TY - BOOK AU - Taylor,David W. AU - Hickey,Leo J. TI - Flowering plant origin, evolution and phylogeny SN - 0412053411 AV - QE980 .A54 1996 PY - 1996///] CY - New York PB - Chapman and Hall KW - Angiosperms KW - Origin KW - Congresses KW - Evolution N1 - 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; / David Winship Taylor and Leo J. Hickey; -- A survey of reticulate venation among fossil and living land plants; / Mary Louise Trivett and Kathleen B. Pigg; -- A new gnetophyte from the Late Carnian (Late Triassic) of Texas and its bearing on the origin of the angiosperm carpel and stamen; / Bruce Cornet; -- Wood anatomy of primitive angiosperms : new perspectives and syntheses; / Sherwin Carlquist; -- Evidence for the earliest stage of angiosperm pollen evolution : a paleoequatorial section from Israel; / Gilbert J. Brenner; -- The origin and evolution of the angiosperm carpel; / David Winship Taylor and Gretchen Kirchner; -- Floral structure, development, and relationships of paleoherbs : Saruma, Cabomba, Lactoris, and selected piperales; / Shirley C. Tucker and Andrew W. Douglas; -- Origin of the angiosperm flower; / Leo J. Hickey and David Winship Taylor; -- Evidence for and implications of an herbaceous origin for angiosperms; / David Winship Taylor and Leo J. Hickey; -- Comparison of alternative hypotheses for the origin of the angiosperms; / Henry Laconte; -- The least specialized angiosperms; / Robert F. Thorne; -- Molecular phylogenies and the diversification of the angiosperms; / Kenneth J. Sytsma and David A. Baum ER -