Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521382946)

Originally published in 1993, this second edition of a successful textbook describes and explains in a refreshingly clear way the origin and evolution of plants as revealed by the fossil record and summarises paleobotanical information relevant to our understanding of the relationships between the major plant groups, extant and extinct. As in the first edition, the text is profusely illustrated with line illustrations and half-tones. For those students with little knowledge of plant structure and morphology there is a brief resum of those features of extant plants that will be needed to gain a better understanding of the fossil record. Summarising charts are also used to help students visualise the interpretative material.

Author: Wilson N. Stewart, Gar W. Rothwell
ISBN-10: 0521382947
ISBN-13: 9780521382946
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/26/1993
Pages: 536
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.32lbs
Size: 10.29h x 7.15w x 1.19d