Flowering plants, evolution

Stebbins, G.L. (1974). Flowering Plants Evolution above the Species Level. London Arnold. 

Zimmer EA, Hamby RK, Arnold ML, LeBlanc DA, Theriot EC (1989) Ribosomal RNA phylogenies and flowering plant evolution. In Fernholm B, Bremer K, Jornvall H (eds) The Hierarchy of Life. 

Stebbins, G.L. 1974 Flowering plants evolution above the species /eve/. Harvard U P, Cambridge, Mass. 

Cronquist A 1977 On the taxonomic significance of secondary metabolites in angiosperms. In Kubitzki K (ed) Flowering plants. Evolution and classification of higher categories (Plant Syst Evol, Suppl 1). Springer Wien, 179-189... 

Wagner, W. L., Herbst, D. R. and Sohmer, S. H. 1990,1999. Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai i. Vols. 1 and 2. University of Hawai i Press and Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. -------and Funk, V. A. (eds.) 1995. Hawaiian Biogeography Evolution on a Hot Spot Archipelago., Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 

Wen, J. 1999. Evolution of eastern Asian and eastern North American disjunct distributions in flowering plants. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 30 421-455. 

Dudareva N, Cseke L, Blanc VM, Pichersky E (1996) Evolution of floral scent in Clarkia Novel patterns of S-linalool synthase gene expression in the C. breweri flower. Plant Cell 8 1137-1148... 

Adams KL, Palmer JD (2003) Evolution of mitochondrial gene content gene loss and transfer to the nucleus. Mol Phylogenet Evol 29 380-395 Adams KL, Daley DO, Qiu YL, Whelan J, Palmer JD (2000) Repeated, recent and diverse transfers of a mitochondrial gene to the nucleus in flowering plants. Nature 408 354-357... 

J. Hutchinson, Evolution and Phylogeny of Flowering Plants, p. 141. Academic Press, New York, 1969. 

The most conspicuous function of vacuolar sequestered anthocyanins is to provide the bright red and blue colors that serve as attractants for pollination and seed dispersal. Anthocyanin pigments have appeared quite recently in evolution,4 probably linked with the origin of the flowering plants. In contrast, other flavonoid compounds, already present in early photosynthetic plants, play more central roles in plant biology. These functions, extensively reviewed elsewhere,5,6 include photoprotection, communication in plant-microbe interactions, hormone signaling, and male fertility. 

DUDAREVA, N., CSEKE L., BLANC, V.M., PICHERSKY, E., Evolution of floral scent in Clarkiar. Novel Patterns of S-linalool synthase gene expression in Clarkia breweri flowers., Plant Cell, 1996,8,1837-1848. 

Many chemotaxonomic studies have been published that consists of lists of phytochemical data, but a significant number of studies are now appearing that probe such questions as the genetics of terpenoid formation, hybridization and clonal variation, and biochemical evolution. Reviews have appeared on the chemotaxonomy of flowering plants,435 and of terpenoid formation in particular,436 on chemistry in botanical classification,437 on leaf oils of conifers,438 and on biochemical evolution in plants 439 the last named is comprehensive and quite outstanding. 

Cronquist, A. In The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants, London Nelson 1968. 

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