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Rooted in time : living fossils and other tenacious plants / Carole T. Gee ; illustrated by Channing Redford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gee, Carole T., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleobotany.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 256 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "This work showcases 17 groups of plants, and is complemented with photos and specially rendered illustrations"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preface. The making of a plant lover
- Living fossils : morphological look-alikes, tenacious survivors, and relict members of ancient lineages
- Cyanobacteria and stromatolites : the toughest and longest-lived green survivors
- Standing tall
- Clubmosses & Co.
- The horsetail or scouring rush equisetum
- Ferns and tree ferns
- Bearing seeds and woody cones
- Cycads
- The maidenhair tree ginkgo
- Araucarias, kauris, and the wollemi pine
- Podocarps
- The dawn redwood metasequoia
- The japanese umbrella pine sciadopitys
- Coming into flower
- The waterlilies nymphaea and nuphar
- The sacred lotus nelumbo
- The mangrove palm nypa.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Gee, Carole T. Rooted in Time
- ISBN:
- 9781421449395
- OCLC:
- 1446161920
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