Comparative Wood Anatomy: Systematic Ecological and Evolutionary Aspects of Dicotyledon Wood

by Sherwin Carlquist

Diagnostically illustrated with light and scanning electron micrographs, Comparative Wood Anatomy lucidly introduces dicotyledon wood in terms of cell types and their variations, pertinent literature, taxonomic distribution of features, terminology, and methods for preparation. Two final chapters present syntheses: taxonomic achievements of wood studies; and the evolutionary relationship between structure, physiological function, and ecology. This detailed survey serves a wide range of interests: identification, systematics, evolution and physiology.

436 pages, Hardcover

First published August 22, 1988