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In the presentation of wood features of Chapters 2–9, comments are given on evolutionary status of wood features where appropriate. What cannot be evident in those chapters are: (1) how do wood features evolve with respect to each other? (2) what kinds of evidence exist for the evolutionary status of wood features? (3) how polyphyletic are particular wood features? (4) how conservative are particular wood features? and (5) to what extent is evolution of particular features irreversible or reversible?
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Carlquist, S. (1988). Evolution in Wood: An Ecological/Functional Synthesis. In: Comparative Wood Anatomy. Springer Series in Wood Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-21714-6_11
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