Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants

  • Armen Takhtajan
Columbia University Press, $109, £76

A new revision of the author's 1967 classification system based on “descriptive keys” for individual families.

Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

  • S. E. Smith &
  • D. J. Real
Academic, $74.95, £65

Second edition of a work that first appeared in 1983, providing a comprehensive review of the symbiotic fungi that colonize plant roots.

New Flora of the British Isles

  • Clive Stage
Cambridge University Press, £28.95, $85 (pbk)

The second edition of this standard work now covers more than 4,500 taxa.

Plant Ecology

Edited by:
  • Michael J. Crawley
Blackwell Science, £29.95 (pbk)

Second edition of this benchmark text, first published in 1986.

Plant Functional Types: Their Relevance to Ecosystem Properties and Global Change

Edited by:
  • T. M. Smith,
  • H. H. Shugart &
  • F. I. Woodward
Cambridge University Press, £80, $120 (hbk); £29.95, $44.95 (pbk)

How to predict the effects of changing climate and carbon dioxide on plants at the global scale.

Seed Production: Principles and Practices

  • Miller B. McDonald &
  • Lawrence Copeland
Chapman and Hall, £49

Reference text for students.

Plant Genetic Conservation: The In Situ Approach

Edited by:
  • N. Maxted,
  • B. V. Ford-Lloyd &
  • J. G. Hawkes
Chapman and Hall, £27.50 (pbk)

Includes methodologies and detailed discussion of on-farm and genetic-reserve conservation.

Reaching for the Sun: How Plants Work

  • John King
Cambridge University Press, £30, $54.95 (hbk); £9.95, $16.95 (pbk)

An accessible account for lay people.

Practical Applications of Plant Molecular Biology

  • R. J. Henry
Chapman and Hall, £24.99 (pbk)

Introductory textbook and reference source.

World Weeds: Natural Histories and Distribution

  • LeRoy Holm,
  • Jerry Doll,
  • Eric Holm,
  • Juan Pancho &
  • James Herberger
Wiley, £150

Comprehensive coverage of more than 100 species, with a bibliography of 3,000 references.

The Identification of Flowering Plant Families

  • James Cullen
Cambridge University Press, £21.95, $59.95 (hbk); £12.95, $35 (pbk)

Fourth edition of a short, user-friendly guide aimed at botany and horticulture students.

The Nature of Disease in Plants

  • Robert P. Scheffer
Cambridge University Press, £45, $64.95

A natural history of some of the most damaging diseases worldwide.