Cercidiphyllum and Fossil Allies: Morphological Interpretation and General Problems of Plant Evolution and Development by Valentin Krassilov
English | 6 Sept. 2010 | ISBN: 9546425249 | 150 Pages | PDF | 13 MB
Cercidiphyllum is a relict angiosperm bringing to us a flavor of Cretaceous Period. Its reproductive morphology was interpreted, in the spirit of the dominant evolutionary paradigm, as inflorescences of reduced flowers represented by solitary pistils and groups of stamens.