monocotyledon: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
General overviews of the monocotyledons include R.M.T. Dahlgren, H.T. Clifford, and P.F. Yeo, The Families of Monocotyledons: Structure, Evolution, and Taxonomy (1985); R.M.T. Dahlgren and H. Trevor Clifford, The Monocotyledons: A Comparative Study (1982); C.R. Metcalfe, Anatomy of the Monocotyledons (1960– ); J.W. Purseglove, Tropical Crops: Monocotyledons, 2 vol. (1972, reprinted 1988); C.P. Daghlian, “A Review of the Fossil Record of Monocotyledons,” The Botanical Review, 47:517–666 (1981); R.M.T. Dahlgren and Finn M. Rasmussen, “Monocotyledon Evolution: Characters and Phylogenetic Estimation,” Evolutionary Biology, 16:255–395 (1983); and M.S. Zavada, “Comparative Morphology of Monocot Pollen and Evolutionary Trends of Apertures and Wall Structures,” The Botanical Review, 49:331–371 (1983).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Revisiting the anatomy of the monocot cambium, a novel meristem. | Oct 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Plant Science - Editorial: Monocot phylogenetics and trait evolution. | May 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - On the Move: Induced Resistance in Monocots. | Mar 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Chicago Press Journals - The Evolution of Monocotyledons. (PDF). | Jan 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Early Cretaceous lineages of monocot flowering plants. | Dec 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Leaf growth in dicots and monocots: so different yet so alike. | Sep 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - Monocots: Life History and Ecology. | Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Tasmania - Key characteristics of monocot families. | Jul 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - Monocots versus Dicots. | Jun 13, 2023 | ||
| Added a cross-reference to adventitious root. | Apr 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Revisiting the anatomy of the monocot cambium, a novel meristem. | Apr 19, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 02, 2022 | ||
| Added evolutionary history and expanded physical description. | Mar 29, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of California, Berkeley - Museum of Paleontology - Monocots versus Dicots. | Sep 04, 2016 | ||
| Revised to accord with APG II system. | Sep 03, 2008 | ||
| Revised to accord with the APG II system. | Sep 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The People's Backyard Nature - Monocots and Dicots. | Apr 21, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of California, Berkeley - Museum of Paleontology - Monocots versus Dicots. | Jun 27, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of California, Berkeley: Museum of Paleontology - The Liliopsida. | Jun 26, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |