Bromeliaceae Profile of an Adaptive Radiation

Name: Bromeliaceae Profile of an Adaptive Radiation
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ISBN: 9780521430319

ISBN-10: 0521430313

ISBN-13: 9780521430319

Edition: 2000

Authors: David H. Benzing, B. Bennett, G. Brown, M. Dimmitt, H. Luther

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Benzing adopts an unusual approach in this profile of Bromeliaceae, choosing to focus on the biology of this plant rather than the floristics and taxonomy.

Book details

List price: $200.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/6/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 710
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.25" long x 1.85" tall
Weight: 2.706
Language: English

David H. Benzing is Professor of Biology Emeritus at Oberlin College and the Jessie B. Cox Chair in Tropical Biology at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. He is the author of Bromeliaceae: Profile of an Adaptive Radiation , Vascular Epiphytes: General Biology and Associated Biota , and The Biology of the Bromeliads and coauthor of The Native Bromeliads of Florida.




Introduction



Vegetative structure



Reproductive structure



Carbon and water balance



Mineral nutrition



Reproduction and life history with




Ecology



Relationships with fauna



History and evolution with




Neoregelia subgenus Hylaeicum




Cryptanthus




Tillandsia and Racinaea




Tillandsioideae




Ethnobotany of Bromeliaceae




Endangered Bromeliacea



References


Index