Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue to the first edition -- Notes -- Prologue to the second edition -- Notes -- Acknowledgments for the first edition -- Acknowledgments for the second edition -- Part I General introduction -- 1 An analytical-synthetic systematic bibliography of 'standard' floras: scope, sources and structure -- Definition and scope of the work -- Sources and the historical background -- General -- World guides to floras -- Regional and national floristic bibliographies -- Periodical indices and other current awareness services -- Progress reports and reviews -- Major library catalogues -- Plan and philosophy of the present work -- Definition of a 'standard' flora -- Selection and coverage of standard floras -- Schedule of geographical entities -- Common auxiliaries -- The system hierarchy -- Bibliographies and indices -- Limitations -- Summary remarks -- Notes -- 2 The evolution of floras -- Introduction and general considerations -- Floras in Europe and by Europeans before 1805 -- Early writers -- The Linnaean and post-Linnaean eras -- The emergence of 'conventional' floristic styles, 1805-70 -- The 'Lamarckian' phytographic style -- Flore française and the Prodromus -- Encyclopedic' floras and Central Europe -- The concise, critical descriptive flora: British and other examples -- Analytical keys and the 'manual-key' flora -- Enumerations and checklists -- The 'imperial' era and its aftermath, 1807-1930 -- Centers of influence: Kew and Berlin -- The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union -- Austria-Hungary and the Balkans -- France -- Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and the Iberian Peninsula -- The British Empire: later developments -- United States of America and its 'spheres of influence' -- Other areas -- Overall trends -- The 'modern' era.

Mid-twentieth century developments and intellectual renewal -- The rise of information technology -- Summary -- Notes -- 3 Floras at the end of the twentieth century: philosophy, progress and prospects -- Introduction -- Philosophy and purpose of floras -- Content, style and methodology of floras -- General developments -- Enumerations, checklists and 'manual-keys' -- 'Biosystematic' information and 'critical' floras -- 'Generic' floras -- Illustrations and maps -- Floras and information technology -- The 'information crisis' -- Technological and methodological developments -- Floras on-line: an ontological revolution -- Paper or virtual, or paper and virtual? that is the question -- Critiques of floras -- Large- vs. small-scale floras -- Project times and taxonomic productivity -- Floras and the user -- Is there an 'ideal flora'? -- Prospects -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Part II Systematic bibliography -- Conventions and abbreviations -- Bibliographic conventions -- Books -- Irregular serials -- Periodicals -- Symposia, congresses, etc. -- Publication -- Transcription and transliteration -- Periodical and serial abbreviations -- General bibliographies and indices: explanation of abbreviations -- General bibliographies -- General indices -- General references -- Conspectus of divisions and superregions -- Division 0 World floras, isolated oceanic islands and polar regions -- Conspectus -- 000 World: general works -- General keys to vascular plants -- General dictionaries and indices of vascular plants -- World floras (Florae cosmopolitanae) -- Generic encyclopedias (Generae plantarum) -- Generic encyclopedias, pteridophytes (Generae pteridophytarum) -- 001 World: chorological works -- General index to distribution maps -- Mappae mundi -- Regiones polarium -- Atlantica -- Eurasia -- Indo-Pacifica -- Bibliography.

002 World: 'old' upland and montane regions -- 003 World: 'alpine' regions -- 004 World: ectopotrophic areas -- 005 World: drylands (steppes and deserts) -- 006 World: rivers -- 007 World: lakes and their littoral -- 008 World: wetlands -- 009 World: oceans, islands, reefs and the oceanic littoral -- Sea-grasses -- Mangroves -- Salt marshes -- Strand plants -- Islands -- Superregion 01-04 Isolated oceanic islands -- Progress -- Regional bibliography -- Region 01 Islands of the eastern Pacific ocean -- 011 Guadalupe Island -- Bibliography -- 012 Rocas Alijos -- 013 Revillagigedo Islands -- Bibliography -- 014 Clipperton Island -- 015 Cocos Island -- Pteridophytes -- 016 Malpelo Island -- 017 Galápagos Islands -- Bibliography -- 018 Desventuradas Islands -- Bibliography -- 019 Robinson Crusoe (Juan Fernández) Islands -- Bibliography -- Pteridophytes -- Region 02 Macaronesia -- Regional bibliography -- 020 Region in general -- 021 Azores -- Bibliography -- 022 Madeira Islands -- Bibliography -- Pteridophytes -- 023 Salvage Islands -- 024 Canary Islands -- Bibliography -- Partial work: Gran Canaria -- Woody plants (including trees): guide -- 025 Cape Verde Islands -- Bibliographies -- Pteridophytes -- Region 03 Islands of the Atlantic Ocean (except Macaronesia) -- 030 Region in general -- 031 The Bermudas -- 032 St. Paul Rocks -- 033 Fernando de Noronha (with Rocas) -- 034 Ascension Island -- 035 St. Helena -- 036 Trindade (South Trinidad) and Martin Vaz Islands -- 037 Tristan da Cunha Islands -- 038 Gough Island -- Region 04 Islands of the central and eastern Indian Ocean -- 041 Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) -- Local works -- 042 Maldive Islands -- Bibliography -- Local work: Addu -- 043 Chagos Archipelago -- Local work: Diego Garcia -- 044 Amsterdam and St. Paul Islands -- 045 Cocos (Keeling) Islands -- 046 Christmas Island.

Superregion 05-07 North Polar regions -- Progress -- Regional bibliographies -- 050-70 Superregion in general -- Region 05 Islands of the Arctic Ocean -- 051 Jan Mayen Island -- 052 Bear Island (Bjørnøya) -- 053 Spitsbergen (Svalbard) -- 054 Franz Josef Land (Zemlja Frantsa Iosifa) -- 055 Novaja Zemlja -- 056 Severnaja Zemlja -- 057 New Siberian Islands (Novosibirskie Ostrova) -- 058 Wrangel Island (Ostrov Vrangelja) -- Region 06 Palearctic mainland region -- 060 Region in general -- 061 Arctic Fennoscandia -- Local work: Swedish Lapland -- 062 Kola Peninsula (Arctic zone) -- 063 Northern and Northeastern Russia (Arctic zone) -- Partial works -- 064 The Ural (Arctalpine zone) -- 065 Western Siberia (Arctic and arctalpine zones) -- 066 Central Siberia (Arctic and arctalpine zones) -- Partial works -- 067 Eastern Siberia (Arctic and arctalpine Sakha) -- Partial work -- 068 Anadyr and Chukotia -- Partial works -- Region 07 Nearctic region -- 071 Bering Sea Islands -- 072 Alaska and Yukon (Arctic and arctalpine zones) -- 073 Nunavut and Northwest Territories of Canada (Arctic mainland zone) -- 074 Canadian Arctic Archipelago -- Partial works -- 075 Ungava (far northern Québec) -- 076 Greenland -- Bibliography -- Superregion 08-09 South Polar regions -- Progress -- 080-90 Superregion in general -- Region 08 Circum-Antarctic Islands -- 081 Macquarie Island -- 082 McDonald (Heard) Islands -- 083 Kerguelen Archipelago -- 084 Crozet (Possession) Islands -- 085 Marion (Prince Edward) Islands -- 086 Bouvetøya (Bouvet Island) -- 087 South Georgia -- 088 South Sandwich Islands -- Region 09 Antarctica -- 090 Region in general -- Local work: South Orkney Islands -- Notes -- Division 1 North America (north of Mexico) -- Progress -- Divisional bibliographies: general floras and related works -- Divisional bibliographies: trees and shrubs.

Divisional bibliographies: distribution maps -- Divisional bibliographies: pteridophytes -- Divisional indices -- Conspectus -- 100 Division in general -- Keys to families and genera -- Comprehensive floras -- Comprehensive checklists, nomenclators and information systems -- Woody plants (including trees) -- Woody plants: distribution maps -- Pteridophytes -- Grasses -- 101 Continental subdivisions and other special areas -- 102 Uplands and highlands -- Appalachian Mountains -- Bibliography -- Woody plants -- 103 Alpine and upper montane zones -- I. Eastern North America -- II. Rocky Mountains -- South Central U.S. Rocky Mountains -- Northern U.S. and Canadian Rocky Mountains -- III. Sierra Nevada -- 104 Ectopotrophic areas -- 105 Drylands (steppes and deserts) -- Southwestern deserts (woody plants) -- 108 Wetlands -- Bibliography -- I. Northeastern and North Central United States (and adjacent parts of Canada) -- II. Southeastern United States -- III. Great Plains -- IV. Southwestern United States -- V.Pacific Coast United States (and adjacent parts of Canada) -- 109 Oceanic littoral -- Superregion 11-13 Boreal North America -- Region 11 Alaska -- Progress -- 110 Region in general -- Woody plants -- 111 Aleutian Islands -- Region 12/13 Canada -- Progress -- Regional bibliographies -- 120-30 Region in general -- Trees -- Pteridophytes -- 121 Western Canada -- I. Pacific and Cordilleran subregion -- Pteridophytes -- II. Central Plains subregion (the 'Prairie Belt') -- 122 Yukon Territory -- 123 Northwest Territories and Nunavut (forested zone) -- Partial work -- 124 British Columbia -- Bibliography -- Keys to families -- Partial work: Queen Charlotte Islands -- Woody plants -- Pteridophytes -- 125 Alberta -- 126 Saskatchewan -- 127 Manitoba -- 128 Northern Ontario -- Partial work -- 131 Eastern Canada -- Bibliography.

132 Southern Ontario (and Ontario in general).