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Duistermaat, Helena; Balgooy, M.M.J. van; Welzen, P.C. van; Esser, H.-J.; Middleton, David; Adema, Frits; Veldkamp, J.F.. |
The International Conference ‘Compositae: Systematics, Biology, Utilization’ held in 1994 inspired the authors, on the suggestion of Dr. K. Ferguson, to publish a book accommodating more general systematic papers on Asteraceae, resulting in the present work. It contains seventeen chapters [in English, French (1), and Spanish (1)], including the Introduction by C. Jeffrey, and is provided with a taxonomic index. Following the Introduction, Jeffrey gives a review of the developments in Asteraceae systematics during the last 20 years, since the conference of 1975. I agree with him that improvements are possible in the use of cladistic analysis in taxonomy, but it seems to me that his review is a bit too negative in this respect. Advances in Compositae... |
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
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Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/525946 |
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