| Physical description |
1 online resource (xii, 520 pages 225 illustrations) |
| Contents |
Morphological Concepts -- Underground Parts -- The Aerial Stem -- Anatomical Concepts (Leaf and Stem) -- Leaves -- The Inflorescence -- The Flower -- The Floral Axis -- Numerical Conditions and Insertion of the Components of the Flower -- The Perianth -- The Androecium -- The Anther Wall and Tapetum -- The Pollen Grains and Their Dispersal -- The Gynoecium -- The Ovule -- Embryo Sac Formation -- Endosperm Formation -- Embryo Formation -- The Fruit -- The Seed -- The Embryo -- Chemical Characters -- Evolutionary Concepts, Classification -- General Concepts -- Divergent Evolution -- Reduction -- Convergent Evolution -- Criteria for the Monocotyledons -- Origin of the Monocotyledons -- General Remarks -- The Ranalean/Magnoliifloran Hypothesis -- The Hypothesis of Monocotyledons as Ancestral Angiosperms -- Fossils -- Distribution of Character Conditions -- General -- Vegetative Morphology -- Vegetative Anatomy -- Floral Morphology -- Microsporangia, Pollen -- Ovular Characters -- Fruit and Seed Characters -- Chromosomal Characters -- Phytochemical Characters -- Parasites -- Ancestral and Derived Character States in Monocotyledons in General and in Various of the Major Groups -- General -- Vegatative Morphology -- Vegetative Anatomy -- Floral Morphology -- Microsporangia, Pollen -- Ovular Characters -- Fruit and Seed Characters -- Chromosomal Characters -- Phytochemical Characters -- Parasites -- Evolution Within the Monocotyledons -- The Hypothesis of Monocotyledons as Ancestral Angiosperms -- The Ranalean/Magnoliifloran Hypothesis -- Taxonomy -- General -- Superorder Liliiflorae -- Order Dioscoreales -- Order Asparagales -- Order Melanthiales -- Order Burmanniales -- Order Liliales -- Orchids -- Superorder Ariflorae -- Order Arales -- Superorder Triuridiflorae -- Order Triuridales -- Superorder Alismatiflorae -- Order Alismatales -- Order Najadales -- Superorder Bromeliiflorae -- Order Velloziales -- Order Bromeliales -- Order Philydrales -- Order Haemodorales -- Order Pontederiales -- Order Typhales -- Superorder Zingiberiflorae -- Order Zingiberales -- Superorder Commeliniflorae -- Order Commelinales -- Order Hydatellales -- Order Cyperales -- Order Poales -- Superorder Cyclanthiflorae -- Order Cyclanthales -- Superorder Areciflorae. In Cooperation with K. Jakobsen -- Order Arecales -- Superorder Pandaniflorae. In Cooperation with K. Jakobsen -- Order Pandanales -- References -- Index of Names. |
| Other author |
Clifford, H. Trevor.
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Yeo, Peter F.
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| Subject |
Life sciences.
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Cytology.
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Botany.
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Zoology.
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| ISBN |
9783642616631 (electronic bk.) |
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3642616631 (electronic bk.) |
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9783642649035 |
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3642649033 |
| Standard Number |
10.1007/978-3-642-61663-1 |
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