Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae)Klaus Kubitzki When Rolf Dahlgren and I embarked on preparing this book series, Rolf took prime responsibility for monocotyledons, which had interested him for a long time. After finishing his comparative study and family classification of the mono cots, he devoted much energy to the acquisition and editing of family treatments for the present series. After his untimely death, Peter Goldblatt, who had worked with him, continued to handle further incoming monocot manuscripts until, in the early 1990s, his other obligations no longer allowed him to continue. At that time, some 30 manuscripts in various states of perfection had accumulated, which seemed to form a solid basis for a speedy completion of the FGVP monocots; with the exception of the grasses and orchids which would appear in separate volumes. I felt a strong obligation to do everything to help in publishing the manuscripts that had been put into our hands. I finally decided to take charge of them personally, although during my life as a botanist I had never seriously been interested in mono cots. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO MONOCOTYLEDONS | 1 |
Epicuticular Wax Ultrastructure | 20 |
Acanthochlamydaceae | 28 |
G F SMITH and B E VAN | 114 |
53 | 145 |
58 | 180 |
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3-lobed actinomorphic Africa Agave Allium Amaryllidaceae America anatomy Anthericaceae anthers apex apically Asparagales Australia basal base basifixed bracts Burmanniaceae Calochortaceae Calochortus capsule carpels cells Chase chromosome number connate Conran corm Cotyledon Cyclanthaceae cylindric Dahlgren dehiscing dorsifixed elongated embryo EMBRYOLOGY endosperm epidermis erect exine fibrous filaments filiform fleshy floral flowering stems foliage leaves fruit genera genus globose Goldblatt herbs inflorescence inner tepals introrse Iridaceae Iridoideae Ixioideae lacking lanceolate layer leaf Liliaceae Liliales linear lobes locule loculicidal monocots monocotyledons Moraea morphology outer tepals ovary ovoid ovules pedicels perennials perianth perigone petiolate phytomelan plants pollen pollen grains Prosartes raceme rarely rhipidia rhizome roots Rudall Scape Scoliopus sect seeds septal nectaries sessile sheathing short sometimes spathe species Speta stamens style branches subgen Takhtajan Tamura taxa tepals tepals free terete testa thickened Thismia Tribe Tricyrtis tube tuberous Tulipa tunics usually vascular whorls yellow Yucca zygomorphic