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Author Dahlgren, Rolf M. T.

Title The Families of the Monocotyledons : Structure, Evolution, and Taxonomy / by Rolf M.T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo.

Published Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1985.

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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.
Yeo, Peter F.
Subject Life sciences.
Cytology.
Botany.
Zoology.
ISBN 9783642616631 (electronic bk.)
3642616631 (electronic bk.)
9783642649035
3642649033
Standard Number 10.1007/978-3-642-61663-1