Synopses & Reviews
This new volume presents a unique treatment of recent findings regarding the Hamamelidae, flowering plants which are of critical importance to the evolution and phylogeny of the dicotyledons. It integrates data from living and fossil taxa, and contains the latest information on the phylogenetic position of the Hamamelidae with respect to other dicotyledons, leaf architecture, sieve element plastids, karylogy, and Cretaceous fossil history. Coverage also includes relationships within the Trochodendrales and Hamamelidales sensu lato, the phylogenetic position of the Myrothamnaaceae, and the morphology and systematics of the Hamamelidaceae, Buxaceae, Didymelaceae, and Daphniphyllaceae.
Table of Contents
1. The Phylogenetic Position of the Hamamelidae, F. Ehrendorfer
2. "Hamamelididae": A Commentary, R.F. Thorne
3. Phylogenetic Analysis of Angiosperms and their Relationships of Hamamelidae, M.J. Donoghue and J.A. Doyle
4. Comparisons of Primitive Rosidae and Hamamelidae, W.C. Dickison
5. Leaf Architectural Analysis of the Hamamelidae, J.A. Wolfe
6. Sieve-Element Plastids, Phoem Proteins and the Evolution of Flowering Plants. IV. Hamamelidae, H.D. Behnke
7. Karyological Patterns in the Hamamelidae, W. Morawetz and M.R.A. Samuel
8. Reproductive Structures of Cretaceous Hamamelidae, E.M. Friss and P.R. Crane
9. A Preliminary Phylogenetic Analysis of the "Lower" Hamamelidae, L.D. Hufford and P.R. Crane
10. The Systematic Position of the Myrothamnaceae, P.K. Endress
11. The Floral Morphology, Vascular Anatomy, and Ontogeny of the Rhodoleioideae (Hamamelidaceae) and their Significance in Relation to the Lower Hamamelids, A.L. Bogle
12. Phylogenetic Relationships in the Hamamelidoideae, P.K. Endress
13. A Survey of the Liquidambaroideae (Hamamelidaceae) with a View to Elucidating its Fossil Record, D.K. Furguson
14. A Review of the Family Buxaceae Dumortier, C.E Jarvis
15. The Didymelales: A Systematic Review, D.A. Sutton
16. The Daphniphyllales: A Systematic Review, D.A. Sutton