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Three major factors determined the diversity of terrestrial plant life: the present geographical position as surrogate for climate, the history of climate, and horizontal and vertical tectonic movements at geological time scales. The result is a planet with very diverse marine and terrestrial systems (2.1) The climatic and edaphic conditions led to the development of taxonomically, morphologically and anatomically very diverse plant stems.
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(2008). The Structure of the Plant Body. In: Atlas of Woody Plant Stems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32525-5_3
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