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! Nan Crystal Arens, C. Strömberg and A. Thompson, Department of Integrative Biology, and Paleobotany Section, Museum of Paleontology (UCMP), University of California at Berkeley: Virtual Paleobotany. Go to: Ginkgo, Cordaites and the Conifers.
Mick Casper, The Lovett Pinetum Charitable Foundation, Conifer Paleobotany Basics, and "Living" Paleobotany.
Ralph W. Chaney: A Revision of Fossil Sequoia and Taxodium in Western North America Based on the Recent Discovery of Metasequoia Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, Vol. 40, No. 3 (1950), pp. 171-263. Accessible via Google Book Search.
Rudolf Daber, Institut für Paläontologie, Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität Berlin: Metasequoia glyptostroboides Mikrosporophyllzapfen. Including 6 plates (in German). See also here.
Owen Kent Davis, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona Tucson: QUATERNARY PALYNOLOGY AND PLANT MACROFOSSILS. Lecture notes. Go to: CONIFER NEEDLE EXTERNAL ANATOMY.
! dmoz, the Open Directory Project:
Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Plantae:
Coniferophyta.
See also:
Earth Sciences: Paleontology: Paleobotany:
Taxa.
Veit Dörken, Lehrstuhl für Evolution und Biodiversität der Pflanzen, RUB, Bochum:
Seasonality
and long shoot/short shoot syndrome in gymnosperms: derived or primitive?
Doctoral thesis, PDF file (5 MB), in German. See also:
Nicht
alle Nadelbäume waren immergrün, and
here
(Camillo-Schneider award, in German).
! Christopher J. Earle (server space has been provided by the Department of Botany, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany): The Gymnosperm Database. Currently the database provides basic information for all species and higher-ranked taxa of the gymnosperms, i.e., conifers, cycads, and their allies. You may navigate from the species list, alphabetized by binomial.
Robert A. Gastaldo, Department of Geology, Colby College, Waterville, Maine: Gymnosperms in the Mesophytic.
Armin Jagel, Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Morphologische und morphogenetische Untersuchungen zur Systematik und Evolution der Cupressaceae s. l. (Zypressengewächse). Seed cone morphology of 23 Cupressaceae genera characterized by cone diagrams. Thesis, PDF files, in German. See also here.w
Ross Koning, Biology Department, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic: Biology of Plants. This course is an introduction to botany and stresses anatomy, morphology, natural history, and evolution among organisms called plants. Go to: The Naked Seeds of Pinus. See also here
! Sunia Lausberg (2002): Neue Kenntnisse zur saarpfälzischen Rotliegendflora ... Abstract, PDF file, Thesis, Section of Palaeobotany in Muenster, Germany (in German). Go to: Kapitel III: Die Coniferen des Jungpaläozoikums. See also here.
Gerhard Leubner Lab, University Freiburg, Germany: Seed Evolution. Go to: Conifers - Life cycle of pine: Extant gymnosperms, the oldest trees .
! Biological Sciences, Ohio State University, Lima:
Plant
Biology at OSU Lima. Go to:
Gymnosperms.
Plant anatomical characteristics.
Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Plant Systematics Collection. This web site provides structured access to a teaching collection of plant images representing over 250 families and 1000 genera of vascular plants. Go to: Phylum Coniferophyta (The Conifers).
D. Mietchen et al. (2008): Three-dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of fossils across taxa PDF file, Biogeosciences, 5: 25-41. Fossil cones of the conifer Pararaucaria patagonica. See also here.
! Palaeobotanical Research Group, Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany. History of Palaeozoic Forests, CONIFERS. Link list page with rankings and brief explanations. Images of Lebachia, Walchia, Walchia piniformis, Cassinisia orobica, Pseudovoltzia liebeana, Majonica alpina, Dolomitia cittertiae.
Dan Nickrent and Karen Renzaglia, Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale: Land Plants Online, Phylum Pinophyta, The Conifers (now via wayback archive).
Osborne, C.P. & Beerling, D.J. (2002): A process-based model of conifer structure and function with special emphasis on leaf lifespan.. PDF file, Global Biogeochemical Cycles.
Ruud J. Poort, Henk Visscher, and David L. Dilcher: Zoidogamy in fossil gymnosperms: The centenary of a concept, with special reference to prepollen of late Paleozoic conifers. The National Academy of Sciences, PNAS 1996 93: 11713-11717.
Jörg Restemeyer, Fakultät für Biologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Morphologische und morphogenetische Untersuchungen zur Phylogenie und Evolution der Podocarpaceae und Phyllocladaceae. Thesis (PDF file), in German.
! David M. Richardson (ed.; 1998) Ecology and Biogeography of Pinus. 546 pages. Provided by Cambridge University Press through the Google Print Publisher Program. Registration procedure required. Use "More results from this book" or "Search this book" to navigate. Unfortunately, you can view two pages around your search result, but you can search again! Worth checking out: Part Two - Evolution, Phylogeny and systematics. Use Google Book Search to search the full text of books.
Gar W. Rothwell, Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens, OH: Vascular Plant Morphology. This course covers the structure, development, reproductive biology and relationships of vascular plants. The course is structured to emphasize the evolutionary changes that led to the diversity of modern tracheophytes. Go to Cordaitales and Coniferales (PDF file).
Gar W. Rothwell, Gene Mapes & Genaro R. Hernández Castillo (2005): Hanskerpia gen. nov. and phylogenetic relationships among the most ancient conifers (Voltziales). PDF file, 2,5 MB;^ Taxon 54: 733–750.
The Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: Phylum Pinophyta.
Thomas Speck and Sylke Döringhoff, Botanical Garden, Freiburg University, Germany: Coniferetum (in German).
Ed Strauss, Washington (article hosted by Evolving Earth Foundation Issaquah, WA). The Evolving Earth Foundation is committed to encouraging research and building community related to the earth sciences. How to Identify Conifers. Conifer micro photographs.
Ralph E. Taggart, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology/Department of
Geological Sciences at Michigan State University, East Lansing:
BOT335 Lecture Schedule.
The Evolution of Conifers;
North American Redwoods, Past and Present;
! Wikipedia (a free-content encyclopedia): Spermatophyte. Go to: The conifers.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Wollemia.
Wollemi Australia Pty Ltd (a subsidiary company of Forestry Plantations Queensland, the principal commercial plantation forest grower in Queensland, Australia): The Wollemi Pine. One of the world's oldest and rarest plants dating back to the Cretaceous. See also: Gallery (in German).
Wollemi Pine North America, San Diego, CA:
About Wollemi.
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