Systematics and Evolution of the Ranunculiflorae

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
 Ranunculiflorae — delimitation, phylogeny, diversification....Pages 1-10
Wood anatomy of Ranunculiflorae : a summary....Pages 11-24
Sieve-element plastids, phloem proteins, and the evolution of the Ranunculanae ....Pages 25-37
Epicuticular wax ultrastructure and classification of Ranunculiflorae ....Pages 39-45
Floral structure and evolution in Ranunculanae ....Pages 47-61
Evolution of the androecium in the Ranunculiflorae ....Pages 63-70
Palynology and systematics of Ranunculiflorae ....Pages 71-82
Comparative seed structure in the Ranunculiflorae ....Pages 83-84
Secondary compounds of the Ranunculiflorae ....Pages 85-97
Ordinal and familial relationships of Ranunculid genera....Pages 99-118
Inter-familial relationships in the Ranunculidae based on molecular systematics....Pages 119-131
The phylogeny of the Papaveraceae sensu lato: morphological, geographical and ecological implications....Pages 133-145
Three intercontinental disjunctions in Papaveraceae subfamily Chelidonioideae : evidence from chloroplast DNA....Pages 147-157
Rapid radiation of North American desert genera of the Papaveraceae : Evidence from restriction site mapping of PCR-amplified chloroplast DNA fragments....Pages 159-170
Molecular phylogeny of the Old World representatives of Papaveraceae subfamily Papaveroideae with special emphasis on the genus Meconopsis ....Pages 171-180
Serotaxonomical investigation in the Papaverales ....Pages 181-182
Phylogeny of Corydalis , ITS and morphology....Pages 183-188
The position of Circaeaster — evidence from nuclear ribosomal DNA....Pages 189-193
Phylogenetic relationships of the Lardizabalaceae and Sargentodoxaceae: Chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequence evidence....Pages 195-199
Phylogeny and classification of the Ranunculaceae ....Pages 201-206
Embryo morphology of the Ranunculaceae ....Pages 207-216
Serological legumin data and the phylogeny of the Ranunculaceae ....Pages 217-227
Fatty acid patterns of Ranunculaceae seed oils: phylogenetic relationships....Pages 229-240
Phylogeny of the Ranunculaceae based on preliminary atp B, rbc L and 18S nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence data....Pages 241-251
A revised chloroplast DNA phylogeny of the Ranunculaceae ....Pages 253-261
Phylogenetic relationships of some genera in the Ranunculaceae based on alcohol dehydrogenase genes....Pages 263-271
Systematics and phylogeny of the Ranunculaceae — a revised family concept on the basis of molecular data....Pages 273-280
Numerical taxonomy of the Ranunculaceae ....Pages 281-282
Evolutionary trends and patterns in the Anemoninae ....Pages 283-293
Phylogenetic relationships in Anemone (Ranunculaceae) based on DNA restriction site variation and morphology....Pages 295-300
Cloning, sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis of a legumin cDNA of Hepatica nobilis (Ranunculaceae) ....Pages 301-303
Differentiation patterns in Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium (Ranunculaceae) ....Pages 305-317
Phenology and pollination biology of five Ranunculus species in Central Germany....Pages 319-323
Pollination of Nigella arvensis ( Ranunculaceae ) (film presentation)....Pages 325-326
Phylogeny and inflorescences of Berberidaceae — a morphological survey....Pages 327-340
Phylogenetic implications of chloroplast DNA variation in the Berberidaceae ....Pages 341-349
Phylogenetic relationships of the Berberidaceae based on partial sequences of the gap A gene....Pages 351-353
Combination of data in phylogenetic analysis....Pages 355-361
Back Matter....Pages 363-367