Plant Systematics
2nd Edition
Published on 1. July 2002
Book
Hardback
410 pages
978-0-87893-403-4 (ISBN)
Description
Incorporating phylogenetic principles and methods throughout, this text moves from the careful explanation of phylogenetic methods and principles to the taxonomic survey of vascular plant families. A much expanded CD-ROM is included, containing over 2,200 colour photographs illustrating the diagnostic characters of plant families covered in the text. Appropriate for any course devoted to the systematics of plants, this text assumes no prerequisites other than introductory botany or biology.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Sunderland
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations, glossary, indexes
Dimensions
Height: 289 mm
Width: 222 mm
Weight
1934 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87893-403-4 (9780878934034)
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Walter S. Judd | Christopher S. Campbell | Elizabeth A. Kellogg
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Plant Systematics
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Persons
WALTER S. JUDD, University of Florida. - CHRISTOPHER S. CAMPBELL, University of Maine. - ELIZABETH A. KELLOGG, University of Missouri. - PETER F. STEVENS, University of Missouri. - MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE, Yale University, USA.
Content
THE SCIENCE OF PLANT SYSTEMATICS - What Do We Mean by Plant? - What Do We Mean by Systematics? - A Phylogenetic Approach - The Practice of Plant Systematics - Why is Systematics Important? - Aims and Organization of This Book - PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS - What is a Phylogeny? - Determining Evolutionary History - Constructing a Classification - Summary - CLASSIFICATION AND SYSTEM IN FLOWERING PLANTS: THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND - Classification, Nature, and Stability - Understanding Relationships - Classifications and Memory - Higher Taxa and Their Formation - Plant Groupings - Summary - TAXONOMIC EVIDENCE: STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERS - Morphology - Pollination Biology - Inflorescences, Fruits, and Seeds - Anatomy - Embryology - Chromosomes - Palynology - Secondary Plant Compounds - Proteins - Summary - MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS - Plant Genomes - Generating Molecular Data - Types of Molecular Data - Analysis of Molecular Data - Molecular Characters - Summary - THE EVOLUTION OF PLANT DIVERSITY - Plant Diversity Is the Result of Evolution - Variation in Plant Populations and Species - Speciation - Species Concepts - Summary - AN OVERVIEW OF PLANT EVOLUTION - Endosymbiotic Events - Miscellaneous 'Algae' - Green Plants - Land Plants - Vascular Plants - Seed Plants - Flowering Plants - PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF LYCOPHYTES, FERNS AND THEIR ALLIES, AND GYMNOSPERMS - Lycophytes - Ferns and Their Allies - Gymnosperms - Cycads - Ginkgos - Conifers - Gnetophytes - PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF ANGIOSPERMS - 'Basal Families' - Amborellales - Nymphaeales - Austrobaileyales - Magnoliid Complex - Magnoliales - Laurales - Canellales - Piperales - Monocots - Alismatales - Petaloid Monocots (Liliales, Asparagales, Dioscoreales) - Commelinoid Monocots (Arecales, Commelinales, Poales, Zingiberales) - Eudicots (Tricolpates) - 'Basal Tricolpates' - Ranunculales, Proteales, and several small groups - Core Eudicots - Caryophyllid Clade (Caryophyllales, Polygonales) - Santalales - Rosid Clade - Saxifragales - Vitales - Myrtales - Eurosids I (Zygophyllales, Oxalidales, Celastrales, Malpighiales, - Fabales, Rosales, Cucurbitales, Fagales) - Eurosids II (Brassicales, Malvales, Sapindales) - Asterid clade (Sympetalae) - Cornales - Ericales - Euasterids I (Solanales, Gentianales, Lamiales) - Euasterids II (Aquifoliales, Apiales, Dipsacales, Asterales) - - Appendix 1. Botanical Nomenclature - Appendix 2. Specimen Preparation and Identification - Glossary - Taxonomic Index - Subject Index