| Description |
xiv, 410 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Discovery of the Secret of Nature in the Structure and Fertilization of Flowers / Christian Konrad Sprengel -- 2. Christian Konrad Sprengel's Theory of the Flower: The Cradle of Floral Ecology / Stefan Vogel -- 3. Floral Traits and Plant Adaptation to Insect Pollinators: A Devil's Advocate Approach / Carlos M. Herrera -- 4. How Do Flowers Diverge? / Paul Wilson and James D. Thomson -- 5. Floral Longevity: Fitness Consequences and Resource Costs / Tia-Lynn Ashman and Daniel J. Schoen -- 6. Pollen Dispersal and Mating Patterns in Animal-Pollinated Plants / Laurence D. Harder and Spencer C. H. Barrett -- 7. The Ecology of Geitonogamous Pollination / Allison A. Snow, Timothy P. Spira, Rachel Simpson and Robert A. Klips -- 8. Flower Size Dimorphism in Plants with Unisexual Flowers / Lynda F. Delph -- 9. Evolution of Floral Morphology and Function: An Integrative Approach to Adaptation, Constraint, and Compromise in Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae) / W. Scott Armbruster |
|
10. The Evolution of Floral Form: Insights from an Alpine Wildflower, Potzmonium viscosum (Polemoniaceae) / Candace Galen -- 11. Deceit Pollination in the Monoecious, Neotropical Herb Begonia oaxacana (Begoniaceae) / Douglas W. Schemske, Jon Agren and Josiane Le Corff -- 12. Reproductive Success and Gender Variation in Deceit-Pollinated Orchids / Anna-Lena Fritz and L. Anders Nilsson -- 13. Stylar Polymorphisms and the Evolution of Heterostyly in Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae) / Spencer C. H. Barrett, David G. Lloyd and Juan Arroyo -- 14. Evolution of Campanula Flowers in Relation to Insect Pollinators on Islands / Ken Inoue, Masayuki Maki and Michiko Masuda |
| Analysis |
Plants Reproduction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Angiosperms -- Evolution.
|
|
Flowers.
|
|
Pollination by animals.
|
|
Pollination by insects.
|
| Author |
Barrett, Spencer Charles Hilton.
|
|
Lloyd, David G.
|
| LC no. |
94042927 |
| ISBN |
0412043416 |
|
