Author: Flora of North America Editorial Committee,

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2005-04-28

Total Pages: 700

ISBN-13: 9780195222111

Flora of North America Volume 5 will be the third volume of nineteen on dicotyledons to be published in the Flora of North America series. It treats more than 740 species in 74 genera and three families in the following orders of the subclass Caryophyllidae: Caryophyllales, in part (Pink order); Polygonales (Buckwheat order); and Plumbaginales (Leatwort order). The families covered in Volume 5 include Caryophyllaceae, Polygonaceae, and Plumbaginaceae. Approximately 60% of the species are endemic to North America and north of Mexico, and 19% are known as naturalized elements of the flora. Of the 74 genera treated, 20 are represented in the flora by introduced species, and 13 of the genera have all their species endemic to the region. One of the five largest genera in North America, Eriogonum (Polygonaceae), is represented in the flora area by 225 of its 248 species, with nearly 200 of them endemic. Each of the genera treated in the volume has one or more representative species illustrated with a line drawing. These, in combination with the key and descriptions, will facilitate identification of the group of plants.