"This book is dedicated to the memory of G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906-2000), who made significant contributions to understanding systematic and evolutionary botany, and who had a major influence on all ...

Plant systematics: an overview -- Phylogenetic systematics -- Evolution and diversity of green and land plants -- Evolution and diversity of vascular plants -- Evolution and diversity of woody and ...

With their own botanical collection material and their research knowledge on the evolution of cruciferous plants (plants of the cabbage family), bioscientists at Heidelberg University have contributed ...

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Integrative taxonomy has emerged as a cornerstone of modern plant systematics by combining multiple independent lines of evidence—including molecular markers, morphology, cytogenetics and ecological ...

THE Systematics Association held a very successful meeting a the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on the afternoon of October 5. Members were welcomed by Sir Edward Salisbury, director of the ...

This survey of the plant kingdom covers the evolution, diversity, and use of plants. A comparative approach is taken to study the morphological, anatomical, and reproductive features of major plant ...

Humans make stuff up—including the names and classifications of living things. But those categories are still useful. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how taxonomy and systematics ...