Tulika Talukdar

Cypselas Diversity of the Tribe Cardueae (Asteraceae)- an Overview Tulika Talukdar

This book is a pictorial documentation of cypselas diversity of the tribe Cardueae (Asteraceae). It will be immensely helpful to the students & teachers of Plant systematic & Phylogeny to identify the different taxa of Cardueae solely with their fruit characters, in absence of flowering stage. This cypselas overview will definitely strengthen the present taxonomic circumscription of the tribe Cardueae and its phylogeny in both classical and molecular levels. The detailed analysis of fruit micro characters will focus on the eco-geographical diversity of Cardueae taxa. Not only this, the fruit micro characters may also be utilized in bio-monitoring of environmental toxicity and mutagenesis.