The Ferns (Filicales): Treated Comparatively with a View to their Natural Classification Volume 1 - Brossura

Bower, F. O.

 
9781108013161: The Ferns (Filicales): Treated Comparatively with a View to their Natural Classification Volume 1

Sinossi

The first systematic classification of ferns, by the renowned botanist Frederick Orpen Bower (1855–1948), originally published 1923–1928.

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Descrizione del libro

Frederick Orpen Bower (1855–1948) was a renowned botanist appointed Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow in 1885. Published between 1923 and 1928, this work contains the first systematic classification of ferns. Volume 1 describes and analyses the features of ferns which Bower uses in his classification.

Contenuti

1. The life-history of a fern; 2. The habit and the habitat of ferns; 3. A theoretical basis for the systematic treatment of ferns; 4. Morphological analysis of the shoot-system of ferns; 5. Leaf-architecture of ferns; 6. Cellular construction; 7. The vascular system of the axis (A) - the protostele and its immediate derivatives; 8. The vascular system of the axis (B) - the stelar structure of the leptosporangiate ferns; 9. The vascular system of the leaf; 10. Size a factor in stelar morphology; 11. Dermal and other non-vascular tissues; 12. The spore-producing organs (A) - the sorus; 13. The spore-producing organs (B) - the sporangium; 14. The gametophyte, and sexual organs; 15. The embryo; 16. Abnormalities of the life-cycle; 17. Organographic comparison of the filicales with other plants; Postscript; Index.

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9780282127473: The Ferns (Filicales) Treated Comparatively with a View to Their Natural Classification, Vol. 1: Analytical Examination of the Criteria of Comparison: ... the Criteria of Comparison (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10:  028212747X ISBN 13:  9780282127473
Casa editrice: FB&C LTD, 2018
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