Morphology and Evolution of Vascular Plants

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
CHAPTER 1 The Science of Plant Morphology......Page 11
CHAPTER 2 Early Land Plants and the Salient Features of Vascular Plants......Page 21
CHAPTER 3 The Vegetative Sporophyte......Page 33
CHAPTER 4 Sporangia......Page 59
CHAPTER 5 Gametangia......Page 67
CHAPTER 6 Embryogeny......Page 77
CHAPTER 7 Early Vascular Plants......Page 85
CHAPTER 8 Psilophyta......Page 99
CHAPTER 9 Lycophyta......Page 115
CHAPTER 10 Sphenophyta......Page 185
CHAPTER 11 Filicophyta: Ferns......Page 219
CHAPTER 12 Filicophyta......Page 232
CHAPTER 13 Filicophyta......Page 255
CHAPTER 14 General Morphology of Gymnosperms and the Progymnospermophyta......Page 337
CHAPTER 15 Pteridospermophyta (Seed Ferns), Cycadeoidophyta (Cycadeoids), and Cycadophyta (Cycads)......Page 355
CHAPTER 16 Ginkgophyta......Page 395
CHAPTER 17 Coniferophyta......Page 411
CHAPTER 18 Gnetophyta......Page 465
CHAPTER 19 Magnoliophyta (Angiosperms)......Page 495
CHAPTER 20 The Reproductive Cycle in Angiosperms......Page 573
Index......Page 627