It gives us an immense pleasure and satisfaction to put this book Angiosperm Taxonomy for Semester – III in the hands of S.Y.BSc Botany students and teachers. This text has been written according to the new revised syllabus of S.Y.BSc (DSC- 5, BO-211) of Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon as per NEP 2020 which has been implemented from the academic year 2025-26. The writing of this book strongly influenced by the major purpose to help the students to understand the taxonomic affairs of Angiospermic plants. The topics in the syllabus have introduced Taxonomic Botany at primary level with better perspectives. This book covers all the aspects of Angiosperms taxonomy as per syllabus. It has been written in student friendly manner with efforts on
making subject matter up to date and concise. We have tried to make this book
informative, simple and lucid. This matter has been augmented with appropriate figures and illustrations with questions pertaining to the chapters are given at the end of chapters. We hence, believe that students of S.Y.BSc. Botany will certainly like and appreciate this book. We hope that interest of the teachers and students will generate after understanding the subject. Though extreme care has been taken while writing, editing and proof reading of the book, some mistakes might have been left unnoticed. The proper and critical suggestions from our colleagues and student will always be welcome for improvement of this book. We are thankful to the Chairman and members
of Board of studies in Botany of KBCNMU for their support and suggestions during writing of this book. We express deep sense of gratitude to authors and publishers whose books we have consulted while writing this book. We are also thankful to our publisher Shri Rangrao A. Patil and his staff of Prashant Publications, Jalgaon for doing sincere efforts in bringing out this book in time and in a beautiful form. Hope this book proves helpful to all those who wish to explore the fascinating world of flowering plant classification.
Warm regards,