Cercidiphyllum and Fossil Allies 1st Edition by Valentin Abramovich Krasilov ISBN 9789546425249 9546425249

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ISBN 10:   9546425249 

ISBN 13: 9789546425249

Author:  Valentin Abramovich Krasilov

Cercidiphyllum and Fossil Allies: Morphological Interpretation and General Problems of Plant Evolution and Development by Valentin Abramovich Krassilov (Pensoft Publishers, 2010) is a comprehensive 150-page monograph that delves into the evolutionary significance of the relict angiosperm Cercidiphyllum and its fossil relatives. This work offers an in-depth morphological analysis, challenging traditional interpretations and proposing new perspectives on plant development and evolution.

Table of contents: 

1. Introduction
2. Acknowledgements
3. Historical overview
4. Material and methods
5. 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

6. Fossil allies
Eocercidiphyllites plant
Comparison with extant Cercidiphyllum and fossil allies
Other extinct cercidiphyllids
Cretaceous ranunculids
Ternaricarpites, a possible ranunculid precursor of early cercidiphyllids

7. 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

8. 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

9. Conclusion
10. References
Plates

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