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Floral Diagrams: An Aid to Understanding Flower Morphology and Evolution
Louis P. Ronse De Craene
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Description for Floral Diagrams: An Aid to Understanding Flower Morphology and Evolution
hardcover. Guide to using floral diagrams for the identification of flowering plants, and to understand flower structures, their diversity and evolution. Num Pages: 458 pages, 182 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PSTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Floral morphology remains the cornerstone for plant identification and studies of plant evolution. This guide gives a global overview of the floral diversity of the angiosperms through the use of detailed floral diagrams. These schematic diagrams replace long descriptions or complicated drawings as a tool for understanding floral structure and evolution. They show important features of flowers, such as the relative positions of the different organs, their fusion, symmetry, and structural details. The relevance of the diagrams is discussed, and pertinent evolutionary trends are illustrated. The range of plant species represented reflects the most recent classification of flowering plants based ... Read more
Floral morphology remains the cornerstone for plant identification and studies of plant evolution. This guide gives a global overview of the floral diversity of the angiosperms through the use of detailed floral diagrams. These schematic diagrams replace long descriptions or complicated drawings as a tool for understanding floral structure and evolution. They show important features of flowers, such as the relative positions of the different organs, their fusion, symmetry, and structural details. The relevance of the diagrams is discussed, and pertinent evolutionary trends are illustrated. The range of plant species represented reflects the most recent classification of flowering plants based ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
458
Condition
New
Number of Pages
458
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521493468
SKU
V9780521493468
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99-10
About Louis P. Ronse De Craene
Dr Louis Ronse De Craene obtained an MSc at the University of Reading and a PhD at the University of Leuven (Belgium) and became attached to the laboratory of Systematics in Leuven as postdoctoral researcher. Since 2002, he has been director of the MSc course on the Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. His research ... Read more
Reviews for Floral Diagrams: An Aid to Understanding Flower Morphology and Evolution
'… a seemingly simple idea which has proved to be a powerful and effective way to describe and understand one of the great bounties of nature … This volume comprises a modern treatment of this deceptively simple technique in the context of the latest developments in angiosperm evolution and taxonomy, including recent molecular and phylogenetic advances. … a valuable and ... Read more