Floral Diagrams
An Aid to Understanding Flower Morphology and Evolution
2nd Edition
- Author: Louis P. Ronse De Craene, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Date Published: March 2022
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- isbn: 9781108911764
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Floral morphology is key for understanding floral evolution and plant identification. Floral diagrams are two-dimensional representations of flowers that replace extensive descriptions or elaborate drawings to convey information in a clear and unbiased way. Following the same outline as the first edition, this comprehensive guide includes updated and relevant literature, represents the latest phylogeny, and features 28 new diagrams. Diagrams are presented in the context of the most recent classifications, covering a variety of families and illustrating the floral diversity of major groups of plants. A strong didactic tool for observing and understanding floral structures, these diagrams are the obvious counterpart to any genetic study in flowering plants and to the discussion of major adaptations and evolutionary trends of flowers. This book is invaluable for researchers and students working on plant structure, development and systematics, as well as being an important resource for plant ecologists, evolutionary botanists and horticulturists.
Read more- Includes 28 new floral diagrams of different species in addition to the 1st edition's existing 192
- Links the latest classifications of angiosperms to real flowers and structures, thereby aiding the identification and study of unknown flowers
- Increased scientific value through the inclusion of up-to-date phylogeny, more plant families, and detailed and consistent diagram labelling
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: March 2022
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9781108911764
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. Introduction to Floral Diagrams:
1. Introduction to flower morphology
2. The significance of floral diagrams
3. Floral diagrams used in this book
Part II. Floral Diagrams in the Major Clades:
4. Systematic significance of floral diagrams
5. Basal Angiosperms: the ascent of flowers
6. Monocots: variation on a trimerous Bauplan
7. Early diverging eudicots: a transition between two flower types
8. Basal Pentapetalae: the event of pentamerous flowers
9. Rosids: the diplostemonous alliance
10. Caryophyllids: how to reinvent lost petals
11. Asterids: tubes and pseudanthia
Part III. Conclusions:
12. Distinctive systematic characters and apomorphic tendencies
13. Floral diagrams and major Angiosperm groups
14. Outlook
References
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