BOOK RECEIVED

1 Pages·1999·0.29 MB·English

700 SiDA18(3)
BOOKRECEIVED
KiicFRA,ClairL.1998.TheGrassesofMissouri.RevisedEdition.(ISBN
0-8262-1164-X, pbk). UniversityofMissouri Press, 2910LeMone
Boulevard,Columbia,MO65201.573-882-0180,fax[phone].
$34.95. 305 Pp.269Linedrawings.
TheGrassesofMissouriwa.sfirsrpublishedin1961.Significantchangeshavebeenmade
ingrassclassificationsincethefirstedition.ClairL.Kuceraprovidesacompleteandcom-
prehensiveclassificationofMissouri'svastgrassflora.Fromtiietallgrassprairiestofor-
estetlOzarkstoMississippilowlands,thestateoffersanarrayofgrassesthatcanbeclassi-
fiedintosixsubfamiliesofthePoaceae,eighteentribes,andeighty-sevengenera.
VriiDitlwCloi'er:"Coveringmorethan275speciesandsubspecificentries.TheGrassesof
Missouriisanessentialresearchtoolforidentifyinggrasses,completewithworkingkeys,
descri|itions,linedrawings,disttibutions,aglossary,andabibliography.Theprofessional
andlaypersonalikewillbenefitfromthisindispensablemanual."
Contentsinclude:
Preface
Introduction
TheVegetationofMissouri
SynopticListofMissouriSubfamilies,Tribes,andCenera
KeytoTribes
KeystoGenera
DescriptionofGeneraandSpecies
Glossary
Bibliograjihy
Intlex
Sum 18(3):700.1999