Table of Contents

THE SCIENCE OF PLANT SYSTEMATICS - What Do We Mean by Plant? - What Do We Mean by Systematics? - A Phylogenetic Approach - The Practice of Plant Systematics - Why is Systematics Important? - Aims and Organization of This Book - PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS - What is a Phylogeny? - Determining Evolutionary History - Constructing a Classification - Summary - CLASSIFICATION AND SYSTEM IN FLOWERING PLANTS: THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND - Classification, Nature, and Stability - Understanding Relationships - Classifications and Memory - Higher Taxa and Their Formation - Plant Groupings - Summary - TAXONOMIC EVIDENCE: STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERS - Morphology - Pollination Biology - Inflorescences, Fruits, and Seeds - Anatomy - Embryology - Chromosomes - Palynology - Secondary Plant Compounds - Proteins - Summary - MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS - Plant Genomes - Generating Molecular Data - Types of Molecular Data - Analysis of Molecular Data - Molecular Characters - Summary - THE EVOLUTION OF PLANT DIVERSITY - Plant Diversity Is the Result of Evolution - Variation in Plant Populations and Species - Speciation - Species Concepts - Summary - AN OVERVIEW OF PLANT EVOLUTION - Endosymbiotic Events - Miscellaneous 'Algae' - Green Plants - Land Plants - Vascular Plants - Seed Plants - Flowering Plants - PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF LYCOPHYTES, FERNS AND THEIR ALLIES, AND GYMNOSPERMS - Lycophytes - Ferns and Their Allies - Gymnosperms - Cycads - Ginkgos - Conifers - Gnetophytes - PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF ANGIOSPERMS - 'Basal Families' - Amborellales - Nymphaeales - Austrobaileyales - Magnoliid Complex - Magnoliales - Laurales - Canellales - Piperales - Monocots - Alismatales - Petaloid Monocots (Liliales, Asparagales, Dioscoreales) - Commelinoid Monocots (Arecales, Commelinales, Poales, Zingiberales) - Eudicots (Tricolpates) - 'Basal Tricolpates' - Ranunculales, Proteales, and several small groups - Core Eudicots - Caryophyllid Clade (Caryophyllales, Polygonales) - Santalales - Rosid Clade - Saxifragales - Vitales - Myrtales - Eurosids I (Zygophyllales, Oxalidales, Celastrales, Malpighiales, - Fabales, Rosales, Cucurbitales, Fagales) - Eurosids II (Brassicales, Malvales, Sapindales) - Asterid clade (Sympetalae) - Cornales - Ericales - Euasterids I (Solanales, Gentianales, Lamiales) - Euasterids II (Aquifoliales, Apiales, Dipsacales, Asterales) - - Appendix 1. Botanical Nomenclature - Appendix 2. Specimen Preparation and Identification - Glossary - Taxonomic Index - Subject Index

About the Author

WALTER S. JUDD, University of Florida. - CHRISTOPHER S. CAMPBELL, University of Maine. - ELIZABETH A. KELLOGG, University of Missouri. - PETER F. STEVENS, University of Missouri. - MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE, Yale University, USA.