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Although they are relative latecomers on the evolutionary scene,
having emerged only 135-170 million years ago, angiosperms or
flowering plants are the most diverse and species-rich group of
seed-producing land plants, comprising more than 13,000 genera and
over 300,000 species. Not only are they a model group for studying
the patterns and processes of evolutionary diversification, outside
the laboratory they also play major roles in our economy, diet, and
our courtship rituals, producing our fruits, legumes, and grains,
not to mention the flowers in our Valentine's bouquets. They are
also crucial ecologically, dominating most terrestrial and some
aquatic landscapes. This fully revised edition of Phylogeny and
Evolution of the Angiosperms provides an up-to-date, comprehensive
overview of the evolution of and relationships among these vital
plants, as well as of our attempts to reconstruct these
relationships. Incorporating molecular phylogenetics with
morphological, chemical, developmental, and paleobotanical data, as
well as a more detailed account of early angiosperm fossils and
important fossil information for each evolutionary branch of the
angiosperms, the new edition integrates fossil evidence into a
robust phylogenetic framework. Also including a wealth of new color
images, this highly synthetic work further reevaluates long-held
evolutionary hypotheses related to flowering plants and will be an
essential reference for botanists, plant systematists, and
evolutionary biologists alike.
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