A global synthesis of gymnosperm families, fossil and extant; providing a new and distinctive perspective on the macroevolutionary biodiversity trends within this group through their 375 million year history. The stratigraphic ranges of the 84 gymnosperm families are plotted according to their first and last appearances in the fossil record. A series of 30 full-page colour charts provide the holistic context in which to interpret gymnosperm history. Also included is a systematic coverage of floral kingdoms, biodiversity patterns, insect associations and other fields, traced period by period from the Devonian to Quaternary. The final chapter covers gymnosperm biodiversity trends at the microevolutionary (genera and species) level, taken from a selection of some 13 important localities scattered globally and through the geological column. Richly illustrated with line drawings, tables and charts.
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Brief history of the gymnosperms: classification, biodiversity, phyto-geography and ecology
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Brief history of the gymnosperms: classification, biodiversity, phyto-geography and ecology
Strelitzia 20
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Education GeneralTable of contents
- CONTENTS
- CONTENTS TO SYSTEMATICS OF THE GYMNOSPERMS
- FOREWORD
- PREFACES
- ABSTRACT
- AUTHORS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- PERMISSIONS
- CLASSIFICATION & BIODIVERSITY
- HOLISTIC OVERVIEW: SILURIAN TO PRESENT
- MACROEVOLUTIONARY LIFE CYCLE OF THE GYMNOSPERMS
- SYSTEMATICS OF THE GYMNOSPERMS
- PREQUEL TO SEQUELS: OF PEOPLE AND PALAEOFLORAS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- APPENDIX 1: ARAUCARIACEAE: PHYTOHISTORY OF THE FAMILY
- APPENDIX 2: REFERENCES TO DOWELD (2001) CLASSIFICATION
- INDEX TO CURRENT GLOBAL FAMILIES, ORDERS AND CLASSES
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