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The book is divided into two parts: Part I deals with Principles of Angiosperm Taxonomy and Part II deals with families. The book is amply illustrated with examples. Important chapters in part I include: different classifications, nomenclature, biosystematics, modern trends in taxonomy, chemotaxonomy, and numerical taxonomy etc. Part II deals with about 214 families of which 55 are discussed in detail and others a summarized account is given for advanced ...
Dictionary of Angiosperm Families and their Genera is a reference book useful to students of Botany, Medicine, Biotechnology, Ecology, Horticulture, Forestry, Pharmacy, Homoeopathy, Ayurveda, and Environmental Science. There are about 510 Families described and 13,600 Genera are listed in the book alongwith the classifications of Bentham and Hookar, Engler and Prantl, Taktajhan and Dahigren.
Medicinal plants are a boon to human kind in a concealed but potent form. The quest for medicinal plants by man had a long antecedent history ever since the dawn of human civilization. Ethnobotany or tribal medicine or birth of Ayurveda dates back to thousands of years. Chemical compounds present in various plants are enormous and man has been tapping the medicinal uses of these compounds by various methods and curing many human diseases. In the present day, ...