The biology and evolution of fossil plants
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The biology and evolution of fossil plants
Prentice Hall, c1993
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 855-939) and indexes
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Description
This comprehensive text on plant biology deals with the structure, biology and evolution of fossil plants, cyanobacteria, fungi and plant/animal interactions. Global in its perspective, there are plants from every continent, including Antarctica. Major biotic events, such as the evolution of photosynthesis, origin of eukaryotic cells and origin of flowering plants, are discussed in detail.
Table of Contents
- Precambrian life
- fungi, bacteria and lichens
- algae
- bryophytes
- terrestrialization of the land
- the structure and organization of vascular plants
- early land plants with conducting tissue
- lycopods
- sphenophytes
- ferns
- progymnosperms
- origin and evolution of the seed habit
- palaeozoic seed ferns
- mesozoic seed ferns
- palaeozoic and mesozoic foliage
- cycadophytes
- ginkgophytes
- gymnsoperms with obscure affinities
- cordaites
- conifers
- flowering plants
- plant/animal interactions.
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