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Sixty-five years of theories of the multiaxial flower

Sixty-five years of theories of the multiaxial flower A critical appraisal of the theories founded on the theorem of the multiaxial flower (traditionally but erroneously referred to as the ‘pseudanthium hypotheses’), shows an evolution fromWettstein's original version of 1907 to various hypotheses founded on the the same theme and partly derived from the Wettsteinian doctrine. A number of circumstances such as semantic inconsistencies, but principally the choice of inadequate archetypes, prevented the success of the theory of a polystachyous floral region, because the deductions and interpretations emanating from this concept were not sufficiently convincing to defeat the opposed theory of the uniaxial euanthous flower or anthostrobilus hypothesis. Only after the amendation of the theory of a multiaxial reproductive region on the basis of the anthocorm concept can one arrive at a plausible idea of the evolution of the angiospermous flower which is compatible with all aspects of the phylogeny of the Flowering Plants (such as the sex distribution and the mode of pollination), and with the floral morphology and anatomy of the various kinds of flowers. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Biotheoretica Springer Journals

Sixty-five years of theories of the multiaxial flower

Acta Biotheoretica , Volume 21 (4) – Apr 9, 2005

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Springer Journals
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Philosophy; Philosophy of Biology; Evolutionary Biology
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0001-5342
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1572-8358
DOI
10.1007/BF01557178
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Abstract

A critical appraisal of the theories founded on the theorem of the multiaxial flower (traditionally but erroneously referred to as the ‘pseudanthium hypotheses’), shows an evolution fromWettstein's original version of 1907 to various hypotheses founded on the the same theme and partly derived from the Wettsteinian doctrine. A number of circumstances such as semantic inconsistencies, but principally the choice of inadequate archetypes, prevented the success of the theory of a polystachyous floral region, because the deductions and interpretations emanating from this concept were not sufficiently convincing to defeat the opposed theory of the uniaxial euanthous flower or anthostrobilus hypothesis. Only after the amendation of the theory of a multiaxial reproductive region on the basis of the anthocorm concept can one arrive at a plausible idea of the evolution of the angiospermous flower which is compatible with all aspects of the phylogeny of the Flowering Plants (such as the sex distribution and the mode of pollination), and with the floral morphology and anatomy of the various kinds of flowers.

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Acta BiotheoreticaSpringer Journals

Published: Apr 9, 2005

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