Monocots SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION This Page Intentionally Left Blank Monocots SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION KAREN L.WILSON & DAVID A. MORRISON (EDITORS) National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons, (2nd : 1998 : Sydney). Monocots : systematics and evolution. Bibliography. Includes index. ISBN 0 643 06437 0 (hardback). ISBN 0 643 06393 5 (set). ISBN 0 643 09014 2 (eBook). 1. Monocotyledons – Congresses. I. Wilson, Karen L., 1950– . II. Morrison, David A., 1958– . III. Title. 584 © CSIRO 2000 This book is available from: CSIRO PUBLISHING PO Box 1139 (150 Oxford Street) Collingwood VIC 3066 Australia Tel: (03) 9662 7666 Int: +(613) 9662 7666 Fax: (03) 9662 7555 Int: +(613) 9662 7555 Email:
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