The Families of the Monocotyledons

Morphological concepts; Chemical characters; Evolutionary concepts, classification; Criteira for the monocotyledons; Origin of the monocotyledons; Fossils; Distribution of character conditions; Ancestral and derived character states in monocotyledons in general and in various of the major groups; Evolution within the monocotyledons; Taxonomy; Superorder liliiflorae; Order asparagales; order melanthiales; Order burmanniales; Order liliaes; Orchids; Superorder ariflorae; Superorder triuridiflorae; Superorder alismatiflorae; Superorder bromeliiflorae; Superorder zingiberiflorae; Superorder commeliniflorae; Superorder cyclanthiflorae; Superorder areciflorae; Superorder pandaniflorae.