| Secondary Pollen Presentation: Form, Function and Evolution (Plant Systematics and Evolution Supplementum) |  | Author: Peter Yeo
Publisher: Springer
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2569286
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 268
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 0387824480
Dewey Decimal Number: 582.1304463
EAN: 9780387824482
ASIN: 0387824480
Publication Date: July 1994
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Product Description
Secondary pollen presentation is presentation of pollen to vectors by structures other than anthers, either passively or via a specialized protection and delivery system. The main part of the book describes secondary pollen presentation genus-by-genus in 25 families. The subject has never been extensively reviewed, although secondary pollen presentation occurs in the largest family of flowering plants, the Asteraceae (Compositae), and a large family of great economic importance, the Leguminosae. Now material from the scattered literature is brought together and supplemented with original observations. Many species are illustrated and each family is individually discussed. The last two chapters provide an overview of the whole topic. All the main functions that secondary pollen presentation may perform can be carried out in other plants without it. It is concluded from this that the evolution of secondary pollen presentation has been subject to constraint and canalization. The floral biology of most plants with secondary pollen presentation has not been adequately studied. Appendix 1 points to a wide range of topics on which research at various technical and academic levels is needed. The book should also become a reference work for morphologists, systematists, and floral ecologists.
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