{"product_id":"paleobotany-and-the-evolution-of-plants-paperback-9780521126083","title":"Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants (Paperback) 9780521126083","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePaleobotany and the Evolution of Plants\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1993 textbook describes and explains the origin and evolution of plants as revealed by the fossil record.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilson N. Stewart (Author), Gar W. Rothwell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521126083, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 14 January 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e536 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.7 cm, 0.92 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: 'I have seldom read a textbook with such enthusiasm and I shall recommend it to students and staff alike.' The Scientist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published in 1993, this second edition of a successful textbook describes and explains in a refreshingly clear way the origin and evolution of plants as revealed by the fossil record and summarises paleobotanical information relevant to our understanding of the relationships between the major plant groups, extant and extinct. As in the first edition, the text is profusely illustrated with line illustrations and half-tones. For those students with little knowledge of plant structure and morphology there is a brief resumé of those features of extant plants that will be needed to gain a better understanding of the fossil record. Summarising charts are also used to help students visualise the interpretative material.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Preface to First Edition\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Plant fossils: preservation, preparation and age determination\u003cbr\u003e 3. The fossil record: systematics, reconstruction and nomenclature\u003cbr\u003e 4. Life in the Precambian\u003cbr\u003e 5. Diversification of the Fungi\u003cbr\u003e 6. Diversification among the algae and related plants\u003cbr\u003e 7. How the land turned green: speculation\u003cbr\u003e 8. How the land turned green: Bryophyta\u003cbr\u003e 9. How the land turned green: vascular plants, primitive types\u003cbr\u003e 10. The evolution of microphylls and adaxial sporangia\u003cbr\u003e 11. The isoetalean clade\u003cbr\u003e 12. Paleoecology of the Pennsylvanian coal swamps\u003cbr\u003e 13. More diversity in the Devonian: Trimerophytopsida\u003cbr\u003e 14. The origin of the Sphenopsida\u003cbr\u003e 15. Unique and extinct: the Upper Paleozoic sphenophylls\u003cbr\u003e 16. The origin of the horsetails\u003cbr\u003e 17. Putative ferns of the Paleozoic\u003cbr\u003e 18. The emergence of the Marattiales and Ophioglossales\u003cbr\u003e 19. Filicales of the Carboniferous\u003cbr\u003e 20. The emergence of the modern Filicales, Salviniales and Marsileales\u003cbr\u003e 21. Free-sporing plants with gymnospermous secondary wood\u003cbr\u003e 22. Gymnosperm reproduction: early evolution\u003cbr\u003e 23. Paleozoic gymnosperms with fernlike leaves\u003cbr\u003e 24. Cycads: origins and relationships\u003cbr\u003e 25. The enigmatic cycadeoids\u003cbr\u003e 26. More innovation and diversification among gymnosperms\u003cbr\u003e 27. The record of a living fossil: Ginkgo\u003cbr\u003e 28. The first coniferophytes\u003cbr\u003e 29. The diversification of conifers and taxads\u003cbr\u003e 30. The origin and early evolution of angiosperms\u003cbr\u003e 31. Angiosperms: diversification, radiation, and modernisation\u003cbr\u003e 32. Major evolutionary events and trends: in retrospect\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Palaeontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Palaeontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Palaeontology%20%5BRBX%5D%22\"\u003eRBX\u003c\/a\u003e], Evolution [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Evolution\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Evolution%20%5BPSAJ%5D%22\"\u003ePSAJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978360611096,"sku":"9780521126083","price":47.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521126083i_f801231b-99ed-42f9-b1cf-20b9f43d6f59.jpg?v=1691371869","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/paleobotany-and-the-evolution-of-plants-paperback-9780521126083","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}