Ferns Filicales: Volume 1, Analytical Examination of Criteria of - Treated Comparatively With a View to Their Natural Classification

Klappentext The first systematic classification of ferns! by the renowned botanist Frederick Orpen Bower (1855 1948)! originally published 1923 1928. Zusammenfassung Frederick Orpen Bower (1855–1948) was a renowned botanist appointed Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow in 1885. Published between 1923 and 1928, this work contains the first systematic classification of ferns. Volume 1 describes and analyses the features of ferns which Bower uses in his classification. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The life-history of a fern; 2. The habit and the habitat of ferns; 3. A theoretical basis for the systematic treatment of ferns; 4. Morphological analysis of the shoot-system of ferns; 5. Leaf-architecture of ferns; 6. Cellular construction; 7. The vascular system of the axis (A) - the protostele and its immediate derivatives; 8. The vascular system of the axis (B) - the stelar structure of the leptosporangiate ferns; 9. The vascular system of the leaf; 10. Size a factor in stelar morphology; 11. Dermal and other non-vascular tissues; 12. The spore-producing organs (A) - the sorus; 13. The spore-producing organs (B) - the sporangium; 14. The gametophyte, and sexual organs; 15. The embryo; 16. Abnormalities of the life-cycle; 17. Organographic comparison of the filicales with other plants; Postscript; Index.

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• Authors: F. O. Bower, F.o. Bower, Bower F. O.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2010
• EAN: 9781108013161
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01316-1
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Pharmacy; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Taxonomy, Botany & plant sciences, Taxonomy & systematics, Botany and plant sciences, Taxonomy and systematics