Paleobotany and the evolution of plants /
Stewart, Wilson N. 1917-
Paleobotany and the evolution of plants / Wilson N. Stewart, Gar W. Rothwell - 2nd ed - Cambridge, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. - xii, 521 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Introduction 2. Plant fossils: preservation, preparation, and age determination 3. The fossil record: systematics, reconstruction, and nomenclature 4. Life in the Precambrian 5. Diversification of the fungi 6. Diversification among the algae and related plants 7. How the land turned green: speculation 8. How the land turned green: Bryophyta 9. How the land turned green: vascular plants, primitive types 10. The evolution of microphylls and adaxial sporangia
Originally published in 1993, this second edition of a successful textbook describes and explains in a refreshingly clear way the origin and evolution of plants as revealed by the fossil record and summarises paleobotanical information relevant to our present understanding of the relationships between the major plant groups, extant and extinct.
9780521126083
Paleobotany
Plants
Paleoecology--Evolution.
561 / STE
Paleobotany and the evolution of plants / Wilson N. Stewart, Gar W. Rothwell - 2nd ed - Cambridge, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. - xii, 521 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Introduction 2. Plant fossils: preservation, preparation, and age determination 3. The fossil record: systematics, reconstruction, and nomenclature 4. Life in the Precambrian 5. Diversification of the fungi 6. Diversification among the algae and related plants 7. How the land turned green: speculation 8. How the land turned green: Bryophyta 9. How the land turned green: vascular plants, primitive types 10. The evolution of microphylls and adaxial sporangia
Originally published in 1993, this second edition of a successful textbook describes and explains in a refreshingly clear way the origin and evolution of plants as revealed by the fossil record and summarises paleobotanical information relevant to our present understanding of the relationships between the major plant groups, extant and extinct.
9780521126083
Paleobotany
Plants
Paleoecology--Evolution.
561 / STE