UID:
edocfu_9959241175002883
Format:
1 online resource (603 p.)
ISBN:
1-282-95407-5
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1-281-03596-3
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9786611035969
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0-08-051404-9
Content:
Plant Systematics contains the essential paradigms, concepts, and terms required for a basic understanding of plant systematics at the graduate or undergraduate level. Plant systematics is an area central to numerous other biological disciplines, and a large subset of plant scientists are required to take a course in plant systematics. Almost all ecologists, horticulturalists, plant developmental biologists, and plant pathologists are interested in plant systematics because it is central to their studies of the plants that form such a large part of every ecosystem and experimental sys
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover -- Plant Systematics -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Unit I: Systematics -- Chapter 1: Plant Systematics: An Overview -- Plants -- Systematics -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References For Further Study -- Chapter 2: Phylogenetic Systematics -- Overview and Goals -- Taxon Selection -- Character Analysis -- Cladogram Construction -- Cladogram Analysis -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Cladistic Computer Programs -- Web Site -- Unit II: Evolution and Diversity of Plants -- Chapter 3: Evolution and Diversity of Green and Land Plants -- The Green Plants -- Embryophyta - Land Plants -- Diversity of Nonvascular Land Plants -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Chapter 4: Evolution and Diversity of Vascular Plants -- Vascular Plant Apomorphies -- Vascular Plant Diversity -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Web Site -- Chapter 5: Evolution and Diversity of Woody and Seed Plants -- Lignophytes-Woody Plants -- Spermatophytes-Seed Plants -- Diversity of Woody and Seed Plants -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Web Sites -- Chapter 6: Evolution of Flowering Plants -- Angiosperm Apomorphies -- Origin of Angiosperms -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Chapter 7: Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: Amborellales, Nymphaeales, Austrobaileyales, Magnoliids, Ceratophyllales, and Monocots -- Introduction -- Major Angiosperm Clades -- Family Descriptions -- Amborellales -- Nymphaeales -- Austrobaileyales -- Magnoliids -- Laurales -- Magnoliales -- Piperales -- Ceratophyllales -- Monocotyledons -- Acorales -- Alismatales -- Petrosaviales -- Dioscoreales -- Pandanales -- Liliales -- Asparagales -- Commelinids -- Dasypogonaceae -- Arecales.
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Commelinales, Zingiberales, and Poales -- Commelinales -- Zingiberales -- Poales -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Web Sites -- Chapter 8: Diversity and classification of Flowering Plants: Eudicots -- Eudicots -- Ranunculales -- Proteales -- Core Eudicots -- Gunnerales -- Saxifragales -- Vitales -- Dilleniales -- Santalales -- Caryophyllales -- Rosids -- Fabids -- Zygophyllales -- Celastrales -- Malpighiales -- Oxalidales -- Fabales -- Rosales -- Cucurbitales -- Fagales -- Malvids -- Crossosomatles -- Geraniales -- Myrtales -- Brassicales -- Malvales -- Sapindales -- Asterids -- Cornales -- Ericales -- Lamiids -- Garryales -- Boraginales -- Gentianales -- Lamiales -- Solanales -- Campanulids -- Aquifoliales -- Apiales -- Dipsacales -- Asterales -- Revies Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Web Sites -- Unit III: Systematic Evidence and Descriptive Terminology -- Chapter 9: Plant Morphology -- Plant Structure -- General Terminology -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Web Sites -- Chapter 10: Plant anatomy and physiology -- Plant Cell Structure -- Plant Growth -- Plant Tissues and Specialized Cell Types -- Root Structure and Function -- Shoot and Stem Structure and Function -- Secondary Growth -- Leaf Structure and Function -- Photosynthesis -- Anotomy and Systematics -- Plant Anatomy Technique -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Chapter 11: Plant Embryology -- Anther and Pollen Development -- Ovule Development -- Seed Development -- Embryology and Systematics -- Embryological Technique -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Chapter 12: Palynology -- Introduction -- Palynological Terminology -- Palynology and Systematics -- Palynological Technique -- Review Questions -- Exercises.
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References for Further Study -- Chapter 13: Plant Reproductive Biology -- Sexual Reproduction -- Asexual Reproduction -- Hybridization, Introgression, and Polyploidy -- Testing for Breeding Mechanism -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Chapter 14: Plant Molecular Systematics -- Acquisition of Molecular Data -- DNA Sequence Data -- Restriction Site Analysis (RFLPs) -- Allozymes -- Microsatellite DNA -- Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPDs) -- Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLPs) -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Unit IV: Resources in Plant Systematics -- Chapter 15: Plant Identification -- Methods of Plant Identification -- Practical Identification -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Web Sites -- Chapter 16: Plant Nomenclature -- Principles of Nomenclature -- Botanical Names -- Pronunciation of Names -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Web Sites -- Chapter 17: Plant Collecting and Documentation -- Introduction -- Methods of Collecting Plants -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Chapter 18: Herbaria and Data Information Systems -- Herbarium Specimens -- Herbarium Operations -- Data Information Systems -- Floras and Monographs -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Web Sites -- Unit V: Species Concepts and Conservation Biology -- Chapter 19: Species and Conservation in Plant Systematics -- Introduction -- Reproduction, Lineages, and Clades -- Species Concepts -- Systematics and Conservation Biology -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Web Sites -- Appendix 1: Plant Description -- Appendix 2: Botanical Illustrations -- References for Further Study -- Appendix 3: Scientific Journals in Plant Systematics -- Exercises.
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Appendix 4: Statistics and Morphometrics in Plant Systematics -- Review Questions -- Exercises -- References for Further Study -- Glossary of Terms -- Index -- Plant Family Listing.
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