This book provides an important collection of new research that sheds light on many aspects of the evolutionary patterns of gymnosperms, angiosperms, and pteridophtyes. The book includes a complete chloroplast genome sequence study and describes a method that induces the systemi…
This volume provides the plant scientific community with a collection of established and recently developed experimental protocols to study plant gravitropism. The first few chapters in this book discuss topics such as methods to properly orient plant material for gravitropism s…
In this book the author traces how familiar features of plants evolved sequentially over hundreds of millions of years as various environmental challenges and opportunities were met. This chronological narrative begins with the origin of photosynthesis and the rise of cyanobacte…
by Murphy, Denis J., Thomas, Brian, Murray, Brian G.
Mimicry is a classic example of adaptation through natural selection. The traditional focus of mimicry research has been on defence in animals, but there is now also a highly-developed and rapidly-growing body of research on floral mimicry in plants. This has coincided with a re…
This book provides a convincing argument for the view that whole cells and whole plants growing in competitive wild conditions show aspects of plant behaviour that can be accurately described as 'intelligent'. --
This book provides students and researchers with a clearly written whole plant physiology text. Early in the text, it provides essential information on molecular and cellular processes so that the reader can understand how they are integrated into the development and function of…
Studie over de botanische activiteiten van de VOC-bewindhebber in Malabar, Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakenstein (1636-1691).
Botanie werd in de 18e eeuw gezien als een "vrouwelijke" wetenschap. Vrouwen illustreerden boeken, gaven onderwijs en populariseerden de wetenschap. Door de professionalisering in de 19e eeuw was er geen plaats meer voor vrouwen.
This introductory text takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between plants and people. The authors strive to stimulate interest in plant science and encourage students to further their studies in botany. Also, by exposing students to society's histor…
This book is a highly illustrated, entertaining exploration of the science of plant colour. Beginning with potent reminders of how deeply interwoven plant colours are with human life and culture - from the shifting hues that told early humans when fruits and vegetables were edib…
In this book, the author has chosen to focus on an aspect of flowers that has received perhaps the least attention. This is the flower as teacher of symmetry and geometry. In this sense, the author says, flowers can be treated as sources of remembering - a way of recalling our o…
Roots represent half of the plant body -- and arguably the more interesting half. Despite its obvious importance for the whole plant, until recently our knowledge of the root apparatus was very limited, mostly due to the inadequacy of the techniques available. Recent advances in…
Flowering Plant Origin, Evolution and Phylogeny brings together the work of an international group of experts to provide a current understanding of research into the origin, early evolution, and basal phylogeny of the flowering plants. This important volume combines, in a single…
This book covers all parasitic families and most of the genera. It discusses the establishment of the parasite, the structure and function of the nutrient absorption organ (haustorium), and how the parasites are pollinated and dispersed as well as their ecology, hosts, and evolu…
In the last 500 million years, plants have undertaken an epic journey that has not only spanned the ages but has altered the very make-up of the planet. It was a journey that began in a dark and barren world, and has culminated in a planet that is draped in rich colours, and ove…
This book provides an introduction to recent analytical and experimental studies of plant growth in the sea. The physiology and ecology of marine plants are, therefore, emphasized at the expense of a more traditional taxonomic or morphological treatment. The physics and chemistr…
