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A Biosystematic Study of the African and Madagascan Rubiaceae-Anthospermeae

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Authors:
  1. Christian Puff

    1. Institut für Botanik der Universität, Wien, Austria

Part of the book series: Plant Systematics and Evolution - Supplementa (SYSTEMATICS, volume 3)

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Biosystematic studies on the Rubiaceae have a long tradition at the Institute of Botany in Vienna. Within this family the Anthospermeae, and especially its African and Madagascan members, are of particular interest because of several aspects in their evolution: I) Perfection of anemophily within an otherwise nearly exclusively zoophilous family; 2) transitions from hermaphrodity to polygamy and finally dioecy; 3) differentiation from large and long-lived shrubs to short-lived herbs; 4) adaptive radiation from humid to seasonally dry, fire-exposed and xeric habitats. However, morphological diversity linked to sexual differentia­ tion, modificatory plasticity, and eco-geographical polymorphism have for a long time hampered our understanding of the relationships among these African Anthospermeae. Thus, it was imperative to put special emphasis on field observations and to carry out a variety of experiments with cultivated plants in addition to the analysis of an enormous herbarium material. The author, for this reason, carried out extensive field work, often under very adverse conditions, and covered most African countries from Ethiopia to Southern Africa and twice visited Madagascar. In this way a multitude of data was accumulated on the group in respect to germination and growth form, vegetative and reproductive morphology, anatomy and biology, embryology, karyology, crossing relationships, phytochemistry, distribu­ tion and ecology, etc.

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages II-IX
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  2. Abstract

    • Christian Puff
    Pages 1-2

  3. Introduction

    • Christian Puff
    Pages 3-5

  4. Material and Methods

    • Christian Puff
    Pages 6-7

  5. General Part

    • Christian Puff
    Pages 8-172

  6. Systematic Part

    • Christian Puff
    Pages 173-466

  7. Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolutionary Aspects

    • Christian Puff
    Pages 467-520

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 521-535
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  • Institut für Botanik der Universität, Wien, Austria

    Christian Puff

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  • Book Title: A Biosystematic Study of the African and Madagascan Rubiaceae-Anthospermeae

  • Authors: Christian Puff

  • Series Title: Plant Systematics and Evolution - Supplementa

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8851-4

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag/Wien 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-8853-8Published: 16 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-8851-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-6668

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 535

  • Topics: Plant Sciences

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