Identification of tropical woody plants in the absence of flowers : a field guide / Roland Keller.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274).

Introductory remarks -- Part I: Key and glossary -- Key -- Glossary, notes and illustrations -- 1. Geographical distribution -- 2. Outer bark and lenticels -- 3. Macroanatomy I: inner bark, rays and exudates -- 4. Macroanatomy II: internal phloem, wood and pith -- 5. Climbing systems -- 6. Unit of extension, monopodium and sympodium -- 7. Architectural models (trunk monopodial) -- 8. Architectural models (trunk sympodial) -- 9. Phyllotaxy and torsion -- 10. Heterophylly -- 11. Shape of stems -- 12. Axillary buds and prophylls -- 13. Stipules and interpetiolar ridge -- 14. Leaf: blade and rachis -- 15. Leaf: petiole and petiolule -- 16. Leaf folding and aestivation -- 17. Venation I -- 18. Venation II -- 19. Glands and translucent dots -- 20. Epidermal structures of leaves -- 21. Key to architectural models -- Part II: The principal families of tropical woody Dicotyledons illustrated by means of their vegetative characters -- A classification of the families identified by the key -- 1. Arecaceae -- 2. Hernandiaceae, Illiciaceae, Canellaceae, Lauraceae -- 3. Monimiaceae, Annonaceae -- 4. Magnoliaceae, Myristicaceae, Piperaceae, Chloranthaceae -- 5. Menispermaceae, Aristolochiaceae, Meliosmaceae, Lardizabalaceae, Clematis -- 6. Proteaceae, Dilleniaceae, Polygonaceae -- 7. Nyctaginaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Olacaceae, Opiliaceae, Loranthaceae -- 8. Hamamelidaceae, Fagaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Staphylaceae, Melianthaceae, Greyiaceae, Rosaceae, Eryobotrya -- 9. Ulmaceae, Urticaceae, Moraceae -- 10. Rhamnaceae, Vitaceae, Leeaceae -- 11. Theaceae, Actinidaceae, Marcgraviaceae, Pellicieraceae, Bonnetiaceae, Myrsinaceae, Theophrastaceae -- 12. Ericaceae, Cyrillaceae, Ebenaceae, Sapotaceae -- 13. Lecythidaceae, Combretaceae, Myrtaceae -- 14. Lythraceae, Vochysiaceae, Melastomataceae -- 15. Clusiaceae, Ochnaceae, Quiinaceae -- 16. Flacourtiaceae, Capparaceae, Passifloraceae -- 17. Violaceae, Pangium, Bixaceae, Tetramelaceae, Caricaceae -- 18. Dipterocarpaceae, Elaeocarpaceae, Malvaceae s.l. -- 19. Euphorbiaceae, Putranjivaceae -- 20. Leguminosae -- 21. Chrysobalanaceae, Prunus, Oxalidaceae, Connaraceae -- 22. Celastraceae, Irvingiaceae, Humiriaceae, Linaceae, Erythroxylaceae -- 23. Sapindaceae, Meliaceae, Simaroubaceae -- 24. Anacardiaceae, Burseraceae, Rutaceae -- 25. Thymeleaceae, Dichapetalaceae, Malpighiaceae -- 26. Polygalaceae, Xanthophyllaceae, Brunelliaceae, Cunoniaceae, Rhizophoraceae -- 27. Pittosporaceae, Aquifoliaceae, Araliaceae, Cornaceae, Alangiaceae, Anisophylleaceae -- 28. Icacinaceae, Asteraceae -- 29. Convolvulaceae, Boraginaceae, Solanaceae -- 30. Bignoniaceae, Oleaceae, Verbenaceae, Acanthaceae -- 31. Loganiaceae, Gentianaceae, Apocynaceae -- 32. Rubiaceae.

"This revised and extended second edition of Identification of tropical woody plants is a concise representation of woody taxa based upon their vegetative characters." "The book has been revised after additional tests in the field, and the nomenclature has been updated according to recent molecular studies in taxonomy. Representative examples of many families are shown on color plates and additional families are illustrated by line drawings. A new key for the main groups of euphorbiacean genera has been included." "This field guide will be an essential companion to botanists and ecologists."--BOOK JACKET.