The eight-volume Flora of the Czech Republic is the most complex and detailed work dealing with our vascular plants which is now in the final phase of editing. It is a complex, critical taxonomic and chorological elaboration with karyological, ecological and phytocoenological characteristics of individual species. It is based on an original study of plant material, using contemporary methods of study. The treatment of some genera represents even small scale monographs. The first volume was published in19 88 (2nd edition 1997), vol. 2 in 1990 (2nd edition 2003), vol. 3 in 1992 (2nd edition in 2003), vol. 4 in 1995, vol. 5 in 1997, vol. 6 in 2000, vol. 7 is presently ready to print and the first part of the large vol. 8 is in the final phase ofelaboration. This Flora is irreplaceable in our botany, representing Czech botany abroad too. The now delivered application deals with the processing of the second, final half of the last, eighth volume of this compendium.

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