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Flowering plant origin, evolution and phylogeny / Flowering plant origin, evolution, and phylogeny edited by David Winship Taylor and Leo J. Hickey. - ix, 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Papers from a symposium entitled The Origin, Early Evolution, and Phylogeny of Angiosperms held at the American Institute of Biological Sciences meeting at Ames, Iowa, on Aug. 4, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-386) and index.

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 / David Winship Taylor and Leo J. Hickey / Mary Louise Trivett and Kathleen B. Pigg / Bruce Cornet / Sherwin Carlquist / Gilbert J. Brenner / David Winship Taylor and Gretchen Kirchner / Shirley C. Tucker and Andrew W. Douglas / Leo J. Hickey and David Winship Taylor / David Winship Taylor and Leo J. Hickey / Henry Laconte / Robert F. Thorne / Kenneth J. Sytsma and David A. Baum.

ISBN: 0412053411

LCCN: 95014624

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Angiosperms--Origin--Congresses.
Angiosperms--Evolution--Congresses.

LC Class. No.: QE980 / .A54 1996

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