A comprehensive introduction to vascular plant phylogeny, the Fourth Edition of Plant Systematics reflects changes in the circumscription of many orders and families to represent monophyletic groups, following the most recent classification of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The taxonomic evidence described includes data from morphology, anatomy, embryology, chromosomes, palynology, secondary plant compounds, proteins, and DNA. Molecular taxonomic methods are fully presented, as are the results of many recent studies, both molecular and morphological. A chapter on the history of plant classification puts current systematic methods into historical context. Issues relating to variation in plant populations and species, including speciation and species concepts, polyploidy, hybridization, breeding systems, and introgression are carefully considered. Appendices cover botanical nomenclature as well as field and herbarium methodology. The text is copiously illustrated, using in large part the informative analytical drawings developed as part of the Generic Flora of the Southeastern United States project.
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A comprehensive introduction to vascular plant phylogeny, the Fourth Edition of Plant Systematics reflects changes in the circumscription of many orders and families to represent monophyletic groups, following the most recent classification of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.
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1. The Science of Plant Systematics.- 2. Methods and Principles of Biological Systematics.- 3. Classification and System in Flowering Plants: Historical Background.- 4. Taxonomic Evidence: Structural and Biochemical Characters.- 5. The Evolution of Plant Diversity.- 6. An Overview of Green Plant Phylogeny.- 7. Lycophytes, Ferns, and Gymnosperms.- Appendix 1. Botanical Nomenclature.- Appendix 2. Specimen Preparation and Identification.- Glossary.- Taxonomic Index.- Subject Index.
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Colour throughout the book <br />Text that is copiously illustrated <br />Assumes no prerequisites
Walter S. Judd is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology at the University of Florida.
Christopher S. Campbell is Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Maine.
Elizabeth A. Kellogg is a Member at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Peter F. Stevens is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and Curator of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Michael J. Donoghue is Yale University's Sterling Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Botany at the Peabody Museum.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781605353890
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press Inc
Høyde
297 mm
Bredde
210 mm
Aldersnivå
Lower undergraduate, U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
565
Biografisk notat
Walter S. Judd is a Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Florida.Christopher S. Campbell is a Professor of Plant Systematics in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine.
Elizabeth A. Kellogg is the E. Desmond Lee Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.
Peter F. Stevens is a Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Missouri, St. Louis and Curator of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Michael J. Donoghue is the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University.