| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 361 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
The Systematics Association special volume ; 83 |
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Systematics Association special volume ; no. 83.
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| Contents |
1. A well-supported phylogenetic framework for the monocot order Alismatales reveals multiple losses of the plastid NADH dehydrogenase complex and a strong long-branch effect / W.J.D. Iles, S.Y. Smith and S.W. Graham -- 2. The fossil record of non-commelinid monocots / S.Y. Smith -- 3. Is syncarpy an ancestral condition in monocots and core eudicots? / D.D. Sokoloff, M.V. Remizowa and P.J. Rudall -- 4. Diversification of pollen and tapetum in early-divergent monocots / C.A. Furness -- 5. Macroecological correlates of global monocot species richness / F.A. Jones, B. Sobkowiak, C.D.L. Orme, R. Govaerts and V. Savolainen -- 6. In time and with water ... the systematics of alismatid monocotyledons / D.H. Les and N.P. Tippery -- 7. Evolution of floral traits in relation to pollination mechanisms in Hydrocharitaceae / N. Tanaka, K. Uehara and J. Murata -- 8. Patterns of bract reduction in racemose inflorescences of early-divergent monocots / M.V. Remizowa, D.D. Sokoloff and P.J. Rudall -- 9. Recent progress in the phylogenetics and classification of the Araceae / S.J. Mayo, J. Bogner and N. Cusimano -- 10. The first evolutionary classification of the Araceae: A. Engler's natural system / S.J. Mayo and J. Bogner -- 11. Aroid floral morphogenesis in relation to phylogeny / D. Barabe -- 12. Some observations on the homology of the daffodil corona / R.W. Scotland -- 13. Anther, ovule and embryological characters in Velloziaceae in relation to the systematics of Pandanales / M.G. Sajo, R. Mello-Silva and P.J. Rudall -- 14. Contrasting patterns of support among plastid genes and genomes for major clades of the Monocotyledons / J.I. Davis, J.R. McNeal, C.F. Barrett, M.W. Chase, J.I. Cohen, M.R. Duvall, T.J. Givnish, S.W. Graham, G. Petersen, J.C. Pires, O. Seberg, D.W.M. Stevenson and J. Leebens-Mack |
| Summary |
Leading scientists in the field trace the evolution of the one of the most ancient major branches of flowering plants |
| Notes |
Based on a conference held in London at the Linnean Society and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, July 20-22, 2010 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Monocotyledons -- Congresses
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Monocotyledons -- Evolution -- Congresses
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Angiosperms -- Congresses
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Angiosperms -- Evolution -- Congresses
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Plants -- Congresses
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NATURE -- Plants -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
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Angiosperms
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Angiosperms -- Evolution
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Monocotyledons
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Monocotyledons -- Evolution
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Plants
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wilkin, Paul.
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Mayo, S. J.
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| LC no. |
2012046333 |
| ISBN |
9781107250017 |
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1107250013 |
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9781139002950 |
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1139002953 |
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9781107247529 |
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1107247527 |
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9781107248359 |
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1107248353 |
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1139888471 |
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9781139888479 |
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1107241235 |
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9781107241237 |
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1107250846 |
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9781107250840 |
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