Ericales
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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.
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Anderberg, A. A. 1992. The circumscription of the Ericales, and their cladistic relationships to other families of "higher" dicotyledons. Systematic Botany 17:660–675.
Anderberg, A. A., C. Rydin, and M. Källersjö. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships in the order Ericales s.l.: analyses of molecular data from five genes from the plastid and mitochondrial genomes. American Journal of Botany 89:677-687.
Anderberg, A. A. and B. Ståhl. 1995. Phylogenetic interrelationships in the order Primulales, with special emphasis on the family circumscriptions. Canadian Journal of Botany 73:1699–1730.
Anderberg, A. A., B. Ståhl and M. Källersjö. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships in the Primulales inferred from rbcL sequence data. Plant Systematics and Evolution 211:93–102.
Anderberg, A. A., B. Ståhl and M. Källersjö. 2000. Maesaceae, a new primuloid family in the order Ericales s.l. Taxon 49:183–187.
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Berry P. E., V. Savolainen, K. J. Sytsma, J. C. Hall, and M. W. Chase. 2001. Lissocarpa is sister to Diospyros (Ebenaceae). Kew Bulletin 56: 725-725.
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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. 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.
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Scientific Name | Erica vagans |
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Comments | Cornish heath (Ericaceae) |
Copyright |
© Kurt Stüber
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Scientific Name | Primula patens |
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Location | Kiparisovo village near Vladivostok, Primorsky Territory |
Comments | grown in a garden |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source Collection | CalPhotos |
Copyright |
© 2000
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Scientific Name | Sarracenia alabamensis |
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Location | Near Selma (Alabama, USA) |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | Sarracenia alabamensis |
Source Collection | CalPhotos |
Copyright | © 2001 |
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