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BL
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996169
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b750539
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Krasilov, Valentin Abramovich.
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| Title & Author
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Cercidiphyllum and fossil allies : : morphological interpretation and general problems of plant evolution and development /\ by Valentin Krassilov.
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| Publication Statement
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Sofia, Bulgaria :: Pensoft,, 2010.
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150 pages :: illustrations (chiefly color) ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9546425249
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: 9789546425249
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-116).
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Historical overview -- Material and methods -- Morphological description. Shoot system -- Short shoot development -- Cataphylls -- Short-shoot leaf (prophyll) -- Long shoot development -- Foliage leaves -- Leaf epidermis -- Leaf glands -- Floral structures -- Staminate structures -- Pollen grains -- Pistillate structures -- Placenta and ovules -- Fruit and seed -- Summary of morphological findings -- Fossil allies. Eocercidiphyllites plant -- Comparison with extant Cercidiphyllum and fossil allies -- Other extinct cercidiphyllids -- Cretaceous ranunculids -- Ternaricarpites, a possible ranunculid precursor of early cerciciphyllids -- Discussion of Cercidiphyllum morphology. Shoot system -- Leaves and prophylls -- Glands and stomata -- Typology of floral structures -- Developmental evidence of flower : inflorescence transformations -- Preflower -- Carpel typology -- Ovule : gland homeomorphism -- Seed evolution -- Staminate two-stage flower -- Conversion, convergence and ectopic developments -- Taxonomic implications -- Relevance to general problems of plant evolution and development. Morphogenesis and organographic rules -- Angiosperm origin and phylogeny -- Tendencies of floral evolution -- Neotenic transformation -- Inference from paleobotanical data -- Conclusion -- References -- Plates.
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Angiosperms-- Morphology.
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Angiosperms.
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Plants-- Evolution.
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Plants, Fossil.
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Angiosperms-- Morphology.
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Angiosperms.
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Plants-- Evolution.
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Plants, Fossil.
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| Dewey Classification
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561
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| LC Classification
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QK495.C43K73 2010
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| Parallel Title
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Morphological interpretation and general problems of plant evolution and development
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