Contemporary Plant Systematics

This book is an excellent introduction with a lot of valuable information about the study of botany. It is useful to both beginners and people with extensive botanical knowledge. It is definitely not light reading, but an excellent reference for anyone who spends a lot of time concerning themselves with all types of plants. The botanical glossary, diagrams, and family descriptions are particulary useful. This also makes a great companion to a technical botanical identification book. There is also an excellent history of botany but the straightforward explantions of the vast language of botany makes it super handy. I purchased it for a two-hundred level college botany course and hope to continue to use it as a professional.