Pleurocarpous mosses : Systematics & evo lution (with CD-ROM) Systematics and Evolution Systematics Association Special Volumes Series

Pleurocarpous Mosses: Systematics and Evolution presents a timely summary of the evolution of pleurocarpous mosses, including recent breakthroughs. This book discusses higher level relationships, constructing the backbone phylogeny of the group and setting up relations within subgroups. It explores the processes involved in the evolution of the pleurocarps and of morphological features. It covers fossil history and proposed dates for evolution of critical nodes. It examines new methods and technologies on traditional views of relationships within a poorly known group of organisms. It also addresses wider evolutionary questions relevant to the origin and maintenance of species diversity.

The History of Pleurocarp Classification: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back; W.R. Buck
The Phylogenetic Distribution of Pleurocarpous Mosses: Evidence from cpDNA Sequences; T.J. O'Brien
Pleurocarpy in the Rhizogoniaceous Grade; N.E. Bell and A.E. Newton
Reevaluation of the Phylogeny of the Hypopterygiaceae (Bryophyta) Based on Morphological and Molecular Data; H. Kruijer and R. Blöcher
Growth Patterns in Calyptrochaeta Desv. (Daltoniaceae); B.C. Ho and H. Kruijer
Advances in Knowledge of the Brachytheciaceae (Bryophyta); S. Huttunen, A. Gardiner and M.S. Ignatov
Phylogenetic Relationships within the Moss Family Meteoriaceae in the Light of Different Datasets, Alignment and Analysis Methods; S. Huttunen and D. Quandt
The Amblystegiaceae and Calliergonaceae; L. Hedenäs and A. Vanderpoorten
On the Relationships of Mosses of the Order Hypnales, with Special Reference to Taxa Traditionally Classified in the Leskeaceae; M. Ignatov, A. Gardiner, V. Bobrova, I. Milyutina, S. Huttunen, and A. Troitsky
Phylogeny of Hygrohypnum Lindb. Based on Molecular Data; G. Oliván, L. Hedenäs, and A.E. Newton
Morphological Characters and Their Use in Pleurocarpous Moss Systematics; L. Hedenäs
Character Reduction and Peristome Morphology in Entodontaceae: Constraints on an Information Source; E.M. Kungu, R. Longton, and L. Bonner
Homologies of Stem Structures in Pleurocarpous Mosses, Especially of Pseudoparaphyllia and Similar Structures; M.S. Ignatov and L. Hedenäs
Branching Architecture in Pleurocarpous Mosses; A.E. Newton
Sympodial and Monopodial Growth in Mosses: Examples from the Lembophyllaceae (Bryopsida); R.S. Tangney
Did Pleurocarpous Mosses Originate before the Cretaceous?; M.S. Ignatov and D.E. Shcherbakov
Dating the Diversification of the Pleurocarpous Mosses; A.E. Newton, N. Wikström, N. Bell, L. Lowe Forrest, and M.S. Ignatov
Phylogenetic and Morphological Studies Within the Ptychomniales, with Emphasis on the Evolution of Dwarf Males; N. Pedersen and A.E. Newton
Biogeography of Austral Pleurocarpous Mosses: Distribution Patterns in the Australasian Region; R.S. Tangney
Index

Systematic biologists, evolutionary biologists, and bryologists.

Angela E. Newton, Raymond S. Tangney