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Pollen and spores are ubiquitous, and preserve exceptionally well. This, with their great structural diversity, offers exceptional opportunities for integrating findings from studies of both recent and fossil material, and for developing new insights into pathways and processes of diversification. This volume brings together novel approaches from such diverse fields as palaeobotany, ontogeny, molecular biology, and systematics. Three main issues are discussed: the evidence provided by the fossil record, the contribution of ontogenetic data, and methods of systematic analysis. The information provided will be of great interest and relevance to such disparate disciplines as vegetational history, geology, plant taxonomy, and plant evolution.

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Author:   S. Blackmore (Keeper of Botany, Keeper of Botany, The Natural History Museum) ,  S. H. Barnes (Head of Electron Microscopy and Mineralogy, Head of Electron Microscopy and Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   44
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.70cm
Weight:   0.772kg
ISBN:  

9780198577461

ISBN 10:   019857746
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   19 December 1991
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

S. Blackmore & S.H. Barnes: Palynological diversity; R.C. Brown & B.E. Lemmon: Sporogenesis in simple land plants; U. Fanning, J.B. Richardson & D. Edwards: A review of in situ spores in Silurian land plants; J. Gray: Tetrahedralites, Nodospora, and the 'cross' tetrad: an accretion of myth; G.A. van Uffelen: The control of spore wall formation; J.H.A. van Konijnenburg van Cittert: Diversification of spores in fossil and extant Schizaeaceae; M.E. Collinson: Diversification of modern heterosporous pteridophytes; W.G. Chaloner & A.R. Hemsley: Heterospory: cul-de-sac or pathway to the seed?; J.A. Doyle & C. L. Hotton: Diversification of early angiosperm pollen in a cladistic context; E-M. Friis, P.R Crane & K. Rraunsgaard Pedersen: Stamen diversity and in situ pollen of Cretaceous angiosperms; M.M. Harley, M.H. Kurmann & I.K. Ferguson: Systematic implications of comparative morphology in selected Tertiary and extant pollen from the Palmae and Sapotaceae; M.S. Zavada: Determining character polarities in pollen; N.I. Gabarayeve: Patterns of development in gymosperm and angiosperm pollen; R. Scotland: A systematic analysis of pollen morphology of Acanthaceae genera with contorted corollas; E.L. Vezey, J.J. Skvarla & S.S. Vanderpool: Characterizing pollen sculpture of three closely related Cappareceae species using quantitive image analysis of scanning electron micrographs; E. Pacini & G.G. Franchi: Diversification and evolution of the tepetum; G. El-Ghazaly & S. Nilsson: Development of tapetum and orbicules of Catharanthus roseus (Apocynaceae); J. Heslop-Harrison & Y. Heslop-Harrison: Structural and functional variation in pollen intines; R.B. Knox & S.C. Ducker: The evolution of gametes - from motility to double fertilization; P.A. Knox, S. Cromer & T. Jarvis: Underwater pollination, three-dimensional search, and pollen morphology: predictions from a supercomputer analysis.

Reviews

The editors make a realistic appeal for palynologists to go beyond mere static descriptive work by striving to interpret and analyze their data as part of broader systematic studies, and this aim is met. This study may serve as a model for quantifying data and more carefully justifying discontinuity of pollen character states in systematic studies. . . . this book would be worthy of selective reading to many, particularly those interested in development, land plant phylogeny, and application of new palynological techniques. --Science<br> The volume is characterized primarily by its diversity and wide range of topics. --American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Newsletter<br> Each themem is covered equally with many informative micrographs, tables, charts, and other graphics. . . . demonstrates the critical importance of palynogical techniques in increasing our understanding of developmental and systematic biology. --Cynthia M. Morton, Brittonia<br>

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