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The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants
Author | : Arthur Cronquist |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
The spelling of family names in this edition follows the list in the 1966 edition of International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
The Art of Plant Evolution
Author | : W. John Kress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Book published on the occasion of exhibition at Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 2009.
Phylogeny and Evolution of the Angiosperms
Author | : Douglas Soltis |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 587 |
Release | : 2018-01-24 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 022644175X |
Although they are relative latecomers on the evolutionary scene, having emerged only 135?170 million years ago, angiosperms—or flowering plants—are the most diverse and species-rich group of seed-producing land plants, comprising more than 15,000 genera and over 350,000 species. Not only are they a model group for studying the patterns and processes of evolutionary diversification, they also play major roles in our economy, diet, and courtship rituals, producing our fruits, legumes, and grains, not to mention the flowers in our Valentine’s bouquets. They are also crucial ecologically, dominating most terrestrial and some aquatic landscapes. This fully revised edition of Phylogeny and Evolution of the Angiosperms provides an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of the evolution of and relationships among these vital plants. Incorporating molecular phylogenetics with morphological, chemical, developmental, and paleobotanical data, as well as presenting a more detailed account of early angiosperm fossils and important fossil information for each evolutionary branch of the angiosperms, the new edition integrates fossil evidence into a robust phylogenetic framework. Featuring a wealth of new color images, this highly synthetic work further reevaluates long-held evolutionary hypotheses related to flowering plants and will be an essential reference for botanists, plant systematists, and evolutionary biologists alike.
The Classification of Flowering Plants
Author | : Alfred Barton Rendle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : Angiosperms |
ISBN | : |
Flowering Plants
Author | : Armen Takhtajan |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 906 |
Release | : 2009-07-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1402096097 |
Armen Takhtajan is among the greatest authorities in the world on the evolution of plants. This book culminates almost sixty years of the scientist's research of the origin and classification of the flowering plants. It presents a continuation of Dr. Takhtajan’s earlier publications including “Systema Magnoliophytorum” (1987), (in Russian), and “Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants” (1997), (in English). In his latest book, the author presents a concise and significantly revised system of plant classification (‘Takhtajan system’) based on the most recent studies in plant morphology, embryology, phytochemistry, cytology, molecular biology and palynology. Flowering plants are divided into two classes: class Magnoliopsida (or Dicotyledons) includes 8 subclasses, 126 orders, c. 440 families, almost 10,500 genera, and no less than 195,000 species; and class Liliopsida (or Monocotyledons) includes 4 subclasses, 31 orders, 120 families, more than 3,000 genera, and about 65,000 species.This book contains a detailed description of plant orders, and descriptive keys to plant families providing characteristic features of the families and their differences.
Evolutionary Trends in Flowering Plants
Author | : Armen Leonovich Takhtadzhi͡an |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780231073288 |
Takhtajan, one of the foremost authorities on flowering plant evolution, has brought together from the literature and his own studies interpretations of the origin and evolution of various vegetative and reproductive parts of flowering plants. Starting with growth habit, he continues through leaf and stem structure, including the origin of vessels, sieve tubes, and rays, to flowers. After tracing the possible origin of the flower, he discusses in detail the sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels, accounting for their variations in number of parts, fusion, position, and structure. The evolution and origin of the micro- and megagametophytes and the development of triple fusion are considered. The book ends with the developmental sequence of the fruit and seed types. Each chapter has its own extensive bibliography. Takhtajan has produced a book that will be essential in the library of any college where plant evolution is considered.-C. T. Mason Jr., University of Arizona--Choice Reviews.
The Diversity and Evolution of Plants
Author | : Lorentz C. Pearson |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 682 |
Release | : 2023-08-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1000947106 |
This exciting new textbook examines the concepts of evolution as the underlying cause of the rich diversity of life on earth-and our danger of losing that rich diversity. Written as a college textbook, The Diversity and Evolution of Plants introduces the great variety of life during past ages, manifested by the fossil record, using a new natural classification system. It begins in the Proterozoic Era, when bacteria and bluegreen algae first appeared, and continues through the explosions of new marine forms in the Helikian and Hadrynian Periods, land plants in the Devonian, and flowering plants in the Cretaceous. Following an introduction, the three subkingdoms of plants are discussed. Each chapter covers one of the eleven divisions of plants and begins with an interesting vignette of a plant typical of that division. A section on each of the classes within the division follows. Each section describes where the groups of plants are found and their distinguishing features. Discussions in each section include phylogeny and classification, general morphology, and physiology, ecological significance, economic uses, and potential for research. Suggested readings and student exercises are found at the end of each chapter.
Flowering Plants
Author | : K. Kubitzki |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1977-12-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783709170779 |