The Evolution of Plants
by K. J. Willis, J. C. McElwain
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Author: J. C. McElwain, K. J. WillisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-03-21
ISBN: 0198500653
Number of pages: 392
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: Wow!
Summary: 5 Stars
Well there are lots of reviews of this on US Amazon.Suffice it to say that even a total amateur (me) can follow this with effort and that the book is extremely well written and utterly fascinating. For a start you can not follow the history of insects or vertebrates without knowing the development of plants.
Who would have thought that the most recent plant group to evolve , and in relatively modern times, were....cacti! Or that plants were relatively uneffected by any of the major periods of extinction:think like a gardener- you can hack 'em down but you can't get rid of them. Even The Home Depot has noticed people's interest in 'living fossils'.It has the Sago Palm (very wrongly) labelled "The world's oldest plant known to man".Still, you have to have one in your garden!!
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