Comparative Morphology of Vascular Plants [Hardcover]

Adriance S. Foster (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 751 pages
• Publisher: W H Freeman & Co (Sd); 2 edition (July 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0716707128
• ISBN-13: 978-0716707127
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,158,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Comparative Morphology of Vascular Plants, July 23, 2002

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Joe Zika "Khemprof" (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Comparative Morphology of Vascular Plants (Hardcover)

Comparative Morphology of Vascular Plants by Adriance S. Foster and Ernest M Gifford, Jr. is a book in biology that provides combining the basic concepts of vascular plant morphology with a detailed account of the organography, anatomy, and method of reproduction of all of the major groups of the Tracheophyra.

This book combines the research papers, reviews, and draws from other books related on plant morphology. Paleobotanical discoveries are brought out in this book as well in order to help in the classification of vascular plants. Devonian Psilophytales are used as examples in representative parallel line of evolutionary specialization among early vascular plants.
I found that an amble representation was given to the problems of morphogenesis and ontogenetic processes.

Great care was taken in writing the book to make the reader aware of what the reader is looking at so that he/she will not miss the forest because of the trees. This book goes into great detail and has detailed illustrative examples all making the text very understandable.

The first six chapters are an orientation to the reader and are used in frequent cross-referencing throughout the book making an excellent foundation. Relating morphological principles help in structure and reproductive explanation in vascular plants, bringing detail and clearer understanding.

Morphogenesis, general organography, cytology and comparative fundamental structure are well represented here. This is an excellent text on plant comparative morphology of vasular plants.