Plant Bodies: How Plant Structures Contribute to Our Comprehension of Their Life-History Strategy by Jitka Klimešová instant download

Plant Bodies: How Plant Structures Contribute to Our Comprehension of Their Life-History Strategy by Jitka Klimešová instant download

Wrapping your mind around the dizzying diversity of plant architecture and growth forms can be a daunting task. At first glance, it seems like a straightforward exercise of simply categorizing species into distinct groups such as trees, shrubs, and herbs. But what about cacti and aquatic plants, how are they to be classified? Many species seem to break the rules. When you commit to deeply exploring this wonderful world of botany in detail, the number of rule breakers appear to multiply exponentially.
Because of this, plant growth form classification schemes blossomed into a cottage industry with little consensus, and the secret to understanding the evolutionary basis of plant architecture remained shrouded in mystery. Solving this mystery is the basis of this book.