Flora of the Czech Republic represents a series which, in great detail, covers local wild vascular plant species (native species, naturalized aliens and casuals) and more frequently outdoor cultivated taxa. The Flora includes comprehensive encyclopaedic taxonomic and chorological information and identification keys to all the taxa. Each volume contains keys to genera (following the descriptions of families; key to families will be found at the beginning of the special part in vol. 1.), species (following the descriptions of genera) and subspecies (following the descriptions of species). The correct species names are followed by synonyms, exsiccates, description, chromosome number, variability, ecology and phytocenological characteristics, distribution in the Czech Republic, total geographic distribution and economic significance.
The compendium is published by ACADEMIA, publishing house of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Flora of the Czech Republic 1 (1988, 2nd edition 1997)
Series editors: Slavomil Hejný & Bohumil Slavík
Volumes editors: Jindřich Chrtek, Pavel Tomšovic & Miloslav Kovanda
557 pp. 113 tabs., 52 maps.
Volume 1 consists of two parts. The general part contains an outline of the history of floristic and phytogeographical research, inanimate nature in relation to flora and vegetation, vegetation and phytogeographical characteristics, overview of higher vegetation units, regional phytogeographical divisions, terminological glossary, review of basic botanical literature on Czech flora, and basic taxonomic categories used. The special part includes the key to the families, and covers 41 families (Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae and 16 families of the Dicotyledons – the most important of them are Nymphaeaceae, Helleboraceae, Ranunculaceae, Papaveraceae and Ulmaceae).
Flora of the Czech Republic 2 (1990, 2nd edition 2003)
Series editors: Slavomil Hejný & Bohumil Slavík
Volume editors: Lubomír Hrouda & Vladimír Skalický
540 pp., 119 tabs., 52 maps.
Volume 2 covers the 29 families of Dicotyledons, the most important of which are Fagaceae, Betulaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Polygonaceae, Violaceae, Cucurbitaceae and Salicaceae.
Flora of the Czech Republic 3 (1992, 2nd edition 2003)
Series editors: Slavomil Hejný & Bohumil Slavík
Volume editors: Jan Kirschner & Bohdan Křísa
542 pp., 114 tabs.
Volume 3 covers 17 families of Dicotyledons, the most important of which are Brassicaceae, Primulaceae, Malvaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Saxifragaceae, Amygdalaceae and Malaceae.
Flora of the Czech Republic 4 (1995)
Series editors: Bohumil Slavík
Volume editors: Miroslav Smejkal, Marie Dvořáková & Vít Grulich
529 pp., 109 tabs., 33 maps.
Volume 4 is dedicated to 3 families: Rosaceae, Caesalpiniaceae and Fabaceae. Taxonomically intricate, extremely complex genera such as Alchemilla, Potentilla and Rosa are also covered in detail.
Flora of the Czech Republic 5 (1997)
Series editors: Bohumil Slavík
Volume editors: Jindřich Chrtek jr. & Pavel Tomšovic
560 pp., 126 tabs., 38 maps.
Volume 5 covers 38 families of Dicotyledons, the most important of which are Droseraceae, Onagraceae, Aceraceae, Geraniaceae, Balsaminaceae, Apiaceae, Rhamnaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Valerianaceae and Dipsacaeae.
Flora of the Czech Republic 6 (2000)
Series editors: Bohumil Slavík
Volume editors: Jindřich Chrtek jr. & Jitka Štěpánková
770 pp., 129 tabs., 60 maps.
Volume 6 covers 23 families, the most important of which are Rubiaceae, Boraginaceae, Solanaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Lamiaceae and Campanulaceae.
Flora of the Czech Republic 7 (2004)
Series editors: Bohumil Slavík & Jitka Štěpánková
Volume editors: Jan Štěpánek & Jitka Štěpánková
767 pp., 128 tabs., 53 maps.
Volume 7 is on the three families of the Asterales order: the Asteraceae s. str. (true composites), the Ambrosiaceae and the Cichoriaceae (excl. Taraxacum). The volume covers 96 genera with 402 numbered species (additional, unnumbered species are covered in special notes).
Flora of the Czech Republic 8 (2010)
Chief editor: Jitka Štěpánková
Series editors: Jindřich Chrtek jr., Zdeněk Kaplan, and Jitka Štěpánková
Volume 8 covers the genus Taracaxum (179 species) from the Cichoriaceae family. This volume includes the key to all families of the Monocotyledons, including 27 of these families: Acoraceae (Amaryllidaceae) with 75 genera and 199 numbered species and many other mentioned in special notes. The volume also covers the Potamogetonaceae, Liliaceae, Orchidaceae, Iridaceae, Convallariaceae, and Hyacinthaceae.
Flora of the Czech Republic 9 (2024)
Chief editor: Jitka Štěpánková
Series editors: Jitka Štěpánková, Jindřich Chrtek jr., and Zdeněk Kaplan
The ninth book includes seven monocotyledon families out of which 91 genera and 397 species are covered in detail, and others in the form of notes. The texts on Cyperaceae and Poaceaea families are the most comprehensive. The way many critically endangered genera are covered in the ninth book is significant from the taxonomical point of view, of these the most notable is the part on the Carex genus. It introduces several pieces of new taxonomical and nomenclatural information and thus is a valuable monographical study not only for the Czech Republic. Also noteworthy, is the text covering the Poaceae family, economically one of the most important global plant families. Cereals, namely representatives of the Avena, Hordeum, Panicum, Secale, Triticum, or Zea genera, are some of the major food sources for humans.
