Since Darwin's observations on the biota of the Galápagos, the evolution of island plants
has attracted the attention of many investigators (Carlquist, 1974). Adaptive radiation of …

Several problems in the evolution of higher plants posed by immigration and establishment
on distant islands were suggested by biosystematic studies on Galápagos tomatoes. A high …

Floristic studies in Galápagos have had an admirable history, and have culminated in works
such as' Flora of the Galápagos Islands'(V/iggins and Porter, l97I) and'An updated and …

Since the review of the reproductive biology of island plants by Ehrendorfer (1979) three
decades ago, there has been a veritable explosion of studies on plants of oceanic islands …

Abstract Joseph Dalton Hooker's pioneer 1847 paper on Galapagos plants and their
relationships is a classic in the field of phytogeography. It was the first study of its kind to be …

Botanists interested in evolution have for some time cast envious glances in the direction of
Dar-win's finches. This group of birds is now popular with textbook and magazine writers as …

In 1964 some 65 scientists from nearly a dozen countries took part in the field operations of
the Galápagos Islands Scientific Project. During these six weeks, a plan to produce a …

The present knowledge on the reproductive biology of vascular plants on islands,
particularly on oceanic islands, is reviewed in relation to arrival by long-distance dispersal; …

Populations of Galvezia leucantha in the Galapagos Islands consist of 3 morphologically
distinct subspecies, each restricted to 1 or 2 islands. The corollas are white, sometimes …

The floras and faunas of oceanic islands have fascinated evolutionary biologists since the
time of Darwin (1859) and Wallace (1880). Questions that first arose about island life are …