Vistas in Botany: A Volume in Honour of the Bicentenary of the Royal Botanic Gardens, KewW. B. Turrill, R.C. Rollins, G. Taylor Vistas in Botany features the study of life histories of plants, their development from spore or seed through vegetative phases up to the diverse phenomena of reproduction needs. This book is a compilation of studies and research conducted by several botanists that discuss topics such as the taxonomy general principles and Angiosperms; plant biochemistry; causal plant ecology; plant geography; cytology; genes, chromosomes, and evolution; viruses; bacteria; fungi; Bryophyta; Pteridophyta; Gymnospermae; and plant physiology. This publication is valuable to botanical specialists who wish to obtain updated knowledge in botany or phytology, and to students conducting research on the science of plant life. |
Contents
Chapter 2 A VISTA IN PLANT ANATOMY | 76 |
Chapter 3 PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY | 100 |
Chapter 4 CAUSAL PLANT ECOLOGY | 124 |
Chapter 5 GRUNDFRAGEN UND AUFGABEN DER PFLANZENSOZIOLOGIE | 145 |
Chapter 6 PLANT GEOGRAPHY | 172 |
Chapter 7 PALAEOBOTANY IN GREAT BRITAIN | 230 |
PLANT CYTOLOGY | 245 |
Chapter 8 GENES CHROMOSOMES AND EVOLUTION | 258 |
Chapter 10 BACTERIA | 313 |
Chapter 11 PHYCOLOGY IN RETROSPECT AND ANTICIPATION | 328 |
Chapter 12 FUNGI | 348 |
Chapter 13 BRYOPHYTA | 387 |
Chapter 14 PTERIDOPHYTA | 421 |
Chapter 15 GYMNOSPERMAE | 494 |
Chapter 16 PLANT PHYSIOLOGY | 519 |
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