Diversity an evolutionary biology of tropical flowers /
Endress, Peter K
Diversity an evolutionary biology of tropical flowers / Peter K. Endress ; drawings by Brigitta Steiner-Gafner and Peter K. Endress. - First Edition - XIV, 511 pages : illustrations ; 24cm.
Includes referencias bibliográficas.
Floral organization (bauplan, groundplan) -- Floral construction (architecture, gestalt) -- Floral adaptation to different pollinators (mode, style) -- Special differentiations associated with pollinator attraction -- Special differentiations associated with the breeding system -- The process of anthesis -- Floral diversity and evolution of selected systematic groups in the tropics -- Salient aspects of flower evolution -- Prospects.
The study of flowers provides a unique insight into the biology and evolution of flowering plants as a whole. The comparative study of flowers began in temperate regions and as a consequence most books on flowers are concerned with temperate plants. In contrast, this volume concentrates on tropical flowers which, while sharing many of the features seen in flowers of temperate plants, exhibit phenomena which are purely tropical.
0521565103 9780521565103
Flowers--Tropics
Flores--Trópicos
Flowers--Evolution
Flores--Evolución
582.130913
Diversity an evolutionary biology of tropical flowers / Peter K. Endress ; drawings by Brigitta Steiner-Gafner and Peter K. Endress. - First Edition - XIV, 511 pages : illustrations ; 24cm.
Includes referencias bibliográficas.
Floral organization (bauplan, groundplan) -- Floral construction (architecture, gestalt) -- Floral adaptation to different pollinators (mode, style) -- Special differentiations associated with pollinator attraction -- Special differentiations associated with the breeding system -- The process of anthesis -- Floral diversity and evolution of selected systematic groups in the tropics -- Salient aspects of flower evolution -- Prospects.
The study of flowers provides a unique insight into the biology and evolution of flowering plants as a whole. The comparative study of flowers began in temperate regions and as a consequence most books on flowers are concerned with temperate plants. In contrast, this volume concentrates on tropical flowers which, while sharing many of the features seen in flowers of temperate plants, exhibit phenomena which are purely tropical.
0521565103 9780521565103
Flowers--Tropics
Flores--Trópicos
Flowers--Evolution
Flores--Evolución
582.130913