PRE-ORDER Illustrated Flora of East Texas, Volume 2. Acanthaceae–Fabaceae

The Illustrated Flora of East Texas captures, reflects, and informs our understanding of the vascular plants of East Texas (Pineywoods, Post Oak Savannah, Blackland Prairie ecoregions). Volume 1 (ferns, gymnosperms, monocots) was published in 2006 and Volume 2 is finally here! A 1,072 page taxonomic reference work, Volume 2 describes the native and naturalized species from the Acanthaceae through the Fabaceae (1,403 species). Keys to genera, species, and infraspecific taxa enable identification. The flora book includes detailed illustrations (about 100 newly drawn illustrations) for all species and county distribution maps for nearly all species. Taxonomic treatments for each species follows a common basic structure: a heading that consists of scientific name, authorship, derivation of species epithet, synonymy (a list of previous references to that species), main body of the description, taxonomic discussion, ecology, notes on toxic/poisonous and useful plants. Visual icons indicate rarity, endemism, invasiveness, toxicity, etc. There is a glossary of ~ 2,000 entries, an illustrated glossary of 7 pages, and a literature cited with nearly 3,000 references. The comprehensive index has over 18,000 entries. With optimism, Volume 3 (Fagaceae through Zygophyllaceae) is in the works.