Botany Department

University of Hawaii

On this CD:

Vascular Plant Families - IBC XVI

Preface: This is a collection of approximately 1,350 images representing about 235 families of vascular plants.  Descriptions are included for nearly 100 families. The images are all in color and are 400 x 600, 600 x 400, or 400 x 400 pixels in size. Thousands of additional plant images grouped in six thematic categories are available on the worldwide web as described and linked below. 

These materials are provided for instructional and educational purposes. Any duplication or publication of text or images herein for commercial gain without explicit written permission of the owner or photographer constitutes breach of trust and violation of copyright.

Systematic Index

• Flowering Plant Families (magnolias, lilies, etc.)

• Non-Flowering Plant Families (cycads, conifers, ferns and fern allies)

Dr. Gerald D. Carr, Professor
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Botany Department
3190 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822-2279

office: St. John 406 (808-956-8304)
fax 808-956-3923

On the Worldwide Web:

• Vascular Plant Families - This is a collection of descriptions and captioned images of vascular plant families for use in instruction. About 235 families are represented among the approximately 1,350 images in this category.
• Manoa Campus Plants - More than 325 species of plants on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa are characterized in words and about 440 color images. Common names, family names, scientific names, campus locations, and notes of interests are provided for each species.
• Hawaiian Silversword Alliance - All 30 species of Argyroxiphium, Dubautia, and Wilkesia comprising the Hawaiian silversword alliance are illustrated and characterized. Features of the adaptive radiation of this group, including stature and habit, flower and fruit diversity, leaf morphology and anatomy, ecological and physiological adaptations, chromosomal diversity, chemical evolution, genetic variation, hybridization, molecular evolution, and origin and relationships are treated in a series of expository web pages.
• Hawaiian Native Plants - This is a collection of hundreds of images representing more than 400 species of native Hawaiian plants. Most of these species are endemic, i.e., unique to Hawaii.
• Alien Plants in Hawaii - This is a collection of illustrations and information about the weedy plants that threaten Hawaii's native ecosystems. It is a project initiated by Dr. Clifford W. Smith, formerly Project Leader, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, University of Hawaii Botany Department.
• The Lousewort Genus Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae) - A collection of images of an interesting circumpolar genus of about 500 hemiparasitic species.
• Home Page of G. D. Carr