Flora of the Czech Republic

Flora of the Czech Republic (nine volumes of which are planned) represents a series with the most detailed treatment of wild vascular plant species occurring in this country (native species, naturalized aliens and casuals) and more frequently outdoor cultivated taxa. The Flora includes comprehensive encyclopedic taxonomic and chorological information and identification keys to all the taxa. It is based on an original study of plant material, using contemporary methods of study. 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. Correct species name are followed by synonyms, exsiccates, description, chromosome number, variability, ecology and phytocenological characteristics, distribution in the Czech Republic, total geographic distribution and economic significance. Eight volumes have been published covering the treatment of 181 families, 861 genera and 2954 species, most of the species are depicted on 838 mostly full-page plates. Work on volume 9 is in progress.

The compendium is published by ACADEMIA, Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

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Flora of the Czech Republic 1 (1988, 2^nd edition 1997)
Series editors: Slavomil Hejný & Bohumil Slavík
Volumes editors: Jindřich Chrtek, Pavel Tomšovic & Miloslav Kovanda
557 pp. 113 tabs., 52 maps.

This volume consists of two parts. The general part contains an outline of the history of the floristic and phytogeographical exploration, inorganic nature in relation to flora and vegetation, vegetation and phytogeographical characteristics, survey of higher vegetation units, regional phytogeographical divisions, terminological dictionary, list of the basic botanical literature on the Czech flora, and concept of the basic taxonomic categories used in the Flora. The special part covers the key to the families, and treatments of 41 families (Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae and 16 families of the Dicotyledons – the most important of them are Nymphaeaceae, Helleboraceae, Ranunculaceae, Papaveraceae and Ulmaceae).

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Flora of the Czech Republic 2 (1990, 2^nd 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.

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Flora of the Czech Republic 3 (1992, 2^nd 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.

 

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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 covers 3 families: Rosaceae, Caesalpiniaceae and Fabaceae. Taxonomically intricate, extremely complex genera such as Alchemilla, Potentilla and Rosa are treated in detail in this volume.

 

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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.

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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.

 

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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 covers the order Asterales with three families: the Asteraceae s. str. (true composites), the Ambrosiaceae and the Cichoriaceae (excl. Taraxacum). This volume includes the treatment of 96 genera with 402 numbered species (additional, unnumbered species are treated in special notes).

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Volume 1 (1988, 1997)
Huperziaceae Lycopodiaceae Selaginellaceae Isoetaceae Equisetaceae Ophioglossaceae Osmundaceae Hymenophyllaceae Cryptogrammaceae Sinopteridaceae Hypolepidaceae Thelypteridaceae Aspleniaceae Athyriaceae	Aspidiaceae Blechnaceae Polypodiaceae Marsileaceae Salviniaceae Azollaceae Ginkgoaceae Pinaceae Taxodiaceae Cupressaceae Taxaceae Magnoliaceae Calycanathaceae Aristolochiaceae	Nyphaeaceae Ceratophyllaceae Helleboraceae Ranunculaceae Berberidaceae Papaveraceae Fumariaceae Hamamelidaceae Platanaceae Ulmaceae Moraceae Cannabaceae Urticaceae

 

Volume 2 (1990, 2003)
Fagaceae Betulaceae Corylaceae Carpinaceae Juglandaceae Phytolaccaceae Nyctaginaceae Aizoaceae Portulacaceae Illecebraceae	Caryophyllaceae Chenopodiaceae Amaranthaceae Polygonaceae Plumbaginaceae Paeoniaceae Hypericaceae Elatinaceae Violaceae Cistaceae	Cucurbitaceae Begoniaceae Tamaricaceae Salicaceae Ericaceae Vacciniaceae Pyrolaceae Monotropaceae Empetraceae

 

Volume 3 (1992, 2003)
Brassicaceae Resedaceae Primulaceae Tiliaceae Malvaceae Buxaceae	Euphorbiaceae Thymelaeaceae Grossulariaceae Hydrangeaceae Philadelphaceae Crassulaceae	Saxifragaceae Parnassiaceae Spiraeaceae Amygdalaceae Malaceae

 

Volume 4 (1995)
Rosaceae	Caesalpiniaceae	Fabaceae

 

Volume 5 (1997)
Droseraceae Lythraceae Onagraceae Trapaceae Haloragaceae Hippuridaceae Anacardiaceae Simaroubaceae Rutaceae Staphyleaceae Aceraceae Sapindaceae Hippocastanaceae	Linaceae Zygophyllaceae Oxalidaceae Geraniaceae Tropaeolaceae Balsaminaceae Polygalaceae Cornaceae Araliaceae Hydrocotylaceae Apiaceae Aquifoliaceae Celastraceae	Rhamnaceae Vitaceae Oleaceae Santalaceae Loranthaceae Viscaceae Elaeagnaceae Caprifoliaceae Sambucaceae Adoxaceae Valerianaceae Dipsacaceae

 

Volume 6 (2000)
Apocynaceae Asclepiadaceae Gentianaceae Menyanthaceae Rubiaceae Polemoniaceae Convolvulaceae Cuscutaceae	Hydrophyllaceae Boraginaceae Solanaceae Buddlejaceae Scrophulariaceae Bignoniaceae Orobanchaceae Lentibulariaceae	Glubulariaceae Plantaginaceae Verbenaceae Lamiaceae Callitrichaceae Campanulaceae Lobeliaceae

 

Volume 7 (2004)
Asteraceae	Ambrosiaceae	Cichoriaceae (excl. Taraxacum)