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Early events in monocot evolution / edited by Paul Wilkin and Simon J. Mayo

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2013]
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©2013
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 361 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Wilkin, Paul and Mayo, S. J.
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English.
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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.
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9781107250017 (electronic bk.)
1107250013 (electronic bk.)
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9781107248359 (e-book)
1107248353 (e-book)
9781107012769 (hardback)
1107012767 (hardback)
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9781107250840
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Based on a conference held in London at the Linnean Society and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, July 20-22, 2010.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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