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University of Nebraska - Lincoln

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

1976

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A Bibliography Of Taxonomic Literature Of The Great Plains Flora, With Supplements I, Ii, And Iii, Ralph E. Brooks Dec 1976

A Bibliography Of Taxonomic Literature Of The Great Plains Flora, With Supplements I, Ii, And Iii, Ralph E. Brooks

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

There is at present no recent comprehensive manual of the Great Plains flora. Consequently, students of the flora must utilize monographs, revisions, and other sources in their work. This bibliography was compiled in order to facilitate location of available literature, and will be useful to anyone interested in the systematics of the plants of the Great Plains. This compilation was produced for the Great Plains Flora Association as an initial step in the preparation of a major flora for the region.

References to the plants of the Great Plains region as recognized in the Atlas of the Great Plains Flora …


Mosses Of The Great Plains: Introduction And Catalogue, Steven P. Churchill Sep 1976

Mosses Of The Great Plains: Introduction And Catalogue, Steven P. Churchill

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

This account initiates a series of articles concerning the mosses of the Great Plains. The boundary of this region (Fig. 1) is adopted in part from a parallel study currently in progress on vascular plants (McGregor et aI., 1977). However, in addition, this moss study includes that region of Canada studied by Bird (1962). The total area included in this study of the Great Plains thus occupies about 665 thousand square miles, extending from southern Manitoba to southeastern Alberta, south to northeastern New Mexico and northwestern Oklahoma.

Crum, Steere and Anderson (1973) have listed 1,170 species, 267 genera, and 58 …


A Pollen Selection System For Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Negative Mutants In Plants, Drew Schwartz, John Osterman Jan 1976

A Pollen Selection System For Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Negative Mutants In Plants, Drew Schwartz, John Osterman

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Exposure of freshly shed maize pollen to allyl alcohol vapors allows selective fertilization by mutant alcohol-dehydrogenase-negative grains. Wild-type pollen grains are killed by the enzymatic conversion of allyl alcohol to the highly toxic acrylaldehyde.


Anatomical Observations On Floating Leaves, Robert B. Kaul Jan 1976

Anatomical Observations On Floating Leaves, Robert B. Kaul

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

An examination of 24 genera of aquatic plants having floating leaves and leaf-like thalli has been made. Functional stomata occur on the adaxial sides of floating leaves of angiosperms and some ferns, and in some floating leaves there are stomata on the abaxial surface as well. Most floating leaves have prominently chambered mesophyll, and in some instances the chambers are locally enlarged and form buoys.