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"The original suggestion to organize a symposium about the classi­ fication and evolution of the Flowering Plants was made at, the International Botanical Congress at Leningrad in 1975, and the idea was so well accepted by several colleagues that plans for such a symposium quickly took shape. An organizing committee consisting of Professor H. MERXMULLER, Miinchen, Professor V. H. HEYWOOD, Reading, and Professor K. KUBITZKI, Hamburg, was set up. The conference took place on 7-12 September 197tl in the Institut fiir Allgemeine Botanik of the University of Hamburg under the auspices of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy and was at­ tended by 80 participants from 14 countries. There have been several meetings in recent years which have dealt with the origin and evolution of the Flowering Plants so that it might be questioned whether yet another symposium dealing with more or less the same subject were really ""justified. As the reader will see from the contents of the book, this symposium differed from similar ones held recently in two respects: 1. Emphasis was given to methodological aspects of the classification of higher taxa, and 2. much classificatory and evolutionary evidence relating to the higher taxa of Flowering Plants was presented."

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Author:   K. Kubitzki
Publisher:   Springer Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Springer Verlag GmbH
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.760kg
ISBN:  

9783211814345

ISBN 10:   3211814345
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   15 December 1977
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

General Principles and Methods.- Principles and Concepts in the Classification of Higher Taxa.- Delimitation of the Major Taxa of the Higher Cycadophytina: Theoretical Criteria Versus Taxonomic Practice.- Some Aspects of the Classification and Evolution of Higher Taxa.- Some Problems Associated With Character Correlations.- Biochemical Systematics: Methods and Principles.- Quantitative Studies of Inter-relationships Amongst the Liliatae.- Classification Above the Genus, as Exemplified by Gesneriaceae, With Parallels From Other Groups.- Evolutionary Aspects and Taxonomic Evidence.- The Anatomy of Secondary Xylem and the Classification of Ancient Dicotyledons.- Ovular Morphology and the Classification of Dicotyledons.- Seed Characters in and Affinities Among the Saxifragineae.- Transmission Electron Microscopy and Systematics of Flowering Plants.- On the Taxonomic Significance of Secondary Metabolites in Angiosperms.- Cyanogenic Compounds as Systematic Markers in Tracheophyta.- Some Aspects of Beetle Pollination in the Evolution of Flowering Plants.- New Ideas About the Early Differentiation of Angiosperms.- Evolution and Classification of Major Taxa.- Phyllocladus and Its Bearing on the Systematies of Conifers.- A Commentary on a Diagrammatic Presentation of the Angiosperms in Relation to the Distribution of Character States.- The Treatment of the Monocotyledons in an Evolutionary System of Classification.- Some Realignments in the Angiospermae.- Evolutionary Trends in the Hamamelidales-Fagales-Group.- Urticales, Their Differentiation and Systematic Position.- New Aspects of the Systematics of Asteridae.- Summary Lecture.- Summary Lecture.- Index to Plant Taxa.

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