The Evolution and Classification of Flowering PlantsThis book provides a short version of the general classification of flowering plants, together with an exposition of the theory underlying the system. |
Contents
Species and Infraspecific Taxa | 63 |
Speciation | 111 |
The Origin of Angiosperms | 129 |
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