Cycad classification : concepts and recommendations / edited by Terrence Walters and Roy Osborne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walters, Terrence, 1955-

Osborne, Roy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cycads--Classification.

Cycads.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford : CABI Pub., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents the classification of approximately 300 species of cycads, and includes contributions from leading researchers from Australia, China, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and the USA. The book provides guidelines for the designation of species, species boundaries and species groupings.

Contents:

Contributors; About the Editors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 'We Hold these Truths ...'; 2 Saving Ghosts? The Implications of Taxonomic Uncertainty and Shifting Infrageneric Concepts in the Cycadales for Red Listing and Conservation Planning; 3 Character Evolution, Species Recognition and Classification Concepts in the Cycadaceae; 4 Morphological Characters Useful in Determining Species Boundaries in Cycas (Cycadaceae); 5 Comments on Cycas, Dyerocycas and Epicycas (Cycadaceae); 6 Classification Concepts in Encephalartos (Zamiaceae)

7 Classification Concepts in Macrozamia (Zamiaceae) from Eastern Australia8 Classification Concepts in Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae); 9 Relationships and Phytogeography in Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae); 10 A Morphometric Analysis of the Ceratozamia norstogii Complex (Zamiaceae); 11 Hypotheses on the Relationship between Biogeography and Speciation in Dioon (Zamiaceae); 12 Molecular Phylogeny of Zamia (Zamiaceae); 13 Systematics of Meso-American Zamia (Zamiaceae); 14 Zamiaceae of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru; 15 In Search of the True Tree: Guidelines for Classification; Appendix 1: The World List of Cycads

Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms Encountered in Cycad Systematics

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-86623-3

9780851998712

9786610866236

0-85199-871-2

OCLC:

476072106