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2015, 33(22): 97-105
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Breaking the stasis of current plant systematics
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WANG Xin1, LIU Zhongjian2, LIU Wenzhe3, ZHANG Xin4, GUO Xuemin5, HU Guangwan6, ZHANG Shouzhou7, WANG Yaling8, LIAO Wenbo9
Affiliations
1. State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS, Nanjing 210008, China;
2. Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, National Orchid Conservation Center of China and Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518114, China;
3. College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China;
4. College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China;
5. College of Life Science & Technology, Hebei Normal University of Science & Technology, Qinhuangdao 066600, China;
6. Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS, Wuhan 430074, China;
7. Shenzhen Fairylake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen 518004, China;
8. Xi'an Botanical Garden of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an 710061, China;
9. School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Published: 2015-11-28
doi: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2015.22.017
Outline
The plant systematics has been dominated by the Euanthium Theory for over hundred years. Despite all progress made, several important problems defy solutions and block further progress of botany, and one sometimes even sees conflicts among different branches and schools in botany. From the history of botany in the past centuries, it is realized that the stasis in the current plant systematics is actually a result of a blind reverence to authority and the self-restriction within the dominating theories. Any progress in the plant systematics would not be possible without dropping these burdens. A new testable hypothesis on the making of flowers is advanced in this paper.
plant systematic
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flower
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euanthium theory
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theory of flowering
王鑫, 刘仲健, 刘文哲, 张鑫, 郭学民, 胡光万, 张寿洲, 王亚玲, 廖文波.
突破当代植物系统学的困境.
科技导报,
2015
, 33
(22)
: 97
-105
.
DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2015.22.017
WANG Xin, LIU Zhongjian, LIU Wenzhe, ZHANG Xin, GUO Xuemin, HU Guangwan, ZHANG Shouzhou, WANG Yaling, LIAO Wenbo.
Breaking the stasis of current plant systematics[J].
Science & Technology Review,
2015
, 33
(22)
: 97
-105
.
DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2015.22.017
Year 2015 volume 33 Issue 22
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doi: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2015.22.017
- Receive Date:2015-07-02
- Online Date:2015-12-15
- Published:2015-11-28