Beschreibung:
This book brings together information on the natural history, ecology and systematics of North American aquatic monocotyledons. The book is an overview of the biology of major aquatic species by compiling information from numerous sources that lie scattered among the primary literature, herbarium databases, and other reference sources.
The Monocotyledons. Monocotyledons I: Early Diverging Monocotyledons. A group of uncertain phylogenetic position (Acorales). Order 1: Acorales [1]. Alismatid monocotyledons (Alismatidae). Order 2: Alismatales [3]. Order 3: Potamogetonales [8]. Aroids. Order 4: Arales [4]. Monocotyledons II: Lilioid Monocotyledons ("Liliidae"). Order 5: Asparagales [13-25]. Order 6: Dioscoreales [3-5]. Order 7: Liliales [10]. Monocotyledons III: Commelinoid Monocots (Commelinidae). Order 8: Arecales [1]. Order 9: Commelinales [5]. Order 10: Poales [14]. Order 11: Zingiberales [8].