Caryophyllales
caryophyllids
This tree diagram shows the relationships between several groups of organisms.
The root of the current tree connects the organisms featured in this tree to their containing group and the rest of the Tree of Life. The basal branching point in the tree represents the ancestor of the other groups in the tree. This ancestor diversified over time into several descendent subgroups, which are represented as internal nodes and terminal taxa to the right.
You can click on the root to travel down the Tree of Life all the way to the root of all Life, and you can click on the names of descendent subgroups to travel up the Tree of Life all the way to individual species.
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Downie, S. R., D. S. Katz-Downie, and K. Cho 1997. Relationships in the Caryophyllales as suggested by phylogenetic analyses of partial chloroplast DNA ORF2280 homolog sequences. American Journal of Botany 84:253-273.
Fay, M. F., K. M. Cameron, G. T. Prance, M. D. Lledo, and M. W. Chase. 1997. Familial relationships of Rhabdodendron (Rhabdodendraceae): Plastid rbcL sequences indicate a caryophyllid placement. Kew Bulletin 52:923-932.
Hilu, K. W., T. Borsch, K. M?ller, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, V. Savolainen, M. W. Chase, M. P. Powell, L. A. Alice, R. Evans, H. Sauquet, C. Neinhuis, T. A. B. Slotta, J. G. Rohwer, C. S. Campbell, and L. W. Chatrou. 2003. Angiosperm phylogeny based on matK sequence information. American Journal of Botany 90(12):1758-1776.
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Savolainen, V., M. F. Fay, D. C. Albach, A. Backlund, M. van der Bank, K. M. Cameron, S. A. Johnson, M. D. Lled?, J.-C. Pintaud, M. Powell, M. C. Sheahan, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, P. Weston, W. M. Whitten, K. J. Wurdack, and M. W. Chase. 2000. Phylogeny of the eudicots: a nearly complete familial analysis based on rbcl gene sequences. Kew Bulletin 55:257-309.
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Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Saponaria ocymoides |
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| Comments | Core Caryophyllales, Caryophyllaceae. Cultivated at the Botanical Garden Basel, Switzerland. |
| Acknowledgements | courtesy Botanical Image Database |
| Copyright | © 2001 University of Basel |
| Scientific Name | Drosera capensis |
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| Comments | Droseraceae |
| Acknowledgements | courtesy CalPhotos |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Copyright | © 2001 |
| Scientific Name | Polygonum orientale |
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| Comments | Polygonaceae |
| Copyright | © Kurt St?ber |
