Cercidiphyllum and fossil allies
Subtitle: morphological interpretation and general problems of plant evolution and development
By: by Valentin Krassilov
Publisher: Pensoft
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sofia, Bulgaria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9789546425249
Subjects: Morphology; Plants; Evolution; Angiosperms; Fossil Plants
Other titles: Morphological interpretation and general problems of plant evolution and development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-116).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Acknowledgements; title: Historical overview; title: Material and methods; title: Morphological description. Shoot system; title: Short shoot development; title: Cataphylls; title: Short-shoot leaf (prophyll); title: Long shoot development; title: Foliage leaves; title: Leaf epidermis; title: Leaf glands; title: Floral structures; title: Staminate structures; title: Pollen grains; title: Pistillate structures; title: Placenta and ovules; title: Fruit and seed; title: Summary of morphological findings; title: Fossil allies. Eocercidiphyllites plant; title: Comparison with extant Cercidiphyllum and fossil allies; title: Other extinct cercidiphyllids; title: Cretaceous ranunculids; title: Ternaricarpites, a possible ranunculid precursor of early cerciciphyllids; title: Discussion of Cercidiphyllum morphology. Shoot system; title: Leaves and prophylls; title: Glands and stomata; title: Typology of floral structures; title: Developmental evidence of flower : inflorescence transformations; title: Preflower; title: Carpel typology; title: Ovule : gland homeomorphism; title: Seed evolution; title: Staminate two-stage flower; title: Conversion, convergence and ectopic developments; title: Taxonomic implications; title: Relevance to general problems of plant evolution and development. Morphogenesis and organographic rules; title: Angiosperm origin and phylogeny; title: Tendencies of floral evolution; title: Neotenic transformation; title: Inference from paleobotanical data; title: Conclusion; title: References; title: Plates.