The first and to this point in basic terms Plant Geography of Chile was once written approximately a hundred years in the past, on the grounds that whilst many stuff have replaced: vegetation were renamed and reclassified; taxonomy and systematics have skilled deep adjustments as have biology, geography, and biogeography. The time is consequently ripe for a brand new examine Chile’s vegetation and their distribution.

Focusing on 3 key concerns – botany/systematics, geography and biogeographical research – this ebook provides a completely up-to-date synthesis either one of Chilean plant geography and of the various techniques to learning it. as a result of its variety – from the neotropics to the temperate sub-Antarctic – Chile’s plant life presents a severe perception into evolutionary styles, relatively on the subject of the distribution alongside the latitudinal profiles and the worldwide geographical relationships of the country’s genera. the results of those kin for the evolution of the Chilean flowers are discussed.

This publication will offer a priceless source for either graduate scholars and researchers in botany, plant taxonomy and systematics, biogeography, evolutionary biology and plant conservation.