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Boissiera : mémoires de botanique systématique

Volume 8 (1949)
Article: The birth and spread of plants _
Front matter _
Table of Contents _
Preface: Preface _
Preface: Introduction 1
Chapter I: The flora of Great Britain 7
Chapter II: Some continental and other floras 44
Chapter III: Endemism in Southern Europe 63
Chapter IV: Discontinous distribution : destruction of transitions 88
Chapter V: The caracters of endemics I 95
Chapter VI: Endemism contd. : the caracters of Endemics II 121
Chapter VII: Endemic and other genera 137
Chapter VIII: Divergent mutation in some of its manifestations 164
Chapter IX: The classification and distribution of the Acanthaceae as illustrating the probable growth and dispersal of a family 195
Chapter X: The classification and distribution of the Monimiaceae 222
Chapter XI: The classification and distribution of the Araceae 248
Chapter XII: General considerations : evolution by divergence, downwards; classification; incidence of character; chemical analogies; permutiations and combinations; kaleidoskopic mutation 296
Chapter XIII: General distribution of plants 385
Chapter XIV: General conclusions 489
Index: Appendix I : List of the six leading genera in each family mentioned on p. 173 513
Bibliography: Appendix II : List of the most important literature used 516
Index: Index of Latin Names 522
Index: Index General 535