Darwin's orchids : then and now / edited by Retha Edens-Meier and Peter Bernhardt.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Botanical Congress
Other Authors: Edens-Meier, Retha (Editor)
Bernhardt, Peter, 1952- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Chicago [Illinois] : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882. > On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects.
Orchids.
Botany > History.
History.
Botany.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xi, 419 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Contents:
  • Preface / Peter Bernhardt and Retha Edens-Meier
  • I. Darwin Shares His Orchids. 1. Darwin's orchids (1862, 1877) : origins, development, and impact / Peter Bernhardt and Retha Edens-Meier
  • II. Darwin's Orchids of the English and Eurasian Countrysides. 2. Darwin on the pollination of Orchis : what he taught us and what we can tell him today / Giovanni Scopece, Salvatore Cozzolino, and Amots Dafni ; 3. Ophrys pollination : from Darwin to the present day / Nicolas J. Vereecken and Ana Francisco
  • III. Darwin and His Colleagues : Orchid Evolution in the Southern Hemisphere. 4. Pollination of South African orchids in the context of ecological guilds and evolutionary syndromes / Steven D. Johnson ; 5. Phylogeny of Orchidaceae tribe Diurideae and its implications for the evolution of pollination systems / Peter H. Weston, Andrew J. Perkins, James O Indsto, and Mark A. Clements. Appendix 5.1. Morphological character states used to construct a phylogeny of the Diurideae ; 6. Pollination of spider orchids (Caladenia syn. Arachnorchis) by wasps- and others : a lingering post-Darwinian mystery / Sophie Petit ; 7. The sun orchids (Thelymitra) then and now : large flowers versus small flowers and their evolutionary implications / Retha Edens-Meier and Peter Bernhardt
  • IV. Darwin and His Colleagues : Orchid Evolution in the Tropics. 8. Pollination biology and evolutionary history of angraecoid orchids : from Darwin to the present day / Claire Micheneau, Jacques Fournel, and Thierry Pailler ; 9. Orchids and Neotropical pollinators since Darwin's time / David W. Roubik
  • V. Extravagant Architecture : the Diandrous Orchids. 10. Pollination and floral evolution of slipper orchids (subfamily Cypripedioideae) / Retha Edens-Meier, Yi-bo Luo, and Peter Bernhardt
  • VI. Overview : the Influence of Color Perception and Climate Change. 11. Color and sexual deception in orchids : progress toward understanding the functions and pollinator perception of floral color / A.C. Gaskett ; 12. Impacts of extreme weather spells on flowering phenology of wild orchids in Guangxi, southwestern China / Hong Liu, Chang-Lin Feng, Xiao-Qing Xie, Wuying Lin, Zheng-Hai Deng, Xin-Lian Wei, Shi-Yong Liu, and Yi-Bo Luo
  • Summary / Retha Edens-Meier and Peter Bernhardt.