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Cornales

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Japanese dogwood, Cornus kousa
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Relationships after Fan & Xiang (2003).
Containing group: Asterids

References

Albach, D. C., P. S. Soltis, D. E. Soltis, and R. G. Olmstead. 2001. Phylogenetic analysis of asterids based on sequences of four genes. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88:163-212.

Backlund, A. and B. Bremer, B. 1997. Phylogeny of Asteridae s. str. based on rbcL sequences, with particular reference to Dipsacales. Plant Systematics and Evolution 207:225-254.

Fan, C. and Q.-Y. Xiang. 2003. Phylogenetic analyses of Cornales based on 26S rRNA and combined 26S rDNA-MATK-RBCL sequence data. American Journal of Botany 90:1357-1372.

Hempel, A. C., P. A. Reeves, R. G. Olmstead, and R. K. Jansen. 1995. Implications of rbcL sequence data for higher order relationships of the Loasaceae and the anomalous aquatic plant Hydrostachys (Hydrostachyaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 194:25-37.

Olmstead, R. G., K.-J. Kim, R. K. Jansen, and S. J. Wagstaff. 2000. The phylogeny of the Asteridae sensu lato based on chloroplast ndhF gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 16:96-112.

Savolainen, V., M. F. Fay, D. C. Albach, A. Backlund, M. van der Bank, K. M. Cameron, S. A. Johnson, M. D. Lledó, 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.

Soltis, D. E., P. S. Soltis, M. W. Chase, M. E. Mort, D. C. Albach, M. Zanis, V. Savolainen, W. H. Hahn, S. B. Hoot, M. F. Fay, M. Axtell, S. M. Swensen, L. M. Prince, W. J. Kress, K. C. Nixon, and J. S. Farris. 2000. Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133:381-461.

Soltis, D. E., Q.-Y. Xiang, and L. Hufford. 1995. Relationships and evolution of Hydrangeaceae based on rbcL sequence data. American Journal of Botany 82:504-514.

Xiang, Q.-Y., M. L. Moody, D. E. Soltis, C. Fan, and P. S. Soltis. 2002. Relationships within Cornales and circumscription of Cornaceae––matK and rbcL sequence data and effects of outgroups and long branches. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 24(1):35-57.

Xiang, Q.-Y., D. E. Soltis, and P. S. Soltis. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of Cornaceae and close relatives inferred from matK and rbcL sequences. American Journal of Botany 85:285-297.

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Japanese dogwood, Cornus kousa
Scientific Name Cornus kousa
Comments Japanese dogwood (Cornaceae). Cultivated at the Botanical Garden Basel, Switzerland.
Acknowledgements courtesy Botanical Image Database
Copyright © 2001 University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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