Green Plants. Their Origin and Diversity

Peter R. Bell, Alan R. Hemsley9780521641098, 0-521-64109-8

The central theme of Green Plants is the astonishing diversity of forms found in the plant kingdom. The book is arranged according to generally accepted classification schemes, beginning with prokaryotic and eukaryotic algae and moving through mosses, liverworts, fern allies, ferns and gymnosperms to flowering plants. Copiously illustrated throughout, it provides a concise account of all algae and land plants, with information on topics from cellular structure to life cycles and reproduction. The authors include newly emerging information on features of plants known only as fossils. This new edition has been completely updated to reflect current views on the origin of the major plant groups.

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Table of contents :
Cover Page……Page 1
Green Plants – Their Origin and Diversity……Page 2
Title Page……Page 3
© P.R. Bell and A.R. Hemsley 2000……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
1 General features of the plant kingdom……Page 10
2 The subkingdom Algae: Part 1……Page 28
3 The subkingdom Algae: Part 2……Page 47
4 The subkingdom Algae: Part 3……Page 84
5 The subkingdom Embryophyta: division Bryophyta……Page 111
6 The subkingdom Embryophyta (cont.): division Tracheophyta, Part 1……Page 144
7 The subkingdom Embryophyta (cont.): division Tracheophyta, Part 2……Page 181
8 The subkingdom Embryophyta (cont.): division Tracheophyta, Part 3……Page 227
9 The subkingdom Embryophyta (cont.): division Tracheophyta, Part 4……Page 278
Index……Page 326