Dictionary of Generic Names of Seed Plants. 1995. 570 p. gr8vo. Cloth.

Following the system of Armen Takhtajan, this reference provides acomprehensive listing of all currently accepted generic names of seedplants, including all synonyms found in the modern literature.Approximately 16000 genera are discussed, with over 500 families treatedseparately. Each generic name entry includes geographical distribution,family, number of species, and authority and year of publication. Eachfamily name entry includes the family's order, the number of genera andspecies, and the family's distribution, as well as notes on anysubfamilies. Essential for anyone who works with plants, the dictionarycovers many genera omitted from other books, including great numbers from Asia, Africa and the former USSR. - Second hand copy.