Flowers on the Tree of Life
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Part of Systematics Association Special Volume Series
- Editors:
- Livia Wanntorp, Swedish Museum of Natural History
- Louis P. Ronse De Craene, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Date Published: November 2011
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521765992
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Genetic and molecular studies have recently come to dominate botanical research at the expense of more traditional morphological approaches. This broad introduction to modern flower systematics demonstrates the great potential that floral morphology has to complement molecular data in phylogenetic and evolutionary investigations. Contributions from experts in floral morphology and evolution take the reader through examples of how flowers have diversified in a large variety of lineages of extant and fossil flowering plants. They explore angiosperm origins and the early evolution of flowers and analyse the significance of morphological characters for phylogenetic reconstructions on the tree of life. The importance of integrating morphology into modern botanical research is highlighted through case studies exploring specific plant groups where morphological investigations are having a major impact. Examples include the clarification of phylogenetic relationships and understanding the significance and evolution of specific floral characters, such as pollination mechanisms and stamen and carpel numbers.
Read more- Provides a valuable overview of current flower morphological and ontogenetic studies for students and researchers
- Case studies highlight the value of morphological methods in clarifying evolutionary relationships
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- Date Published: November 2011
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521765992
- length: 326 pages
- dimensions: 253 x 195 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.89kg
- contains: 79 b/w illus. 9 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: establishing the state of the art – the role of morphology in plant systematics Louis Ronse De Craene and Livia Wanntorp
2. Spatial separation and developmental divergence of male and female reproductive units in gymnosperms, and their relevance to the origin of the angiosperm flower Richard Bateman, Jason Hilton and Paula Rudall
3. New flowers of Laurales from the Early Cretaceous (Early to Middle Albian) of eastern North America Maria von Balthazar, Peter R. Crane, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen and Else Marie Friis
4. Tracing the early evolutionary diversification of the angiosperm flower James A. Doyle and Peter K. Endress
5. Changing views of flower evolution and new questions Peter K. Endress
6. Centrifugal stamens in a modern phylogenetic context – was Corner right? Paula Rudall
7. Evolution of the palm androecium as revealed by character mapping on a supertree Sophie Nadot, Julie Sannier, Anders Barfod and William J. Baker
8. Comparative floral structure and development of Nitrariaceae (Sapindales) and systematic implications Julien B. Bachelier, Peter K. Endress and Louis P. Ronse De Craene
9. Multiplications of floral organs in flowers – a case study in Conostegia (Melastomataceae, Myrtales) Livia Wanntorp, Carmen Puglisi, Darin Penneys and Louis Ronse De Craene
10. Ontogenetic and phylogenetic diversification in Marantaceae – a review Alexandra C. Ley and Regine Claßen-Bockhoff
11. Floral ontogeny of Acacia celastrifolia: an enigmatic mimosoid legume with pronounced polyandry and multiple carpels Gerhard Prenner
12. Floral development of Napoleonaea (Lecythidaceae), a deceptively complex flower Louis Ronse De Craene
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