Botany : an introduction to plant biology /
James D. Mauseth.
- 6th ed.
- Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2017.
- xx, 808 p. : ill., color, photos ;
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction to plants and botany -- Overview of plant life -- Cell structure -- Growth and division of the cell -- Tissues and the primary growth of stems -- Leaves -- Roots -- Structure of woody plants -- Flowers and reproduction -- Energy metabolism: photosynthesis -- Energy metabolism: respiration -- Transport process -- Soils and mineral nutrition -- Development and morphogenesis -- Genes and the genetic basis of metabolism and development -- Genetics -- Population genetics and evolution -- Classification and systematics -- Algae and the origin of eukaryotic cells -- Nonvascular plants: mosses, liverworts, and hornworts -- Vascular plants without seeds -- Seed plants I: seed plants without flowers ("gymnosperms") -- Seed plants II: angiosperms -- Ethnobotany: plants and people -- Populations and ecosystems -- Community ecology -- Biomes.