The idea that South America was an island continent over most of the Cenozoic, during
which its unusual mammalian faunas evolved in isolation, is outstandingly influential in …

▪ Abstract Morphological and molecular analyses resolve many aspects of vascular plant
phylogeny, though others remain uncertain. Vascular plants are nested within bryophytes; …

We present a numerical cladistic (parsimony) analysis of seed plants plus progymnosperms,
using characters from all parts of the plant body, outgroup comparison, and a method of …

The origins of angiosperms are still debated, despite many years of work by scientists from
differing disciplines. The progress made toward resolving the problem is reviewed in this …

Neither direct fossil evidence nor consensus exists on the origin of the Ginkgoales and their
phylogenetic relationships with other seed plants. The bases for assigning most Palaeozoic …

Charting the broad patterns of vascular plant evolution for Gondwana againstthe major
global environmental shifts and events is attempted here for the first time. This is based on …

Abstract The Long Gully Formation of the Corbies Creek Group contains abundant remains
of the low-diversity coastal vegetation characteristic of the Middle and Late Triassic Pacific …

GROUPES ETUDIES: FILICALES, PTERIDOSPERMALES, GINKYOALES, CYCADALES,
BENNETTITALES, CONIFERALES. ETUDE MORPHOLOGIQUE DETAILLEE …

Background The origin of angiosperms has been under debate since the time of Darwin.
While there has been much speculation in past decades about pre-Cretaceous …

The Gymnosperms is a well-illustrated comprehensive account of living and fossil plants of
this group. Chapters 1 and 2 give a general account, and describe similarities and …