Distribution of Illinois Vascular Plants

 

Robert H. Mohlenbrock & Douglas M. Ladd

paper, 0-8093-0848-7, $29.50
296 pages, 11 x 8 1/2, maps
published February 1978

Botany

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This new distribution list--the first since Winterringer and Evers (1960)--brings up-to-date every vascular plant known to occur in Illinois as a native, naturalized, or escaped species, some 3,001 taxa of vascular plants within the boundaries of the state.

There are 251 pages of distribution maps included in this book. The plants are arranged alphabetically by genus, and under each genus alphabetically by species. The nomenclature follows Mohlenbrock, Guide to the Vascular Flora of Illinois (1975).

In addition, a list of synonyms applied to Illinois taxa by Fernald (1950), Gleason (1952), and Jones (1963) follows the distribution maps.

Finally, in order to gain an understanding of relationships of the plants in the Illinois flora, all 3,001 taxa are arranged in a phylogenetic history bear the proper author citation for each taxon.