The Monocotyledons: A comparative study. 1982. (Botanical Systematics, An Occasional Series of Monographs, Ed.by V.H. Heywood).113 figs. (line drawings). XIV, 378 p. 4to. Cloth.

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Contents(partim): Introduction/ Some features of previous classifications in monocotyledons/ Numerical approaches to classification used in the course of the present study/ Character syndromes and taxonomy/ A survey of the distribution of selected characters and their states (Tree and shrub habit, origin of lateral roots, etc.)/ Evaluation, general procedures/ Superorders Alismatiflorae and Triuridiflorae/ Superorder Ariflorae/ Superorder Liliiflorae/Superorder Zingiberiflorae/ Superorder Commeliniflorae/ Superorder Areciflorae/ A revised classification of the monocotyledones/ Ralations between monocotyledons and dicotyledons: evidence, conclusions and hypotheses/ Comparative studies of monocotyledons and certain dicotyledons (Nyphaeles: Alismatiflorae/ Alismatiflorae: Ariflorae/Ariflorae, Arales: Piperales/ etc.)/ A possible model for the monocotyledonous ancestors as based on the evidence of this study/References (10 p.) Taxonomic Index.- This book was written with cooperation of U.Hamann, J.B.Harborne, L.Holm, H.Huber, S.R.Jensen,J.A.Nannfeldt, S.Nilsson and F.Rasmussen.