Endress, Peter K. Diversity and Evolutionary Biology of Tropical Flowers. Pub. C.U.P. 1996
pp.xi, 511 with illus. and line drawings. Nr. fine copy in pbk.
The comparitive study of flowers began in temperate regions and as such most books are about temperate flowers. This volume concentrates on tropical flowers, whilst sharing many features seen in temperate flowers, exhibit phenomena which are purely tropical. The first part of the volume deals with general structure and biological features of flowers and shows facits of their diversity.The second part focuses on the flowers of selected tropical plants and emphasizes their structural and biological idiosyncrasies. and evolutionary features.
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