Soltis, Douglas E.,

Phylogeny and evolution of the angiosperms / Douglas Soltis [and seven others]. - Revised and updated edition. - Chicago : The Chicago University Press, 2018 - 580 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-563) and index.

Relationships of angiosperms to other seed plants -- The age and diversity of early angiosperms: integration of the fossil record and molecular dates -- Phylogeny of angiosperms: an overview -- The ANA grade -- Magnoliids and chloranthales -- Character evolution: the ancestral angiosperm and general trends -- Monocots -- Eudicots (+ ceratophyllaceae): introduction and early-diverging lineages -- Core eudicots: introduction, gunnerales, and dilleniales -- Superrosids -- Superasterids -- Angiosperm classification -- Parallel and convergent evolution -- Floral diversification -- The evolution of genome size -- Polyploidy -- Descriptions of major clades.

9780226383613 (cloth : alk. paper)


Angiosperms--Phylogeny.
Angiosperms--Evolution.
Flowering plants--Evolution

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