The projected eight-volume Flora of the Czech Republic including a complex taxonomic and chorological treatment of vascular plants with their karyological, ecological and phytocoenological characteristics is the first detailed critical flora of this terr itory. It is based on original study of plant material, using contemporary scientific knowledge in methods of study. The treatment of certain genera represents small scale monographs. Vol. 1 was published in 1988 (2. ed. 1997), vol. 2 in 1990, vol. 3 in 1992, vol. 4 in 1995, vol. 5 in 1997, vol. 6 in 2000, work on vol. 7 proceeds smoothly. The flora is irreplaceable in Czech botany, representing Czech botany abroad. The present proposal concerns the first part of the final 8th volume of the Flora. It wi ll contain 19 families of monocotyledons: Butomaceae, Alismataceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, Juncaginaceae, Potamogelonaceae, Zannichelliaceae, Najadaceae, Liliaceae, Alliaceae, Trilliaceae, Asparagaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Agavaceae, Iridaceae,

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