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Syllabus of Plant Families      A. Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien 13th ed.

Syllabus of Plant Families – A. Engler’s Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien

Part 1/1

Blue-green Algae, Myxomycetes and Myxomycete-like organisms, Phytoparasitic protists, Heterotrophic Heterokontobionta and Fungi p.p.


Wolfgang Frey (Editor)

2012. 178 pages, 55 figures, 25 x 17 cm

ISBN 978-3-443-01061-4 bound € 68.–

Part 1/1 of Engler’s Syllabus of Plant Families – Bluegreen Algae, Myxomycetes and Myxomycete-like organisms, Phytoparasitic protists, Heterotrophic Heterokontobionta and Fungi p.p. provides a thorough treatment of the world-wide morphological and molecular diversity of the Cyanoprokaryota, Acrasia and Eumycetozoa, Phytomyxea, the heterotrophic Heterokontobionta (Labyrinthulomycota, Oomycota), and the lower fungi (Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota and Glomeromycota).
  Recent DNA sequence data and advances in phylogenetic analysis brought tremendous changes to the 		www.borntraeger-cramer.de/9783443010614  

interpretation of evolutionary relationships in every taxonomic rank, even in these lowermost plant groups, although their origin is still highly disputed.
  The authors followed the tradition of A. Engler with morphological-anatomical data, but are additionally incorporating the latest results from molecular phylogenies. This up-to-date overview of the Cyanoprokaryota, Acrasia, Eumycetozoa, Phytomyxea, Labyrinthulomycota, Oomycota, Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota and Glomeromycota will be a useful reference for a long time to come.

 
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Syllabus of Plant Families


Syllabus of Plant Families – A. Engler’s Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien

Part 3    Bryophytes and seedless Vascular Plants

Wolfgang Frey (Editor)

2009. X, 419 pp., 72  gs, 1 tab., 17 x 24 cm
ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 bound € 89,– 		  www.borntraeger-cramer.de/9783443010614 


Part 3 provides a thorough treatment of the world-wide morphological and molecular diversity of a part of “lower” plants [Marchantiophyta, Bryophyta, Anthocerotophyta, Polysporangiomorpha, Protracheophytes, Rhyniophytina, Lycophytina, “Trimerophytina”, Moniliformopses (Cladoxylopsida, Psilotopsida, Equisetopsida, Marattiopsida, Polypodiopsida)], and Radiatopses (Progymnospermopsida).
   The advent of DNA sequencing and advances in phylogenetic analysis has raised new interest in the relationships of liverworts, mosses, hornworts, ferns, and fern allies as extant representatives of early land plant evolution. Following the tradition of Engler with the morphological-anatomical data and incorporating latest results from molecular phylogenetics and phylogenomics, an up-to-date overview of families and genera has been created that will serve as reference for a long time. 		    


Contents of further parts to be published (preliminary):

Part 1/2 Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, and Lichenized Fungi
Mycobionta: Basidiomycota, Ascomycota,
Fungi imperfecti (Deuteromycetes)
Lichenized Fungi (Lichenes)

Part 2    Eukaryotic Algae
Glaucobionta: Glaucophyta
Rhodobionta: Rhodophyta
Heterokontobionta p.p. (Autotrophic Heterokontobionta):
Cryptophyta, Dinophyta, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta
Chlorobionta: Chlorophyta, Streptophyta (s.str.)

Part 4    Seed Plants, Spermatophytes (1)
Tracheophyta p.p.
Spermatophytina p.p.
“Gymnospermae”: Cycadopsida, Ginkgopsida, Coniferopsida, Gnetopsida
“Angiospermae” p.p.: Magnoliopsida Magnoliidae, Liliidae
(Monocotyledoneae)

Part 5    Seed Plants, Spermatophytes (2)
Tracheophyta p.p.
Spermatophytina p.p.
“Angiospermae” p.p.: Rosidae (Eudicotyledoneae) 		  Engler’s Syllabus of Plant Families

has since its first publication in 1887 aimed to provide both the researcher, and particularly the student with a concise survey of the plant kingdom as a whole, presenting all higher systematic units right down to families and genera of plants and fungi. In 1964, more than 45 years ago, the 12th edition of the well-known „Syllabus derPflanzenfamilien“ (“Syllabus of Plant Families”), set a standard.
    Now, the completely restructured and revised 13th edition of Engler’s Syllabus published in 5 parts and in English language for the first time also considers molecular data, which have only recently become available in order to provide an up-to-date evolutionary and systematic overview of the plant groups treated.
   In our “molecular times” there is a vitally important and growing need to preserve the knowledge of the entire range of diversity and biology of organisms for coming generations, as there is a decline in “classical” morphological and taxonomical expertise, especially for less popular (showy) groups of organisms.
    Accordingly, the 13th edition of Syllabus of Plant Families synthesizes both modern data and classical expertise, serving to educate future experts who will maintain our knowledge of the full range of Earth’s biodiversity.

Syllabus of Plant Families is a mandatory reference for students, experts and researchers from all  elds of biological sciences, particularly botany.




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