Plant systematics for the 21st century : proceedings from a symposium held at the Wenner-Gren Centre, Stockholm, in September 1998
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Plant systematics for the 21st century : proceedings from a symposium held at the Wenner-Gren Centre, Stockholm, in September 1998
（Wenner-Gren international series, v. 77）
Portland Press, 2000
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This work provides a treatment of what is known about plant systematics, covering topics ranging from morphology to molecules. It provides insight into the biology and evolution of flowering plants as a whole. The first part of the book deals inter alia with an updated classification of the monocotyledons, phylogenetic nomenclature and a new ordinal system for the angiosperms (flowering plants), and an overview of the plant kingdom from a molecular perspective. The study of pollen and its contribution to systematic and evolutionary studies is one of the themes of the second part, which also focuses on areas of plant anatomy and biological significance of floral odours. The book ties together different lines of research and shows how such an approach can provide new insights on plant evolution and classification in an integrated and verifiable context. This text should provide a basis for further investigations, one of the goals being to produce a well founded evolutionary classificatory system for all plants within the next decade(s). The book should be of value to anyone interested in systematics of flowering plants and their evolution.
It provides information for researchers in the fields of plant taxonomy, pollen morphology, plant anatomy, and chemical ecology.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Vivi Tackholm memorial papers
- Vivi Laurent-Tackholm 1898-1978
- Vivi Tackholm, nee Laurent - family perspective
- Gunnar Erdtman memorial papers
- Gunnar Erdtman - a brief biographical sketch
- palynology in perspective
- Gunnar Erdtman - continuous defender and innovator of palynology. Systematics today and tomorrow: from morphology to molecules - an exciting time to be a systematist
- recent advances in large-scale plant phylogenetic studies
- plant systematics at the end of a century
- the classification and geography of the angiosperm subclass -monocotyledoneae (liliidae)
- phylogenetic nomenclature and the new ordinal system for the angiosperms
- botanical nomenclature today and tomorrow. Palynology and systematics: current techniques in palynology to systematics
- pollen-morphological data I systematics and evolution - past, present and future
- a memorable journey from pollen analysis to pollen morphology
- orbicules - still a well-hidden secret of the anther
- sperm and generative cells in pollen - prospects for systematics. Aspects of Egyptian flora: two linnaean apostles in Egypt - Gasselquist and Forsskal
- genetic diversity as a basic components of biodiversity - case studies in Egypt
- a taxonomic study of the populations of three common species of the genus orobanche L. (oronbanchaceae) in Egypt
- macro- and micromorphology of the seeds and their taxonomic implications
- wood charcoal remains in archaeological sites and their contribution to our knowledge of the ancient flora of Egypt. Integration of data from different fields of biology: morphology, distribution and systematic importance of vestures in the Gentianales
- plant systematics in the 21st century under social impact - a case study of systematic botany in Japan
- fragrance glands (osmophores) in the family oleaceae
- floral odours and their biological significance
- future of systematic botany - a report from a panel discussion.
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