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Synopsis The present text "Taxonomy of Angiosperms" is the outcome of the persistent demand made by graduate, post-graduate and some of the teachers this book has been written due to our long associations with the subject extending over a long time and according to the syllabi of degree classes of all Indian Universities. In this text 101 families have been described in detail of which 80 are from dicots and 21 from monocots. The families have been arranged according to the natural system of classification propounded by the eminent taxonomist Bentham and Hooker (1862) since it is followed in almost all Indian Harbaria, majority of the, are based on this system. It is most appropriate system for studying angiosperms in the laboratories and splitting of the families are according to John Hutchinson (1959). The systematic position have been given in the description of each family of Bentham and Hooker (1862). Engler and Prantl (1931) and Hutchinson (1959). The author has tried to remedy this short coming and have selected for the various families and genera have been and supported with about 225 illustrate only such plants for descriptions. Those are familiar and growing mostly in our country (India). These plants have been sketched specially for this book, care have been taken to see that they appear exactly like what they are in their natural surroundings.