Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Species studies in the British flora : being the report of the conference under the title of the species concept in its relation to the British flora : held in 1954 by the Botanical Society of the British Isles
Other Name
Species concept in its relation to the British flora (Alternate title)
B.S.B.I. conference reports ; no.4 (Series)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Botanical Society of the British Isles
Place
Date
1955
Physical Description
187 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
Introductory remarks / Prof T.G. Tutin -- The experimental approach to the species problem / Prof S.C. Harland -- Species problems in plants with reduced floral structure / Prof T.G. Tutin -- The stability of some specific characters as shown by fossil records / Dr H. Hamshaw Thomas -- Variability within species / Dr J.H. Burnett -- Morphological characters in the discrimination of species and hybrids / Dr R. Melville -- Problems associated with the species concept in mycology / Prof Alan Burges -- The analysis of variation within the genus Fucus / Dr E Burrows and Dr S.M. Lodge -- The species concept amongst bryologists / Dr E.W. Jones -- The importance oferns to an understanding of the British Flora / Prof I. Manton -- The problem of Asplenium trichomanes / J.D. Lovis -- The two sub-species of Asplenium adiantum-nigrum in Britain / Miss M.G. Shivas -- The Dryopteris spinulosa complex in Europe / Dr S. Walker -- Caltha in the British flora / Dr G. Panigrahi -- Stellaria nemorum and the species concept / Dr Ch. H. Andreas -- Clinal variation in flower size in Lotus corniculatus / Miss B.A. Poulter -- The section Eu-callitriche in the Netherlands / Dr H.D. Schotsman -- Ecotypical variation in Adoxa moschatellina / Dr H.G. Baker -- Variation in Centaurium in West Lancashire / Miss W.M.T. O'Connor -- Problems of hybridization and species limits in some Erica species / Peter A. Gay -- The species concept in Euphrasia / P.F. Yeo -- Some variation in Salicornia and its significance / D.H. Dalby -- Problems of speciation in the British species of Arum / Dr C.T. Prime -- Species problems in recent Scandinavian works on grasses / Dr A. Melderis -- The conflict of categories / Prof J. Heslop-Harrison -- The species concept and experimental taxonomy / J.S.L. Gilmour -- The future of synthetic taxonomy / Dr W.B. Turrill -- Concluding remarks / Dr R.W. Butcher.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Botany--Congresses--Great Britain; Plants--Congresses--Classification]
Includes bibliographical references and index. Printed by T. Buncle & Co. Ltd., Market Place, Arbroath.
Collection Type
General Collection
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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