The family of palms (Palmae or Arecaceae) is of major economic
importance, both on a large industrial scale and in peasant
agriculture. The palms offer a unique challenge to botanists
because of their frequently gigantic size and unusual mechanical
properties; they are of interest to evolutionists who wish to know
how such an unusual plant form could have evolved and to ecologists
who wish to learn about the distinct adaptive features of palms. In
this book each organ of the plant and each successive phase in its
life-cycle is examined, beginning with seed germination and
gradually moving through the vegetative cycle to the production of
inflorescence, flower, fruit, and seed, giving a general picture of
how the palm 'works'. The information is presented in systematic
form. Much of the recent extensive literature on palm biology is
summarized and the relationship of the palms to other flowering
plants is discussed. This book will be of value both to academic
botanists and agronomists.
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