Evolution, Systematics and Fossil History of the Hamamelidae
Published on 1. December 1989
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-19-857726-3 (ISBN)
Description
The second part of this comprehensive two-volume treatise includes full coverage of the "higher" Hamamelidae, such as Fagales, Jaglandales, Myricales, and Urticales. This fully illustrated treatment emphasizes the relationship between living and fossil members of the Hamamelidae while considering many broader biological issues, and places the "higher" hamamelids closer to certain Rosidae and Dilleiidae than to "lower" hamamelid taxa such as Trochodendrales and Hamamelidales sensu lato It will be of use to plant taxonomists, plant geographers, paleobiologists, and all other working or concerned with plant evolution.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous halftones, figures and tables, bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-857726-3 (9780198577263)
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Content
Evolution of the Normapolles complex, L.Kedves; systematic relationships between Normapolles pollen and Hamamelidae, J.Batten; origins of Fagaceae, C.Nixon; history and implications of the early North American fossil record of Fagaceae, William L.Crepet; fruit structure and ecology in paleotropical "Lithocarpus" (Fagaceae), Robert B.Kaul; early fossil history and evolution of the Betulaceae, Peter R.Crane; biology and evolution of temperate and tropical Juglandaceae, D.E.Stone; the morphology and relationships for the Myricaceae, A.D.MacDonald; Casuarinaceae - a synopsis, L.A.S.Johnson and K.L.Wilson; a review of the order Leitneriales Engler, Charles E.Jarvis; systematics and phylogeny of the Urticales, C.C.Berg; systematics and fossil history of the Ulmaceae, Steven R.Manchester; pollen morphology of Celtidaceae and Ulmaceae - a reinvestigation, Masamichi Takahashi; a review of the classification of the Moraceae, Christopher J.Humphries and Stephen Blackmore; the Urticaceae - a systematic review, Ib Friis; biology of temperate Urticaceae family, Dennis W.Woodland; the fossil history of the Moraceae Urticaceae (including Cecropiaceae) and Cannabaceae, Margaret E.Collinson; a new Hamamelid element from Central America, Jorge Gomez-Laurito and Luis D.Gomez P.