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The Families of the Monocotyledons

Structure, Evolution, and Taxonomy

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
  2. Introduction: Morphological Concepts

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 1-16
  3. Chemical Characters

    • S. R. Jensen, B. J. Nielsen
    Pages 17-22
  4. Evolutionary Concepts, Classification

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 23-43
  5. Criteria for the Monocotyledons

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 44-47
  6. Origin of the Monocotyledons

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 48-57
  7. Fossils

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 58-58
  8. Distribution of Character Conditions

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 59-75
  9. Ancestral and Derived Character States in Monocotyledons in General and in Various of the Major Groups

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 76-90
  10. Evolution Within the Monocotyledons

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 91-106
  11. Taxonomy

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 106-106
  12. Superorder Liliiflorae

    • F. N. Rasmussen
    Pages 107-274
  13. Superorder Ariflorae

    • N. Jacobsen
    Pages 275-289
  14. Superorder Triuridiflorae

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 290-291
  15. Superorder Alismatiflorae

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 292-322
  16. Superorder Bromeliiflorae

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 323-349
  17. Superorder Zingiberiflorae

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 350-373
  18. Superorder Commeliniflorae

    • R. B. Faden
    Pages 374-460
  19. Superorder Cyclanthiflorae

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 461-466
  20. Superorder Areciflorae

    • Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo
    Pages 467-479

Authors and Affiliations

  • Botanical Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Rolf M. T. Dahlgren

  • Department of Botany, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia

    H. Trevor Clifford

  • University Botanic Garden, Cambridge, Great Britain

    Peter F. Yeo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Families of the Monocotyledons

  • Book Subtitle: Structure, Evolution, and Taxonomy

  • Authors: Rolf M. T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, Peter F. Yeo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61663-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1985

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-61663-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 520

  • Number of Illustrations: 231 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Zoology, Cell Biology

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