邮箱收到Koeltz发来的书单，其中一本即将出版的教科书值得期待。

Plant Systematics. The Origin, Interpretation, and Ordering of Plant Biodiversity. 2014. 

(Regnum Vegetabile, 156). illus.(partly col.). XII, 440 p. gr8vo. Hardcover. (ISBN 978-3-87429-452-2)

Due April 2014. Orders will be recorded. Price not yet available.-

Preface /

Acknowledgments /

Part One. BIODIVERSITY and PLANT SYSTEMATICS :

Chapter 1. The importance of biodiversity /

Chapter 2. The relevance of systematics /

Chapter x. The genetic revolution: cytogenetics, molecular biology, and population genetics /

Chapte ?

Chapter 5. The environment: phytochemistry, reproductive biology, and ecology/

Part Three. EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS of PLANT BIODIVERSITY:

Chapter 6. Genetic diversity within species/

chapter 7?

Chapter 8. Primary or divergent speciation /

Chapter 9. Hybridization and homoploid hybrid speciation /

Chapter 10. Polyploidy/

Part Four. PHYLOGENETIC INTERPRETATIONS OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY: 

Chapter 11: Chracters used in phylogeny reconstruction and character weighting/

Chapter 12. Methods of phylogeny reconstruction /

Chapter 13. Support measures /

Chapter 14. Congruence and consensus /

Chapter 15. Character evolution /

Chapter 16. Molecular clocks and molecular evolution /

Part Five. ORDERING OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY: 

Chapter 17. The importance of classification/

Chapter 18. Different approaches to classification /

Chapter 19. Species /

Chapter 20. Subspecies, variety, and form/

Chapter 21. Genus, family, and higher categories

CONCLUSION. THE RELATIONSHIP AND IMPORTANCE OF PLANT SYSTEMATICS TO BIODIVERSITY STUDIES/

Literature Cited /

Index to Taxa /

Index to Subjects.

Stuessy最近几年一口气写了好几本植物系统学教科书，总体来说都偏向方法论，而并不是如主流教科书那样以罗列植物各个类群为主要内容（如最近李德铢等翻译的《植物系统学》和国内原文影印Simpson的Plant Systmatics）。

从目录内容来看，本书核心内容是分子系统学的方法与原理，应该更适合研究生学习与使用。

我认为掌握了一定的植物识别、鉴定能力后，掌握系统学较新的方法、原理来说就更重要了。我想这本教科书应该能满足我的期望，毕竟这三位作者都是现今植物系统学研究的牛人。

相比而言，国内的教科书已落后太多年了，即是是近年出版的教材也是内容陈旧，还总有东抄西搬的。不怪大家崇洋媚外。

期待早日拜读此书。是否有人愿意翻译呢？