Books in the The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants series

This volume contains a complete systematic treatment of the flowering plant order Asterales. The wealth of information contained in this volume makes it an indispensable source for all working in the fields of pure and applied plant sciences.

In this volume treatments are offered for 52 families containing 432 genera belonging to 13 eudicot orders, many of which have recently been newly designed; Emphasis is on the early-diverging eudicots and basal core eudicots.