Caryophyllales: Evolution and Systematics

by Heinrich Behnke

The Caryophyllales are one of the few higher taxa of the flowering plants ofwhich the size and delimitation against other taxa is undisputed. However, their derivation from other taxa and the evolution of families within this order in unsettled. "Systematics and Evolution of the Caryophyllales" reviews the important characters of this taxon emphasizing their contribution and influence towards a new proposal for both the putative origin of the order...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642782221
• ISBN13: 9783642782220
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"