| Description |
ix, 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction: The Challenge of Flowering Plant History / David Winship Taylor and Leo J. Hickey -- Ch. 2. A Survey of Reticulate Venation Among Fossil and Living Land Plants / Mary Louise Trivett and Kathleen B. Pigg -- Ch. 3. A New Gnetophyte from the Late Carnian (Late Triassic) of Texas and its Bearing on the Origin of the Angiosperm Carpel and Stamen / Bruce Cornet -- Ch. 4. Wood Anatomy of Primitive Angiosperms: New Perspectives and Syntheses / Sherwin Carlquist -- Ch. 5. Evidence for the Earliest Stage of Angiosperm Pollen Evolution: A Paleoequatorial Section from Israel / Gilbert J. Brenner -- Ch. 6. The Origin and Evolution of the Angiosperm Carpel / David Wiship Taylor and Gretchen Kirchner -- Ch. 7. Floral Structure, Development, and Relationships of Paleoherbs: Saruma, Cabomba, Lactoris, and Selected Piperales / Shirley C. Tucker and Andrew W. Douglas -- Ch. 8. Origin of the Angiosperm Flower / Leo J. Hickey and David Winship Taylor |
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Ch. 9. Evidence for and Implications of an Herbaceous Origin for Angiosperms / David Winship Taylor and Leo J. Hickey -- Ch. 10. Comparison of Alternative Hypotheses for the Origin of the Angiosperms / Henry Loconte -- Ch. 11. The Least Specialized Angiosperms / Robert F. Thorne -- Ch. 12. Molecular Phylogenies and the Diversification of the Angiosperms / Kenneth J. Sytsma and David A. Baum -- Appendix. Stratigraphic Time Scale |
| Notes |
Papers from a symposium entitled The Origin, Early Evolution, and Phylogeny of Angiosperms held at the American Institute of Biological Sciences meeting at Ames, Iowa, on Aug. 4, 1993 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-386) and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web by subscription to netLibrary, Inc. (CEIRC Shared Collection) |
| Subject |
Angiosperms -- Evolution -- Congresses.
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Angiosperms -- Evolution.
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Angiosperms -- Origin -- Congresses.
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Angiosperms -- Origin.
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Angiosperms, Fossil -- Congresses.
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Angiosperms, Fossil.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Hickey, Leo J.
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Taylor, David W., 1958-
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American Institute of Biological Sciences. Meeting (1993 : Ames, Iowa)
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| LC no. |
95014624 |
| ISBN |
0412053411 (alk. paper) |
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