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The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species Charles Darwin

The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species By Charles Darwin

The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin


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After the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859 Darwin became fascinated with the potential of botanical experiments to provide evidence for the process of evolution. This 1877 book examines plant species which produce different forms of flower structures and provides the first functional interpretation of this phenomenon.

The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species Summary

The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin

After the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859 Darwin became fascinated with the potential for botanical experiments to provide evidence for the process of evolution. First published in 1877, this volume is based on a series of papers concerning heterostylous plants (species which produce different types of flowers) originally published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnaen Society in 1862. Linnaeus had divided the sexual relations of flowers into four groups, which Darwin uses as the structure for this volume. Darwin examines in detail plants which produce different flower forms, presenting his conclusions in terms of adaptive evolution and so providing the first functional interpretation of heterostyly. He demonstrates that these plants are adapted for cross-fertilisation, not self-fertilisation as was widely believed. The concepts which Darwin introduces in this volume continue to provide the basis for research into plant reproductive biology.

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Heterostyled dimorphic plants - Primulacaeae; 2. Hybrid primulas; 3. Heterostyled dimorphic plants continued; 4. Heterostyled trimorphic plants; 5. Illegitimate offspring of heterostyled plants; 6. Concluding remarks on heterostyled plants; 7. Polygamous, dioecious, and gyno-dioecious plants; 8. Cleistogamic flowers; Index.

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NLS9781108018272
9781108018272
1108018270
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2010-09-30
366
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