Flora of Siberia
Volume 5: Salicaceae-Amaranthaceae
L.I. Malyschev (Editor-in-Chief)
ISBN 978-1-57808-104-2; 2003; 316 pages; US $ 123.20      Buy Now


This volume provides a description of dicotyledons. It covers 306 species from 12 families, many of them enjoying considerable economic importance: birches, willows, poplar, elm etc. Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family), one of the largest families, on one hand, include most valuable edible plants (specially in deserts and subdeserts) and, on other hand, toxic weeds. Polygonaceae (buckwheat family) are manifested in diverse viable forms. All species bear priority names conforming to International Code for Botanical Nomenclature. Several new species and minor taxa have been described. The morphology of species, ecological data and, where available, chromosome numbers are given. The actual site of a given specimen is cited in case of identification from Siberian material.