Plants of Central Asia
Plant Collections from China and Mangolia
Volume 11: Amaranthaceae - Caryophyllaceae
V.I. Grubov: (Editor-in-Chief)
ISBN 978-1-57808-123-3/ January 2007/ 148 pages, hc/ US $ 76.20      Buy Now

The eleventh volume of the illustrated lists of vascular plants of Central Asia (within the people's Republics of China and Mongolia) continues the description of flowering plants and covers families Amaranthaceae, Aizoaceae, Portulacaceae and Caryophyllaceae. Keys are provided for the identification of genera and species and references to nomenclature, and information on habitat and geographic distribution given for each species. The latest genera treated in this volume are Stellaria (30 species), Silene (28 species), Arenaria (27 species), Gypsophila (12 species) and Cerastium (11 species).

Ill.: 10 plates, 7 maps of distribution ranges.

Contents :
. Annotation
. Preface
. Taxonomy
     - Systematic Part
     - Fam. 41: Amaranthaceae juss.
     - Fam. 42: Aizoaceae Rud.
     - Fam. 43: Portulacaceae Juss.
     - Fam. 44: Caryophyllaceae Juss.
. Plates I-VIII
. Distribution Maps 1-4
. Index of Latin Names of Plants
. Index of Plant Drawings
. Index of Plant Distribution Ranges