Croizat publications

[John Grehan]

For those interested, listed below are some relatively recent articles by
Croizat on aspects of biogeography and Principia Botanica. I have not yet
seen the contents.  John Grehan


    TI: Observations on the biogeography of the genus Goliathus (Insecta:
Coleoptera).
    AU: Croizat-Leon
    SO: Kirkia-. 1994; 15 (2) 141-155..
    PY: 1994
    LA: English
    AB: The biogeography of the beetle genus Goliathus in Africa is
detailed. The pattern of its distribution is in line with the general
biogeography of other animals and plants on the continent and may be
explained through geological and organic co-evolution.

    TI: "Pacific basin biogeography": Marginal notes to a symposium.
    AU: Croizat-Leon
    SO: Kirkia-. 1994; 15 (2) 157-246..
    PY: 1994
    LA: English
    AB: The biogeography of the Pacific Basin is reviewed and discussed on
the basis of various animal and plant taxonomic groups. Co-evolution of
life forms and geology (pangeography) is suggested as the main  factor
determining present day biogeography the world over.


    TI: Considerations on the phylogeny and morphology of floral
structures: The "carpels" of Humiriaceae: Scyphostegiales Ordo novus.
    AU: Croizat-Leon
    SO: Kirkia-. 1994; 15 (2) 117-139..
    PY: 1994
    LA: English
    AB: Arguments on the morphology and phylogeny of floral structures,
especially the carpel, are reviewed on the basis of the Humiriaceae flower.
The position of certain orders in Hutchinson's classification are
re-examined, and te Order Scyphostegiales is formally described. General
comments are made on the evolution of angiosperms.

    Record 16 of 40 in BA on CD 7/94-12/94
    TI: On the structural and developmental history of the capsule of
Mesembryanthemum s.l.
    AU: Croizat-L
    SO: Kirkia 14(1): 145-169.
    PY: 1993
    LA: English
    AB: This article analyses the capric structures of Mesembryanthemum
s.l. which it attempts to interpret according to evolution, morphology,
morphogeny and phylogeny. It shows that the peculiar dehiscence of
Mesembryanthemum s.l. rests on structures that, though morphologically
peculiar to this "genus", are still an essential part of the whole of the
angiospermous flower's morphogeny. Notes are contributed on "sterile
carpels" and "septal glands", also on orthogeny and the historical and
actual significance of Saunders' work.