BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
Spermatophyta
is also a member of:
Macrophytes
(via Spermatophyta)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

SPERMATOPHYTA (vascular plants)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Class MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) 1296 11479 4478 670 879
Class PINOPSIDA (conifers) 23 148 109 11 15
Informal (Aquatic plants) (Aquatic Plants) 22 147 19 16 40
Informal (Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs) (Ectomycorrhizal or Ectotrophic Mycorrhizal Trees and Shrubs) 59 614 427 45 103
Informal (Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs) (Endomycorrhizal or Endotrophic Mycorrhizal Trees and Shrubs) 12 62 30   2
Informal (Evergreen trees and shrubs) (Evergreens) 36 156 94 25 15
Informal (Trees) (Broadleaved and Coniferous Trees) 96 916 600 74 121
Informal (Trees and shrubs) 232 2102 1019 131 186
Informal (Trees with bark of high pH) (Basic Barked Trees) 5 53 36 1 6
Informal (Trees with bark of low pH) (Acid Barked Trees) 26 290 183 32 30
Informal (Trees with bark of middle pH) (Neutral Barked Species, Mesic Barked Species) 22 219 193 12 26
Informal (Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants) 278 2508 1046 156 232

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Interactive Flora of NW Europe: http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/Flora.php Interactive Flora of NW Europe
Photoflora: http://photoflora.free.fr Photoflora
UK Botany discussion group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKBotany/join UK Botany discussion group
Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D., 1858 Handbook of the British flora
Blamey, M. and Fitter, R. & A., 2003 Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland
British Ecological Society: Biological Flora Series: http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/journals_publications/journalofecology/biologicalflora.php British Ecological Society: Biological Flora Series
Butcher, R.W., 1961 A New Illustrated British Flora (2 vols)
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Warburg, E.F., 1962 Flora of the British Isles
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Warburg, E.F., 1968 Excursion of Flora of the British Isles
Coste, H., 1937 Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France et de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes
Keble Martin, W., 1965 The Concise British Flora in Colour
Flora of Northern Ireland: http://www.habitas.org.uk/flora/index.html Flora of Northern Ireland
Rich, T.C.G. & Jermy, C., 1998 Plant Crib 1998
Rich, T.C.G. & M.D.B. & Perring, F.H., 1988 Plant Crib
Stace, C., 1997 New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)
Stace, C., 1999 Field Flora of the British Isles
Stace, C., 2010 New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 3)
Wiggington, M.J. & Graham, G.G., 1981 Guide to the Identification of some of the more Difficult Vascular Plant Species

Aquatic plants

Haslam S, Sinker, C., Wolseley, P., 1982 British Water Plants

Drawings

Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Warburg, E.F. (Roles, S.J. del), 1957 Flora of the British Isles: Illustrations
Clement, E.J., Smith, D.P.J. & Thirlwell, I.R., 2005 Illustrations of Alien Plants of the British Isles
Fitch, W.H. & Smith, W.G., 1949 Illustrations of the British Flora

Forensics

Petraco, N. & Kubic, T., 2003 Color Atlas and Manual of Microscopy for Criminalists, Chemists, and Conservators

Hybrids

Stace, C.A., 1975 Hybridization in the British Flora

Plant pathology

Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2011 British Plant Galls
Leaf-miners
The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects (TEST VERSION): http://www.ukflymines.co.uk The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects (TEST VERSION)

Pollen

Beug, H-J, 2004 Leitfaden der Pollenbestimmung für Mitteleuropa und angrenzende Gebiete
Chandler, J. & Rennison, D., 2005 Pollen Identification for Beekeepers: an illustrated key to accompany Rex Sawyer's book
Faegri, K. & Iversen, J., 1989 Which Plant?: Identification Keys for the North-west European Pollen Flora (extracted from the Textbook of Pollen Analysis)
Faegri, K. & Iverson, J. & Krzywinski K., 2000 Textbook of Pollen Analysis
Moore, P.D., Webb, J.A. & Collinson, M.E., 1991 Pollen Analysis
Punt, W., Blackmore, S., Hoen, P. & Stafford, P. The Northwest European Pollen Flora
Wodehouse R., 1935 Pollen grains. Their structure, identification and significance in science and medicine

Seeds

www.seabean.com: http://www.seabean.com www.seabean.com
Digital Seed Atlas (Netherlands): http://www.seeds.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/ Digital Seed Atlas (Netherlands)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 424 general literature references to SPERMATOPHYTA (vascular plants)

SPERMATOPHYTA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 PLANTAE
(plants)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 41994 feeding and other relationships of SPERMATOPHYTA (vascular plants)

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