Flora of Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 5, Butomaceae - Orchidaceae

"This new, critical Flora provides a definitive account of the native species, naturalised species, frequent garden escapes and casuals found in the British Isles. Planned in five volumes, its full "This new, critical flora provides a definitive account of the native species, naturalised species, frequent garden escapes and casuals found in the British Isles. Planned in five volumes, its full keys and descriptions should enable the user to name all plants occurring in the wild, plus some ornamental trees and shrubs. For the first time, full accounts of all the large apomictic genera are given and many infraspecific variants included. Each species entry begins with the accepted Latin name, synonyms and the common English name. A detailed description follows, including information on flowering period, pollination and chromosome number. Separate descriptions are given for infraspecific taxa. Information on the status, ecology and distribution (including worldwide distribution) of the species and infraspecific taxa is also given. Clear black and white line drawings illustrate an extensive glossary and illuminate the diagnostic features of a number of groups of plants"--page 4 of cover, volume 5.