Ebook: Flowering Plant Origin, Evolution & Phylogeny

Contributors ix Chapter Introduction: The Challenge of Flowering Plant History David Winship Taylor and Leo J. Hickey Chapter 2. A Survey of Reticulate Venation Among Fossil and Living Land Plants Mary Louise Trivett and Kathleen B. Pigg Chapter 3. A New Gnetophyte from the Late Carnian (Late Triassic) of Texas and its Bearing on the Origin of the Angiosperm Carpel and Stamen 32 Bruce Cornet Chapter 4. Wood Anatomy of Primitive Angiosperms: New Perspectives and Syntheses 68 Sherwin Carlquist Chapter 5. Evidence for the Earliest Stage of ~giosperm Pollen Evolution: A Paleoequatodal Section from Israel 91 Gilbert J. Brenner Chapter 6. The Origin and Evolution of the Angiosperm Carpel 116 David Winship Taylor and Gretchen Kirchner Chapter Floral Structure, Development, and Relationships of Paleoherbs: Saruma, Cabomba, Lactoris, and Selected Piperales 141 Shirley Tucker and Andrew Douglas Chapter 8. Origin of the Angiosperm Flower 176 Leo J. Hickey and David Winship Taylor Chapter Evidence for and Implications of an Herbaceous Origin for Angiosperms 232 David Winship Taylor and Leo Z Hickey Chapter Comparison of Alternative Hypotheses for the Origin of the Angiosperms 267 Henry Loconte 10. 9. W. C. 7. 1. CONTENTS vi Contents Chapter The Least Specialized Angiosperms 286 Robert F. Thorne Chapter Molecular Phylogenies and the Diversification of the Angiosperms 314 Kenneth J. Sytsma and David A. Baum 341 References Appendix. Stratigraphic Time Scale 387 Index 12. 11.

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The origin, early evolution and basal phylogeny of angiosperms continue to be areas of ferment in botanical research. Rapid progress is being made, in part due to the unprecedented number of approaches now available and to the increased amount of empirical data. The topics of angiosperm structure and evolution are covered in several chapters that discuss vegetative and reproductive characters, as well as discuss the implications of ancestral angiosperm characters for an herbaceous origin. The last chapters discuss the phylogeny of angiosperms from a structure and molecular perspective.

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The origin, early evolution and basal phylogeny of angiosperms continue to be areas of ferment in botanical research. Rapid progress is being made, in part due to the unprecedented number of approaches now available and to the increased amount of empirical data. The topics of angiosperm structure and evolution are covered in several chapters that discuss vegetative and reproductive characters, as well as discuss the implications of ancestral angiosperm characters for an herbaceous origin. The last chapters discuss the phylogeny of angiosperms from a structure and molecular perspective.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction: The Challenge of Flowering Plant History....Pages 1-7
A Survey of Reticulate Venation Among Fossil and Living Land Plants....Pages 8-31
A New Gnetophyte from the Late Carnian (Late Triassic) of Texas and its Bearing on the Origin of the Angiosperm Carpel and Stamen....Pages 32-67
Wood Anatomy of Primitive Angiosperms: New Perspectives and Syntheses....Pages 68-90
Evidence for the Earliest Stage of Angiosperm Pollen Evolution: A Paleoequatorial Section from Israel....Pages 91-115
The Origin and Evolution of the Angiosperm Carpel....Pages 116-140
Floral Structure, Development, and Relationships of Paleoherbs: Saruma, Cabomba, Lactoris, and Selected Piperales....Pages 141-175
Origin of the Angiosperm Flower....Pages 176-231
Evidence for and Implications of an Herbaceous Origin for Angiosperms....Pages 232-266
Comparison of Alternative Hypotheses for the Origin of the Angiosperms....Pages 267-285
The Least Specialized Angiosperms....Pages 286-313
Molecular Phylogenies and the Diversification of the Angiosperms....Pages 314-340
Back Matter....Pages 341-403

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The origin, early evolution and basal phylogeny of angiosperms continue to be areas of ferment in botanical research. Rapid progress is being made, in part due to the unprecedented number of approaches now available and to the increased amount of empirical data. The topics of angiosperm structure and evolution are covered in several chapters that discuss vegetative and reproductive characters, as well as discuss the implications of ancestral angiosperm characters for an herbaceous origin. The last chapters discuss the phylogeny of angiosperms from a structure and molecular perspective.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction: The Challenge of Flowering Plant History....Pages 1-7
A Survey of Reticulate Venation Among Fossil and Living Land Plants....Pages 8-31
A New Gnetophyte from the Late Carnian (Late Triassic) of Texas and its Bearing on the Origin of the Angiosperm Carpel and Stamen....Pages 32-67
Wood Anatomy of Primitive Angiosperms: New Perspectives and Syntheses....Pages 68-90
Evidence for the Earliest Stage of Angiosperm Pollen Evolution: A Paleoequatorial Section from Israel....Pages 91-115
The Origin and Evolution of the Angiosperm Carpel....Pages 116-140
Floral Structure, Development, and Relationships of Paleoherbs: Saruma, Cabomba, Lactoris, and Selected Piperales....Pages 141-175
Origin of the Angiosperm Flower....Pages 176-231
Evidence for and Implications of an Herbaceous Origin for Angiosperms....Pages 232-266
Comparison of Alternative Hypotheses for the Origin of the Angiosperms....Pages 267-285
The Least Specialized Angiosperms....Pages 286-313
Molecular Phylogenies and the Diversification of the Angiosperms....Pages 314-340
Back Matter....Pages 341-403
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