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Title

Floral biology : studies on floral evolution in animal-pollinated plants / edited by David G. Lloyd, Spencer C.H. Barrett.

Publication

New York : Chapman & Hall, c1996.

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Additional Authors

• Barrett, Spencer Charles Hilton.
• Lloyd, David G.

Description

xiv, 410 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This volume highlights the new synthesis of pollination biology and plant mating systems which is rejuvenating the two hundred-year-old discipline of floral biology. It provides a current examination of the evolution and functional significance of floral traits in animal-pollinated plants, combining ecological and genetic studies with natural history approaches and theoretical modeling."--BOOK JACKET. "Divided into three sections, the book begins with the first English translation of Christian Konrad Sprengel's introduction to his classic work and a historical analysis of his observations. The second section addresses current conceptual problems in floral biology, concentrating on floral diversification, floral longevity, pollen dispersal and mating patterns, the ecology of geitonogamous pollination, and flower size dimorphism in plants with unisexual flowers. The final chapters of the book examine model systems and include the evolution of floral morphology and function, deceit pollination, reproductive success and gender variation, stylar polymorphisms, and the evolution of flowers in relation to insect pollinators on islands."--BOOK JACKET. "With its detailed treatment of the selective forces shaping floral diversification in animal-pollinated plants, Floral Biology provides ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and botanists with a wealth of current information. Everyone interested in the evolution of flowering plants will benefit from this timely, authoritative resource on the interactions between insects and plants."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Angiosperms > Evolution
• Flowers
• Pollination by animals
• Pollination by insects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Discovery of the secret of nature in the structure and fertilization of flowers / Christian Konrad Sprengel -- Christian Konrad Sprengel's theory of the flower : the cradle of floral ecology / Stefan Vogel -- Floral traits and plant adaptation to insect pollinators : a devil's advocate approach / Carlos M. Herrera -- How do flowers diverge? / Paul Wilson and James D. Thomson -- Floral longevity : fitness consequences and resource costs / Tia-Lynn Ashman and Daniel J. Schoen -- Pollen dispersal and mating patterns in animal-pollinated plants / Lawrence D. Harder and Spencer C.H. Barrett -- The ecology of geitonogamous pollination / Allison A. Snow [and others] -- Flower size dimorphism in plants with unisexual flowers / Lynda F. Delph -- Evolution of floral morphology and function : an integrative approach to adaptation, constraint, and compromise in Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae) / W. Scott Armbruster -- The evolution of floral form : insights from an alpine wildflower Polemonium viscosum (Polemoniaceae) / Candace Galen -- Deceit pollination in the monoecious, neotropical herb Begonia oaxacana (Begoniaceae) / Douglas W. Schemske, Jon Ågren, and Josiane Le Corff -- Reproductive success and gender variation in deceit-pollinated orchids / Anna-Lena Fritz and L. Anders Nilsson -- Stylar polymorphisms and the evolution of heterostyly in Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae) / Spencer C.H. Barrett, David G. Lloyd, and Juan Arroyo -- Evolution of Campanula flowers in relation to insect pollinators on islands / Ken Inoue, Masayuki Maki, and Michiko Masuda.

ISBN

0412043416 :

LCCN

^^^94042927^

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Harvard Library