Book ID: 92342
Columbus, J. T., E. A.Friar, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince, M. G. Simpson (eds)
Monocots. Comparative Biology and Evolution (excluding Poales). 2006. (Aliso, 22). illus. X,735 p. 4to. Hardcover.
This work contains 50 original scientific papers presentedby leading scientists at the Third International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons, hosted by Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, in 2003. Original peer-reviewed papers on a wide range of monocot groups are presented, covering phylogeny, biogeography, paleobotany, morphology, anatomy, development, molecular biology, and reproductive biology.- Monocots, Africa, South America, Phylogeny, Pollination, Zingiberales, Liliales, Aquatic Monocots, Iridaceae, Orchidaceae, Alliaceae, Agavaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae.