“California’s extraordinary flora is described in contemporary detail in this handy volume, which should prove an inspiration to all of those interested in these plants, their habitats, and their importance to a state richer in botanical diversity than any other part of the United States. This is a thorough revision of an indispensable book.”–Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden

“Biogeographers, vegetation ecologists, and practitioners of conservation and restoration will all welcome the second edition of The Jepson Manual. The second edition is more user-friendly, accurate, and scientifically rigorous. Such improvements are key for a current, authoritative, and trusted flora.”–Michael G. Barbour, University of California, Davis

“This second edition of The Jepson Manual is a monumental achievement! Far more than a simple update, the book has gone through a thorough revision, making it a must-have book for California plant enthusiasts–professional and lay alike.”–Lucinda A. McDade, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

Bruce G. Baldwin is Curator of the Jepson Herbarium and Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Douglas H. Goldman is Herbarium Associate at the Harvard University Herbaria. David J. Keil is Professor Emeritus and Director of the Robert F. Hoover Herbarium at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.Robert W. Patterson is Professor of Biology at San Francisco State University. Thomas J. Rosatti is Specialist at the University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley. Dieter H. Wilken is Director of Conservation at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.

The Jepson Manual

Vascular Plants of California

By Bruce G. Baldwin, Douglas H. Goldman, David J. Keil, Robert Patterson Thomas J. Rosatti, Dieter H. Wilken

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

Copyright © 2012 The Regents of the University of California
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-520-25312-4

Contents

Using This Ebook,
List of Families,
List of Plates,
Preface,
Introduction,
Philosophy,
Conventions Used in The Jepson Manual, Second Edition,
Abbreviations and Symbols,
Glossary,
Geographic Subdivisions of California,
Map: Geographic Subdivisions of California,
Hierarchical Outline of Geographic Subdivisions,
Geologic, Climatic, and Vegetation History of California,
Key to California Vascular Plant Families,
Taxonomic Treatments,
Lycophytes,
Ferns,
Gymnosperms,
Nymphaeales,
Magnoliids,
Ceratophyllales,
Eudicots,
Monocots,
Plates,
Cladogram,
Appendix. Numerical Summary of Taxa Treated in The Jepson Manual, Second Edition,
Acknowledgments,
Authors Contributing to The Jepson Manual, Second Edition,
Index,

PREFACE

WILLIS LINN JEPSON (1867–1946) laid much of the foundation of California floristics through his life-long efforts to document and describe vascular plant diversity in the state. His extensive plant collections and library formed the nucleus of the Jepson Herbarium, established at the University of California, Berkeley in 1950; the herbarium continues Jepson’s work to understand and conserve the state’s flora and to communicate that knowledge to others. One of Jepson’s major achievements as a botanist was his publication in 1925 of the first comprehensive statewide guide to vascular plant diversity, A Manual of the Flowering Plants of California. That book inspired and informed generations of botanists during a period when the California flora became famous as the subject of pioneering investigations in plant evolution and ecology. Jepson emphasized that a floristic work is never truly complete and final, and that further study must continue to advance knowledge. The productive years since publication of The Jepson Manual (1993) are testimony to such change and were the impetus for the international collaboration that produced this book.

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