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Physiology of Angiosperms

The present book is the unsightful compilation offering a comprehensive account of the fundamental principles of physiology of angiosperms. It incorporates and organizes the information concerning plant physiology from relevant and authentic sources. In the beginning, ideas about evolution of angiosperms were based on the study of modern plants. This is because of lack of fossil records. Fossil paucity is due to the fact that plants in upland areas were not presevered as fossils. Diversification of the angiosperms to coastal and alluvial areas about 110 million years ago allowed deposition of plant remains and fossilization. One classic theory suggests that first angiosperms were Magnolia like trees. Angiosperms or flowering plants are the most distributed plants in whole world with largest numbers of species. The range of their size is very wide. Adaptive radiation has led to produlion of saprophytes without chlorophlyll, parasites and epiphytes. Diversity in flower structure in angiosperm is another remarkable feature of flowering plants. The term flower usually denotes a structure having sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels. The purpose of this book is to provide students an authoritative and up-to-date text in a very simple way, easy to grasp by those who do not have strong background of this subject. CONTENTS : (1)Introduction to Angiosperms (2)Angiosperms Characteristics of Flowering Plant (3)Plant Nomenclature (4)Role of Interfacial Phenomena in Plant Physiology (5)Biosystematics in Flowering Plants (6)Plant Embryogenesis in Angiosperms (7)The Origin and Diversification of Angiosperms (8) Plant Morphology of Angiosperms (9)Plant Specimens of Herbarium (10)Physiology Structure of Angiosperms Family.