Botany / Peter M. Ray, Taylor A. Steeves & Sara A. Fultz ; with the assistance of Mark Jacobs.

Contents;

Part I: Plants and plant science
1. Basic plant functions: Discovery and utilization
2. Nature, kinds, and names of plants
3. The seed plant plan and its development

Part II: The cell: Basis of plant life
4. Organization and function of the cell
5. Cell matter and information
6. Cell metabolism, energy, and transport
7. Photosynthesis: the chloroplast

Part III: Vascular plant structure and function
8. The leaf: Structure and photosynthetic activity
9. Leaf transpiration and water balance
10. The stem and vascular system
11. The root: the soil, and plant nutrients

Part IV: Plant growth and development
12. Primary growth and its hormonal control
13. Secondary growth: Formation and structure of wood and bark
14. Environmental and genetic control of development

Part V: Flowering plant reproduction
15. Vegetative reproduction
16. Sexual reproduction: the flower
17. Embryo, seed, and fruit
18. Inheritance

Part VI: Evolution and adaptation
19. Ecological adaptation
20. Evolution
21. Plants through time: Origin, evolutionary history, and classification

Part VII: Non-vascular plants
22. Prokaryotes
23. The algae
24. Fungi
25. Symbiotic associations
26. Pathogens and plant diseases
27. Bryophytes: Nonvascular land plants

Part VIII: Vascular plants
28. Early vascular plants: Evolution and modern survivors
29. The ferns
30. The seed plants: Gymnosperms
31. The seed plants: Angiosperms
32. Plants and people

Part IX: Ecosystems and plant communities
33. Dynamics of ecosystems
34. Nature and diversity of plant communities

Bibliography : p. 721-739 . _ Index : p. 747-784.