Title: Phylogeny and classification of the orchid family /
Authors: Dressler, Robert L., 1927-
Publisher: Dioscorides Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Orchids Classification.; Orchids Phylogeny.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Structure and Other Evidence of Relationship -- 3. Orchid Phylogeny -- 4. Orchids with Two or Three Fertile Anthers -- 5. Primitive Orchids with a Single Fertile Anther -- 6. Lady's Tresses and Relatives, the Subfamily Spiranthoideae -- 7. Orchis and Its Allies, the Subfamily Orchidoideae -- 8. The Advanced Epidendroideae, General Discussion and Phylogeny -- 9. The Cormous or Cymbidioid Phylad -- 10. The Reed-stem or Epidendroid Phylad -- 11. Misfits, Parallelisms, and Miscellaneous Problems -- 12. Classification and Phylogenetic Analysis -- Appendix A. Keys to Major Orchid Groups -- Appendix B. Outline of Classification with Lists of Genera.