The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

Front Cover
James C. Hickman
University of California Press, 1993 - Nature - 1400 pages
"More information is packed into one volume that will be useful to a wider audience than any other manual of this kind yet published in the history of botany."--David L. Magney, The California Native Plant Society

"A single work . . . simultaneously accessible to dedicated beginners and indispensable to professional botanists. . . . For the first time in one volume a user-friendly flora of the exceedingly diverse higher plants of California."--Mildred E. Mathias, editor of Flowering Plants in the Landscape

"Allows amateurs and professionals alike to easily and accurately identify plant species. . . . A product that will contribute in a major way to the preservation of California's unique floral resource. Our gratitude and congratulations for a job well done."--Phyllis Faber, Editor, Fremontia

"Sets new standards for excellence . . . and picks up beautifully on the contemporary idea that botanical work should be fully accessible to the general public as well as to scientists."--Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden

"Precise and accurate, a masterpiece of clarity and succinctness."--G. Ledyard Stebbins, University of California, Davis

 

Contents

Pronunciation of Scientific Names
11
Abbreviations and Symbols
27
Californias Geological History and Changing Landscapes
49
Taxonomic Treatments
89
Gymnosperms G
111
Dicots D
125
Monocots M
1101
Floristic Summary
1315
Index
1365
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