“[One of the] most significant books on flowering plant phylogeny and systematics to come out in recent years. . . . This book belongs on the bookshelf of any serious plant systematist—it will be a valuable resource for years to come.”

BioScience, on the first edition

“Takes a unique but much needed approach to describe the phylogeny, systematics, and evolutionary patterns of flowering plants. The volume represents a major systematic contribution. . . . The book’s goals are to review the molecular phylogeny of all flowering plants and use this information to inform systematics and our understanding of major evolutionary trends; in this it succeeds admirably. . . . I find it challenging to criticize this book: it is a really well‐organized and well‐presented compendium, filling an important niche. . . . It will be a valuable reference for every botanist and many ecologists, and compelling reading for anyone who works on plant morphology, systematics, and evolution. It will be an important source of ideas and phylogenetic information for future higher‐level systematic and comparative studies of flowering plants.”

Quarterly Review of Biology, on the first edition

“An important and very helpful book and a must for every plant systematist.”

Plant Systematics and Evolution, on the first edition

“No endnote to a finished project, but rather, a dynamic and synoptic state-of-the-union of the ongoing effort by many botanists. . . . A necessary reference. . . . It is encyclopedic in its treatment of the subject matter and the lengthy list of works cited makes it an excellent source book for anyone hoping to begin broad phylogenetic study.”

Cladistics, on the first edition

“Excellent . . . highly recommendable for anyone involved in plant systematics.”

Plant Science Bulletin, on the first edition

“The authors present scholarly and lucid discussions of topics ranging from parallel and convergent evolution to the evolution of genome size and base chromosome number. . . . Fascinating reading, not only for the answers it provides to many . . . curiosities about plant evolution, but also for the scholarly discussion of those questions still awaiting answers.”

Taxon, on the first edition