Looking back at my old Amazon reviews, I´m beginning to understand why biology buffs hated my ass. I actually pestered the poor, delicate things with fake reviews of this kind. Maybe Amazon did the right thing purging me from their site? I mean, pu-leeze!
"Evolution, systematics and fossil history of the Hamamelidae. Volume
1: Introduction and `Lower' Hamamelidae" is a volume edited by Peter R.
Crane and Stephen Blackmore.
This book responds to extremely interesting scientific questions, such as: Are the Hamamelidae mono-, para- or polyphyletic? Are they a coherent group? Is their a primitive symplesiomorphic floral character syndrome in lower Hamamelidae, and what is its ecological significance? And why, oh why, is the name of this group sometimes spelled "Hamamelididae"? My favourite sentence: "Juglandaceae are placed as Junglandales in a separate superorder Juglandanae somewhere between Rosanae and Rutanae". Thank you. I'm relieved this question has been answered. It's otherwise known to create all kinds of conflicts at botanical gardens.
But what on earth *are* the Hamamelidae? It turns out to be a polyphyletic assemblage of relatively unrelated orders of flowering plants brought together mostly because they share the anemophilous syndrome of characteristics. They stand somewhere inbetween the Magnoliidae and the Rosidae/Dilleniidae.
If this doesn't sound like your cup of tea (or nettle soup), you might as well give this book a pass.
This book responds to extremely interesting scientific questions, such as: Are the Hamamelidae mono-, para- or polyphyletic? Are they a coherent group? Is their a primitive symplesiomorphic floral character syndrome in lower Hamamelidae, and what is its ecological significance? And why, oh why, is the name of this group sometimes spelled "Hamamelididae"? My favourite sentence: "Juglandaceae are placed as Junglandales in a separate superorder Juglandanae somewhere between Rosanae and Rutanae". Thank you. I'm relieved this question has been answered. It's otherwise known to create all kinds of conflicts at botanical gardens.
But what on earth *are* the Hamamelidae? It turns out to be a polyphyletic assemblage of relatively unrelated orders of flowering plants brought together mostly because they share the anemophilous syndrome of characteristics. They stand somewhere inbetween the Magnoliidae and the Rosidae/Dilleniidae.
If this doesn't sound like your cup of tea (or nettle soup), you might as well give this book a pass.
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