Atlas of Stem Anatomy in Herbs, Shrubs and Trees : Volume 2 / by Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Annett Börner, Ernst-Detlef Schulze.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schweingruber, Fritz Hans, author.

Börner, A. (Annett), author.

Schulze, E.-D. (Ernst-Detlef), 1941- author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life sciences.

Plant ecology.

Wood.

Plant anatomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

This work, published in two volumes, contains descriptions of the wood and bark anatomies of 3000 dicotyledonous plants of 120 families, highlighting the anatomical and phylogenetic diversity of dicotyledonous plants of the Northern Hemisphere. The first volume principally treats families of the Early Angiosperms, Eudicots, Core Eudicots and Rosids, while the second concentrates on the Asterids. Presented in Volume 2 are microsections of the xylem and phloem of herbs, shrubs and trees of 1000 species and ca. 35 families of various life forms of the temperate zone along altitudinal gradients from the lowland at the Mediterranean coast to the alpine zone in Western Europe. Special attention is given to the very diverse family of Asteraceae. The global perspective of the findings is underlined by the analysis of 400 species from the Caucasus, the Rocky Mountains and Andes, the subtropical zone on the Canary Islands, the arid zones in the Sahara, in Eurasia, Arabia and Southwest North America, New Zealand and the boreal and arctic zones in Eurasia and Canada. The presence of annual rings in all life forms demonstrates that herbs and dwarf shrubs are an excellent tool for the reconstruction of annual biomass production and the interannual dynamic of plant associations. The common principle of the anatomical expression of secondary growth is a key factor in understanding evolution and adaptation processes in all life forms, from the 3 cm tall crepide pigmea (Crepis pygmaea) in the alpine zone to the 40 m tall ash (Fraxinus excelsior) in Central European riparian forests. The study opens vast fields of research for dendrochronology, wood anatomy, taxonomy and ecology.

Contents:

Introduction to Volume 2

Monographic Descriptions (Actinidiaceae - Verbenaceae)

Ecological, Morphological, Taxonomical and Functional Significance of Stem Features Within the Dicotyledons

Anatomical Adaptations to Environmental Conditions

Ontogeny of the Xylem

Secondary Woodiness and Paedomorphosis

Conclusions

References.-Alphabetic List of Species.

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ISBN:

9783642204357

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