The first edition of this book was the first to provide an integrated description of sap
ascension from an anatomical and functional point of view. The second edition opens with …

The present volume, Xylem Structure and the Ascent of Sap by MH Zimmermann, very
appropriately inaugurates the Springer Series in Wood Science, an enterprise recently …

Friedman WE, RC Moore, and MD Purugganan. 2004. The evolution of plant development.
Am. J. Bot. 91: 1726–1741. Friis EM, PR Crane, and KP Pedersen. 1997. Fossil history of …

The family of palms (Palmae or Arecaceae) is of major economic importance, both on a
large industrial scale and in peasant agriculture. The palms offer a unique challenge to …

We have amassed structural data for 108 characters and 52 taxa of magnoliids and basal
monocots and eudicots, including observations by PK Endress and A. Igersheim on flowers …

Our attempt at putatively phylogenetic classifications of Angiospermae, considering our vast
ignorance of more than 120 million years of evolution of the class, must be very tentative and …

This review highlights key historical works and the recent research on the monocot lateral
meristems. It discusses the terminological issues (elucidating the terminological …

The chromosome numbers of 75 species belonging to the family Araceae have been
determined. The numbers for 53 species are reported for the first time. One number differs …

A phylogenetic analysis was conducted to examine the monophyly and relationships of the
four broadly defined genera of Aristolochiaceae. Seventy-two morphological characters …

A sampling of angiosperms across a broad spectrum of families and generas was done to
determine if angiosperms from the ANA grade basal angiosperms to the Zingiberales of the …