Evolution and Diversification of Land Plants

by Kunio Iwatsuki (Editor), Peter H. Raven (Editor)

Overview

A modern approach to understanding the evolution and diversification of land plants, one of the most exciting areas of plant systematics. It consists of three sections - origin and diversification of primitive land plants; origin and diversification of angiosperms; speciation and mechanisms of diversification - each section corresponding to a major area in plant evolution. In each case, data from molecular, morphological, and paleontological approaches are presented, backed by recent progress and new findings, together with proposals for future research. A guide to the latest in plant systematics, heightening awareness of prospective future problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9784431702030
Publisher:	Springer Japan
Publication date:	04/19/2002
Edition description:	1997
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Origin and Diversification of Primitive Land Plants.- 1. Charting Diversity in Early Land Plants: Some Challenges for the Next Millennium.- 2. Morphological Diversity and Evolution of Vegetative Organs in Pteridophytes.- 3. RNA Editing in Land Plants.- 4. Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Some Conifer Families: Role and Significance of Permineralized Cone Records.- Origin and Diversification of Angiosperms.- 5. Evolutionary Biology of Flowers: Prospects for the Next Century.- 6. Fossil History of Magnoliid Angiosperms.- 7. Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships Among Angiosperms: An Overview Based on rbcL and 18S rDNA Sequences.- 8. Evolution of MADS Gene Family in Plants.- 9. Palynological Approaches to the Origin and Early Diversification of Angiosperms.- 10. Chromosomal Evolution of Angiosperms.- Speciation and Mechanisms of Diversification.- 11. Mating Systems and Evolution in Flowering Plants.- 12. Plant Speciation on Oceanic Islands.- 13. Relations of Environmental Change to Angiosperm Evolution During the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary.- 14. Modes and Mechanisms of Speciation in Pteridophytes.- 15. Speciation and Morphological Evolution in Rheophytes.