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O ther _________________________________________ ________________________________ _ University Microfilms International VASCULAR C&flBJUB AID ROOD DEVELOPREHT I » SELECTED cmmSIFEEQUS FLAWS DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Hichael Anthony Cichan* B»A-* H-Sc- * * # # * The Chio State University 1984 Reading Committee; Approved By Thomas N„ Taylor Gary L- Floyd Daniel J. Crawford Ralph E- Boecner Thomas N Taylc Department of Botany C opyright by M ichael Anthony Cichan 1984 D U IC 1 U 0 1 ®enory of my mother# Cecelia mmoimimsims I ttould like to thank Dr s. David F® Brauer® Charles a. Good® G ilbert H® leisraan® and Benton H® Stidd for graceous- Ij alXo@iag ae to examine their fossil plant collections and providing some of the specimens used in this study® I bouM also like to thank the members of ay reading commit­ tee for helpful comments on this work. 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Bot. Sac. Amer. Hisc. Ser. P u b l. 157s 7 . "(M. A. C ichan and B. F. P a ls e r ) . - v - 1979b Parthenocarpic achenes in Cichoriua iotyfcus L. B u ll, lea Jersey Acad. Sci. 38s 38. ( 8 . A. Cichan and B. P. Falser). 1980 Phylogenetic trees in plant systematics. O hio J. Sci. 80: 22. | f . Steussy, V. Funk* and M. A. Cichan). 1981a Oa th e s t r u c t u r e and morphology of the seed Pachvtesfca m uacii a . sp. (Bedullosales). fie?. Palaeobot. Palynol. 34s 359-367- (fl. A. Cichan and T. H. T a y lo r ). 1981b The application of scanning electron microscopy in the characterization of Carboniferous lycopod wood. Scanning Electron flicrosc. 1981. 3s 197-201. |KU 1. Cichan^ T= I . T a y lo r s and 2. L. Smoot) . 1981c In analysis of cambial development in Sphenophvllum. Chio J. Sci. 81s 29. 1981d Stauropteris in the Carboniferous of North America. B ot. Soc. Amer. fiisc. Ser. Publ. 160s 4 3. |M. A- Cichan and T. N. T a y lo r ) . 1981e The v a scu la r c a ib iu ® in Carboniferous plants: Sphenophylluta. Bot- Soc. Amer. ftisc. Ser. Pull. 160: 4 3 . 1982a Development of seedless and normal achenes in Cichcrium intybus (Compositae). Amer. J. Bot. 69- 885-895. p. A- Cichan and B. F. F a lse r) . 1982b Structurally preserved plants from southeastern K entucky: Stauaropfceris tiseriata sp- nov. Amer. J. Bot. 69: 1491-1496- (H. A- Cichan and T. N. Taylor). 1982c Plant-animal interactions in the Carboniferous: Wood borings in Premnorylon. Palaeogeography, Palaeo- climatology, Palaeoecology 39: 123-127. |M. A. Cichan and T. N. Taylor)- 1982d Vascular cambium development in SphenophyHum, a Carboniferous arthrophyte. IAWA Bull- 3: 155-160. (H. A- Cichan and I. N. Taylor). 1982e Book Beview: Paleobotany, Paleoecology, and Evolution. Volume 1- Karl J. Niklas (ed.). International Organization of Falaeolotany Newsletter #19. 1982f The e a r lie s t-k n o w n arthropod burrows in fossil wood Ohio J® S c i, 82s 17. fff® A® C ich an and T. B. T aylor) 1982g Sood b o rin g s i n Premaozylons Plant-animal interactions i n th e Carboniferous® Bot® Soc® Amer.
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