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Plants And Islands

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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Origins of the Macaronesian flora
3. Observations on the phytogeography of the New Hebrides, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island
4. Biogeography of the Antillean fern flora
5. Origin of temperate island floras
6. The origins and evolution of island floras as exemplified by the Aegean Archipelago
7. The origins of Indian Ocean island floras
8. Endemism and evolution in the islands of the western Mediterranean
9. Endemism and evolution in Macaronesia
10. Biogeographical elements in the New Zealand lichen flora
11. Endemism and evolution in Galapagos Islands vascular plants
12. Pachycaul plants and islands
13. Evolution within a single genus: Sonchus in Macaronesia
14. Reproductive biology in island palms
15. Magnolioid island plants and angiosperm evolution
16. Karyology of the Canarian flora
17. Palaeoendemism and evolution in Macaronesian Dryopteris
18. Endangered island floras
19. Botanic gardens and island plant conservation
20. Conservation and vegetation of the Galapagos Islands
21. Problems of biological conservation in Madagascar
22. The Threatened Plants Committee of IUCN and island floras
23. The future of island floras.

Based on the edited and revised contributions of a symposium held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Language: English

Pages: 459

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Academic Press

Release: May 13, 2022

ISBN: 0121254607

ISBN 13: 9780121254605

Plants And Islands

0/5 ( ratings)

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Origins of the Macaronesian flora
3. Observations on the phytogeography of the New Hebrides, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island
4. Biogeography of the Antillean fern flora
5. Origin of temperate island floras
6. The origins and evolution of island floras as exemplified by the Aegean Archipelago
7. The origins of Indian Ocean island floras
8. Endemism and evolution in the islands of the western Mediterranean
9. Endemism and evolution in Macaronesia
10. Biogeographical elements in the New Zealand lichen flora
11. Endemism and evolution in Galapagos Islands vascular plants
12. Pachycaul plants and islands
13. Evolution within a single genus: Sonchus in Macaronesia
14. Reproductive biology in island palms
15. Magnolioid island plants and angiosperm evolution
16. Karyology of the Canarian flora
17. Palaeoendemism and evolution in Macaronesian Dryopteris
18. Endangered island floras
19. Botanic gardens and island plant conservation
20. Conservation and vegetation of the Galapagos Islands
21. Problems of biological conservation in Madagascar
22. The Threatened Plants Committee of IUCN and island floras
23. The future of island floras.

Based on the edited and revised contributions of a symposium held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Language: English

Pages: 459

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Academic Press

Release: May 13, 2022

ISBN: 0121254607

ISBN 13: 9780121254605

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