Early Evolution of Flowers

Chapter 1 Introduction — Major trends in the study of early flower evolution

Chapter 2 Origin of the angiosperm flower: a phylogenetic perspective

Chapter 3 Angiosperm floral structures from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal

Chapter 4 Palaeobotanical evidence on the early radiation of magnoliid angiosperms

Chapter 5 Flowers of Turonian Magnoliidae and their implications

Chapter 6 Patterns of floral evolution in the early diversification of non-magnoliid dicotyledons (eudicots)

Chapter 7 Elsemaria , a Late Cretaceous angiosperm fructification from Hokkaido, Japan

Chapter 9 Floral aspects of Barclaya ( Nymphaeaceae ): pollination, ontogeny and structure

Chapter 10 Evolutionary aspects of the floral structure in Ceratophyllum

Chapter 11 Petal evolution in Ranunculaceae

Chapter 12 Flowers in Magnoliidae and the origin of flowers in other subclasses of the angiosperms. I. The relationships between flowers of Magnoliidae and Alismatidae

Chapter 13 Flowers in Magnoliidae and the origin of flowers in other subclasses of the angiosperms. II. The relationships between flowers of Magnoliidae , Dilleniidae , and Caryophyllidae