Introduction to the principles of plant taxonomy / (Record no. 145414)
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| International Standard Book Number | 8120404459 |
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| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 582 |
| Item number | SIV/I |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sivarajan, V.V. |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Introduction to the principles of plant taxonomy / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | V.V. Sivarajan; edited by N.K.P. Robson |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | IBH Publishing Co., |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 292 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill.; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Introduction<br/>Biological classification <br/>Need and importance of taxonomy<br/>Aims of taxonomy<br/>'Taxonomy' and 'Systematics'<br/><br/>2. The Evolution of Theories of Biological Classification<br/>Conceptual Development of Pre-Darwinian Taxonomy<br/>Essentialism<br/>Nominalism<br/>Empiricism<br/>Conceptual development of post-Darwinian taxonomy<br/><br/>3. Problems in Evolutionary Taxonomy<br/>Deducing phylogenetic relationships: the concept of 'primitive' and 'advanced'<br/>Monophyly and polyphyly<br/>Parallelism and convergence<br/>Homology and analogy <br/>Presentation of phylogenetic relationships<br/>The theoretical basis of plant classification: a critical evaluation<br/><br/>4. The Historical Development of Classificatory Systems<br/>Early classifications<br/>The classical period<br/>Glimpses of plant science in ancient India<br/>The modem period<br/>Post-Darwinian systems<br/><br/>5. Taxonomic Structure<br/><br/>6. Concepts of Taxa<br/>Concept of species<br/>Nominalistic species concept<br/>Taxonomic, essentialistic or typological species concept<br/>Biological species concept<br/>Phylogenetic species concept<br/>Alternative species concepts<br/>Infraspecific categories<br/>Supraspecific categories<br/>The concept of the genus .<br/>The concept of the family "<br/>Categories above family level<br/><br/>7. The Material Basis of Systematics<br/>The concept of character<br/>Correlation of characters<br/>Character weighting<br/>Character variations<br/>Isolation<br/>Geographical or ecological isolation: a pre-requisite for reproductive isolation <br/>Sympatry as the test for biological species <br/>Post-mating mechanisms<br/>Incompatibility <br/>Post-zygotic mechanisms<br/>Speciation<br/><br/>8. Sources of Taxonomic Characters<br/>Comparative morphology <br/>Comparative anatomy <br/>Palynology <br/>Apertural morphoforms<br/>Exine stratification and ornamentation<br/>Pollen association<br/>Pollen nuclear number <br/>Embryology<br/>Cytology<br/>Chromosome number<br/>Chromosome morphology<br/>Chromosome behaviour <br/>Cytochemistry <br/>Banding patterns<br/>Phytochemistry<br/>Biosynthetic pathways in relation to taxonomy<br/>Systematic insight from other aspects of biology<br/>Modern systematics: the synthesis unachieved<br/><br/>9. Plant Nomenclature<br/>Major rules<br/>Typification (Arts. 7-10)<br/>The rule of priority<br/>Limitations of priority (Arts. 13-15) <br/>Effective and valid publication<br/>Author citation (Arts. 46-50)<br/>Retention, choice and rejection of names and epithets<br/>Rejection of names (Arts. 62-72)<br/>Nomenclature of hybrids (Arts. H.1-H.10)<br/>What is there in a name? Why change?<br/> |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Robson, N.K.P., ed. |
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| Koha item type | General Books |
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