Cercidiphyllum and fossil allies : morphological interpretation and general problems of plant evolution and development /
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| Author / Creator: | Krasilov, Valentin Abramovich. |
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| Imprint: | Sofia, Bulgaria : Pensoft, 2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (150 pages, 32 pages of plates) : illustrations, color plates |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11220594 |
Table of Contents:
- Historical overview
- Material and methods
- Morphological description. Shoot system ; Short shoot development ; Cataphylls ; Short-shoot leaf (prophyll) ; Long shoot development ; Foliage leaves ; Leaf epidermis ; Leaf glands ; Floral structures ; Staminate structures ; Pollen grains ; Pistillate structures ; Placenta and ovules ; Fruit and seed ; Summary of morphological findings
- Fossil allies. Eocercidiphyllites plant ; Comparison with extant Cercidiphyllum and fossil allies ; Other extinct cercidiphyllids ; Cretaceous ranunculids ; Ternaricarpites, a possible ranunculid precursor of early cerciciphyllids
- Discussion of Cercidiphyllum morphology. Shoot system ; Leaves and prophylls ; Glands and stomata ; Typology of floral structures ; Developmental evidence of flower
- inflorescence transformations ; Preflower ; Carpel typology ; Ovule
- gland homeomorphism ; Seed evolution ; Staminate two-stage flower ; Conversion, convergence and ectopic developments ; Taxonomic implications
- Relevance to general problems of plant evolution and development. Morphogenesis and organographic rules ; Angiosperm origin and phylogeny ; Tendencies of floral evolution ; Neotenic transformation ; Inference from paleobotanical data
- Conclusion.