Practical Manual of Angiosperm Taxonomy

Practical Manual of Angiosperm Taxonomy aims to provide the students all they need to know about the practical aspects such as morphological characters, and systematic identification. A number of labeled diagrams included in the text is meant to help the students’ comprehension of the subject. The manual consists of eight chapters with the first chapter dealing with all the basic requirements in the botany laboratory that a student should know. The working compound microscope, the most important tool in the laboratory is explained in detail in the introduction, along with various procedures of study such as section cutting, staining, mounting etc. Chapter 2 deals with classification of Angiosperms and chapter 3 deals with Herbarium Techniques: Chapter 4 deals with a Glossary of all Taxonomic terms. Chapter 5 deals with derivation of families while chapter 6 deals with method of Description of a flowering plant. Chapter 7 gives the salient features of the families of the Angiosperms. Chapter 8 deals exhaustively with description of 174 species of Angiosperms in semi-technical terms.With the increased awareness of importance of laboratory studies, this practical manual should serve as an important aid to help students familiarize themselves with laboratory methods in Botany.