Original: It is regarded as one of the main publications which formed the core of the modern evolutionary synthesis and still provides the conceptual framework for research in plant evolutionary biology ; according to Ernst Mayr , '' Few later works dealing with the evolutionary systematics of plants have not been very deeply affected by Stebbins ' work .
Simplified: The American Naturalist 74:54 -- 66 This work continued with the 1947 paper Types of polyploids : their classification and significance , which described Stebbins ideas about the role of paleopolyploidy in angiosperm evolution .