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The Anther: Form, Function and Phylogeny. William G. D'Arcy and Richard C. Keating, eds. 351 pp. Cambridge University Press, 1996. $90.
The Anther: Form, Function and Phylogeny is a compilation of papers presented at a symposium on the flowering-plant anther held in 1993 during the International Botanical Congress in Yokohama, Japan. Although presenting seemingly unrelated papers clustered around the general topic of the anther, it is one of the most useful publications on this subject available today. Until now a scientist looking for a summary of anther structure, function and evolution would have had little success. Plant anatomy and morphology texts give only a basic introduction to anther structure. Papers on individual families or genera present anther structure in specific taxa and perhaps discuss it in relation to related taxa. Few papers present an overview...