ANGIOSPERM ORIGINS - BIBLIOGRAPHY

The following references pertain specifically to systematics and phylogeny of flowering plants. More general paleobotanical references are listed are listed on another page of this web site, and at the web site for our companion course in Paleobotany at Ohio University.

Chase, M.W., D.E. Soltis, R.G. Olmstead, D. Morgan, D.H. Les, B.D. Mishler, M.R. Duvall, R.A. Price, H.G. Hills, Y.-L. Qui, K.A. Kron, J.H. Rettig, E. Conti, J.D. Palmer, J.R. Manhart, K.J. Sytsma, H.J. Michaels, H.J. Kress, W.J. Karol, K.G. Clark, M. Hedrén, B.S. Gaut, R.K. Jansen, K.-J. Kim, C.F. Wimpee, J.F. Smith, G.R. Furnier, S.H. Strauss, Q.-Y. Xiang, G.M. Plunkett, P.S. Soltis, S.M. Swensen, S.E. Williams, P.A. Gadek, C.J. Quinn, L.E. Eguiarte, E. Golenberg, G.H. Learns, S.W. Graham, S.C.H. Barrett, S. Dayanandan, V. Albert. 1993. Phylogenies of seed plants: an analysis of nucleotide sequences from the plastid gene rbcL. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 80:528-580.

Crane, P.R., E.M. Friis, and K.R. Pedersen. 1994. Paleobotanical evidence on the early radiation of magnoliid angiosperms. Plant Systematics and Evolution (Suppl.) 8:51-72.

Crane, P.R., E.M. Friis, and K.R. Pedersen. 1995. The origin and early diversification of angiosperms. Nature 374:27-33.

Donoghue, M.J. and J.A. Doyle. 1989. Phylogenetic analysis of angiopserms and the relationships of Hamamelidae. In: Crane, P.R. and S. Blackmore (eds.) Evolution, systematics and fossil history of the the Hamamelidae. Vol. 1. Introduction and 'lower' Hamamelidae. Clarendon, Oxford. Pp. 17-45.

Donoghue, M.J. and J.A. Doyle. 1989. Phylogenetic studies of seed plants and angiosperms based on morphological characters. In: Fernholm, B., K. Bremer, H. Jörnwall (eds.) The hierarchy of life. Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam. pp. 181-193.

Doyle, J.A. and M.J. Donoghue. 1987. The origin of angiosperms: A cladistic approach. In: Friis, E.M., W.G. Chaloner and P.R. Crane. The origins of angiosperms and their biological consequences. Cambridge Univ. Press. pp. 17-49.

Doyle, J.A., M.J. Donoghue and E.A. Zimmer. 1994. Integration of morphological and ribosomal RNA data on the origin of angiosperms. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 81:419-450.

Friis, E.M. and P.K. Endress. 1990. Origin and evolution of angiosperm flowers. Advances in Botanical Research. 17:99-162.
Friis, E.M., K.R. Pedersen and P.R. Crane. 1994. Angiosperm floral structures from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal. Plant Systematics and Evolution (Suppl.) 8:31-49.

Hill, C.R. 1996. A plnat with flower-like organs from the Wealden of the Weald (Lower Cretaceous), southern England. Cretaceous Res. 17: 27-38.
Les, D.H. 1988. The origin and affinities of the Ceratophyllaceae. Taxon 37:326-345.

Nixon, K.C., W.L. Crepet, D. Stevenson and E.M. Friis. A reevaluation of seed plant phylogeny. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 81:484-533.

Qiu, Y.-L., M.W. Chase, D.H. Les, and C.R. Parks. 1993. Molecular phylogenies of the Magnoliidae: Cladistic analyses of nucleotide sequences of the plastid gene rbcL. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 80:587-606.

Taylor, D.W. and L.J. Hickey. 1990. An Aptian plant with attached leaves and flowers: Implications for angiosperms origin. Science 247: 702-704.

Taylor, D.W. and L.J. Hickey. 1992. Phylogenetic evidence for the herbaceous origin of angiosperms. Plant Systematics and Evolution 180:137-156.

Taylor, D.W. and L.J. Hickey. 1996. Evidence for and implication of an herbaceous origin for angiosperms. In: Taylor, D.W. and L.J. Hickey (eds.) Flowering plant origin, evolution and phylogeny. Chapman & Hall, N.Y. pp. 232-266.

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