Book ID: 50849
Dressler, Robert L.
Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family. 1993. 96 colour photographs. 12 black & white photographs. 107 figures. 314 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Contents: Introduction/ Structure and other evidence of relationship/ Orchid phylogeny/ Orchids with two or three fertile anthers/ Primitive orchids with a single fertile anther/ Lady's tresses and relatives, the subfamily Spiranthoideae/ Orchis and its allies, the subfamily Orchidoideae/ The advanced Epidendroideae, general discussion and phylogeny/ The cormous or cymbidioid phylad/ The reed-stem or epidendroid phylad/ Misfits, parallelism, and miscelleneous problems/ Classification and phylogenetic analysis/ Glossary/ Appendix A: Keys to major orchid groups/ Appendix B: Outline of classification/ Literaturecited/ Index.