Systematics Texts

[Thomas G. Lammers]

At 12:07 PM 03-08-99 -0600,  Diana Horton wrote:

>I would appreciate knowing what people are using to teach courses in
>systematic theory.  What are you using to replace Mayr and Ashlock's
>"Principles of Systematic Zoology", for example?

Though it is exclusively botanical, I think Tod Stuessy's "Plant Taxonomy:
The Systematic Evaluation of Comparative Data" (1990) and companion exercise
book "Case Studies in Plant Taxonomy" (1994) are excellent for a principles
and (botanical) methods course, emphasizing kinds of data and their analysis.


Thomas G. Lammers

Classification, Nomenclature, Phylogeny and Biogeography
of the Campanulaceae, s. lat.

Department of Botany
Field Museum of Natural History
Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496 USA

e-mail:    tlammers at fmnh.org
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