Paleobotany and the evolution of plants / Wilson N. Stewart, Gar W. Rothwell

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Rothwell, Gar W

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 521 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

9780521126083

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DDC classification:

22 561 STE

Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Sciences	Non-fiction	561 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		41016

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index

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