Teoria Telomatica Del Origen De Las Plantas Vasculares

The Telome Theory Author(s): Carl L. Wilson Source: Botanical Review, Vol. 19, No. 7 (Jul., 1953), pp. 417-437 Published by: Springer on behalf of New York Botanical Garden Press Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4353504 Accessed: 17/11/2008 14:18
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THE TELOME

THEORY

CARL L. WILSONDartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
INTRODUCTION

Morphologists have long been concerned with the fundamental nature of the vascular plant body-with the relationships between root, stem and leaf,and with the origin of reproductive structures. Attempts at analysis on the basis of either formal or phyletic morphology have given rise to a number of theories dealing with the organization of...