae - (Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States Vol. 3) by Arthur Cronquist (Paperback)

About the Book

Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States: Vol. I: Asteraceae

Book Synopsis

This study of the vascular plant taxa in this region includes keys, descriptions, habitats, distributional data, and pertinent synonymy to every vascular species without cultivation in the southeastern United States. The Asteraceae is the largest family of flowering plants in the temperate zone and numbers over fifteen thousand species. Although one of the easiest families to recognize, many genera have been poorly defined heretofore.

Geographical Range
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States covers the forested region of the southeastern United States west to the prairie and north to the southernmost terminal moraines. This region includes Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Notation of presence in adjacent states of Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey will be made.

About the Author

The late Arthur Cronquist (1919-1992) was Senior Scientist at the New York Botanical Garden. His works include Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (with Henry A. Gleason), Introductory Botany, and Basic Botany.