Diversity and Evolutionary Biology of Tropical Flowers

Klappentext This volume concentrates on tropical flowers in which, whilst sharing many of the features seen in temperate flowers, exhibit phenomena which are purely tropical. First it deals with general structural and biological features of flowers and shows facets of their diversity. Next, it focuses on the flowers of selected tropical plants and emphasizes their structural and biological idiosyncrasies and evolutionary features. Zusammenfassung A unique account of tropical flowering plants which brings together studies of floral structure and floral biology to provide a synthesis from which emerge indications of major evolutionary trends. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Floral organisation (bauplan, groundplan); 3. Floral construction (architecture, gestalt); 4. Floral adaptations to different pollinators (floral styles); 5. Special differentiations associated with pollinator attraction; 6. Special differentiations associated with the breeding system; 7. The process of anthesis; 8. Floral structure: biology of selected systematic groups in the tropics; 9. Aspects of flower evolution; 10. Prospects; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter K. Endress, Endress Peter K.
• Con la collaborazione di: Peter S. Ashton (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.07.1996
• EAN: 9780521565103
• ISBN: 978-0-521-56510-3
• Dimensioni: 158 mm x 230 mm x 34 mm
• Serie: Cambridge Tropical Biology
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica