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The first comprehensive application of cladistics to the massive body of data on both living and fossil plants, this book clarifies phylogenetic patterns within and among basal groups of land plants. In its analysis of the patterns and processes underlying the origin of land plants, the book sheds light on central questions surrounding the initial assembly of terrestrial ecosystems.

Paul Kenrick is a researcher in the Department of Paleontology at the Natural History Museum in London.

Peter R. Crane is the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Plants in the Hierarchy of Life	p. 14
Embryobiota	p. 27
Polysporangiophytes	p. 86
Zosterophyllopsida and Basal Lycophytes	p. 141
Lycopsida	p. 182
Perspectives on the Early Evolution of Land Plants	p. 226
Summary Descriptions of Fossil and Extant Taxa	p. 311
Data for Analyses of Embryobiota	p. 353
Data for Analyses of Polysporangiophytes	p. 359
Data for Analyses of Zosterophyllopsida	p. 371
Data for Analyses of Lycopsida	p. 379
Bibliography	p. 387
Taxonomic Index	p. 423
Subject Index	p. 439
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The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants

The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants

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