Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to angiosperms
- 2 The nature of the angiosperm fossil record
- 3 The environmental context of early angiosperm evolution
- 4 Stratigraphic framework and key areas for Cretaceous angiosperms
- 5 Angiosperms in context: extant and fossil seed plants
- 6 Origin and age of angiosperms
- 7 Phylogenetic framework and the assignment of fossils to extant groups
- 8 Fossils near the base of the angiosperm tree
- 9 Early fossil angiosperms of uncertain relationships
- 10 Early fossils of eumagnoliids
- 11 Fossils of monocots
- 12 Fossils of eudicots: early-diverging groups
- 13 Fossils of core eudicots: basal lineages
- 14 Fossils of core eudicots: rosids
- 15 Early fossils of eudicots: asterids
- 16 Patterns of structural diversification in angiosperm reproductive organs
- 17 History and evolution of pollination in angiosperms
- 18 History and evolution of dispersal in angiosperms
- 19 Vegetational context of early angiosperm diversification
- 20 The accumulation of angiosperm diversity
- References
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to angiosperms
- 2 The nature of the angiosperm fossil record
- 3 The environmental context of early angiosperm evolution
- 4 Stratigraphic framework and key areas for Cretaceous angiosperms
- 5 Angiosperms in context: extant and fossil seed plants
- 6 Origin and age of angiosperms
- 7 Phylogenetic framework and the assignment of fossils to extant groups
- 8 Fossils near the base of the angiosperm tree
- 9 Early fossil angiosperms of uncertain relationships
- 10 Early fossils of eumagnoliids
- 11 Fossils of monocots
- 12 Fossils of eudicots: early-diverging groups
- 13 Fossils of core eudicots: basal lineages
- 14 Fossils of core eudicots: rosids
- 15 Early fossils of eudicots: asterids
- 16 Patterns of structural diversification in angiosperm reproductive organs
- 17 History and evolution of pollination in angiosperms
- 18 History and evolution of dispersal in angiosperms
- 19 Vegetational context of early angiosperm diversification
- 20 The accumulation of angiosperm diversity
- References
- Index
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- Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution , pp. v - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011