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This long-awaited new edition describes and illustrates the 760 species of mosses currently known to occur in the British Isles and incorporates the most up-to-date information available on classification and nomenclature, including recent synonyms. An artificial key to genera provides the only workable comprehensive key published in the English language.

Table of Contents
Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgements; Preface to the second edition; Second edition acknowledgements; Introduction; Abbreviations; Conspectus of classification; Artificial key to the genera of British and Irish mosses; Sphagnopsida; Andreaeopsida; Polytrichopsida; Bryopsida; Geographical relationships of British and Irish mosses; Red List of mosses; British and Irish vice-counties; English names for British and Irish mosses; Glossary; Index.

The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 9/23/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521546720, 978-0521546720
      ISBN10: 0521546729
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This long-awaited new edition describes and illustrates the 760 species of mosses currently known to occur in the British Isles and incorporates the most up-to-date information available on classification and nomenclature, including recent synonyms. An artificial key to genera provides the only workable comprehensive key published in the English language.

      Table of Contents
      Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgements; Preface to the second edition; Second edition acknowledgements; Introduction; Abbreviations; Conspectus of classification; Artificial key to the genera of British and Irish mosses; Sphagnopsida; Andreaeopsida; Polytrichopsida; Bryopsida; Geographical relationships of British and Irish mosses; Red List of mosses; British and Irish vice-counties; English names for British and Irish mosses; Glossary; Index.

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