The Digital Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California (Ebook PDF)

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Product details:

•  ISBN: 9780520952898
• Author: Bruce G. Baldwin (Editor), Douglas Goldman (Editor), David J Keil (Editor), Robert Patterson (Editor), Thomas J. Rosatti

The second edition of The Jepson Manual thoroughly updates this acclaimed work, the single most comprehensive resource on California’s amazingly diverse flora. This work integrates the latest science, the results of intensive fieldwork, institutional collaboration, and the efforts of hundreds of contributing authors into an essential reference on California’s native and naturalized vascular plants.

For the first time, the University of California Press is offering this resource as an e-book. The Digital Jepson Manual provides an unparalleled new level of interactivity, portability, and convenience. Extensive linking and e-book–friendly illustrations make it easier for users to learn about plant characteristics and identify the native and naturalized plants of California—all in a format ideally suited for use in the field. Using readily available e-book readers, field researchers, students, and enthusiasts can click on links to rapidly navigate through keys to families, genera, species, and subspecies or varieties.

Table contents:

List of Families

List of Plates

Preface

Philosophy

Conventions Used in The Jepson Manual, Second Edition

Abbreviations and Symbols

Glossary

Geographic Subdivisions of California

Map: Geographic Subdivisions of California

Hierarchical Outline of Geographic Subdivisions

Geologic, Climatic, and Vegetation History of California

Key to California Vascular Plant Families

Key to Groups

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

Group 11

Group 12

Group 13

Group 14

Group 15

Group 16

Group 17

Group 18

Group 19

Group 20

Group 21

Group 22

Group 23

Group 24

Taxonomic Treatments

Lycophytes

Ferns

Gymnosperms

Nymphaeales

Magnoliids

Ceratophyllales

Eudicots

Monocots

Plates

Cladogram

Appendix

Acknowledgments

Authors Contributing to The Jepson Manual, Second Edition

1. Support for the Jepson Flora Project

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The Digital Jepson Manual: Explore California’s Vascular Plants Online
Your Guide to California Vascular Plants: The Digital Jepson Manual
California Flora Unveiled: The Digital Jepson Manual for Vascular Plants