THE EXPANSION OF TAXONOMY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SPERMATOPHYTA

@article{Turrill1938THEEO,
  title={THE EXPANSION OF TAXONOMY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SPERMATOPHYTA},
  author={William Bertram Turrill},
  journal={Biological Reviews},
  year={1938},
  volume={13}
}
  • W. B. Turrill
  • Published 1 October 1938
  • Environmental Science, Biology
  • Biological Reviews
An attempt is made, within a limited space, to indicate the importance of taxonomy, especially of the Spermatophyta, to the more recently developed branches of biology, and to show that these in turn are reacting on taxonomy. Certain basic logical problems are discussed and a via media between extreme lines of development is suggested. The interactions between taxonomy and cytology, genetics, ecology, palaeontology, phylogeny, biometrics, and physiology are discussed briefly with a few selected… 
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