During the last two decades our understanding of angiosperm relationships has changed tremendously. A better understanding of the modern techniques of histochemistry, electron microscopy, plant physiology, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, immunology, and genetics has enhanced our capacity to manipulate and know more about the angiosperms. This book presents an account of the general principles and modern trends on the angiosperms. It stresses on the definitions, methodology and concepts and provide a comprehensive summary of current concepts of angiosperm. The book presents the subject in a lucid and systematic manner.

The text is well illustrated and is a comprehensive one. Graduate and postgraduate students, teachers, and scientists of botany and other allied fields of plant sciences will find this book very useful.