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Early Events in Monocot Evolution: Series Number 83 New Edition
Author(s): Paul Wilkin (Editor), Simon J. Mayo
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: 30 May 2013
- Edition: New
- Language: English
- Print length: 378 pages
- ISBN-10: 1107012767
- ISBN-13: 9781107012769
Book Description
Tracing the evolution of one of the most ancient major branches of flowering plants, this is a wide-ranging survey of state-of-the-art research on the early clades of the monocot phylogenetic tree. It explores a series of broad but linked themes, providing for the first time a detailed and coherent view of the taxa of the early monocot lineages, how they diversified and their importance in monocots as a whole. Featuring contributions from leaders in the field, the chapters trace the evolution of the monocots from largely aquatic ancestors. Topics covered include the rapidly advancing field of monocot fossils, aquatic adaptations in pollen and anther structure and pollination strategies and floral developmental morphology. The book also presents a new plastid sequence analysis of early monocots and a review of monocot phylogeny as a whole, placing in an evolutionary context a plant group of major ecological, economic and horticultural importance.
