Flowering Plant Origin, Evolution & Phylogeny

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Taylor, David Winship. (Editor), Hickey, Leo J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1996.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Paleontology.; Evolutionary biology.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Evolutionary Biology.
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Contributors ix Chapter Introduction: The Challenge of Flowering Plant History David Winship Taylor and Leo J. Hickey Chapter 2. A Survey of Reticulate Venation Among Fossil and Living Land Plants Mary Louise Trivett and Kathleen B. Pigg Chapter 3. A New Gnetophyte from the Late Carnian (Late Triass...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The Challenge of Flowering Plant History
• A Survey of Reticulate Venation Among Fossil and Living Land Plants
• A New Gnetophyte from the Late Carnian (Late Triassic) of Texas and its Bearing on the Origin of the Angiosperm Carpel and Stamen
• Wood Anatomy of Primitive Angiosperms: New Perspectives and Syntheses
• Evidence for the Earliest Stage of Angiosperm Pollen Evolution: A Paleoequatorial Section from Israel
• The Origin and Evolution of the Angiosperm Carpel
• Floral Structure, Development, and Relationships of Paleoherbs: Saruma, Cabomba, Lactoris, and Selected Piperales
• Origin of the Angiosperm Flower
• Evidence for and Implications of an Herbaceous Origin for Angiosperms
• Comparison of Alternative Hypotheses for the Origin of the Angiosperms
• The Least Specialized Angiosperms
• Molecular Phylogenies and the Diversification of the Angiosperms.