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Rosids

California redbud, Cercis occidentalisRosa rugosaBigleaf maple, Acer macrophyllum
taxon links [down<--]Core_Eudicots [up-->]Fagales [up-->]Cucurbitales [up-->]Rosales [up-->]Fabales [up-->]Zygophyllales [up-->]Oxalidales [up-->]Malpighiales [up-->]Celastrales [up-->]Geraniales [up-->]Crossosomatales [up-->]Myrtales [up-->]Brassicales [up-->]Malvales [up-->]Sapindales Interpreting the tree
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Relationships after Savolainen et al. (2000b), Soltis et al. (2000), and Hilu et al. (2003).
Containing group: Core Eudicots

References

Barkman, T. J., S.-H. Lim, K. M. Salleh, and J. Nais. 2004. Mitochondrial DNA sequences reveal the photosynthetic relatives of Rafflesia, the world's largest flower. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 101(3):787-792.

Endress, P. K. and S. Stumpf. 1991. The diversity of stamen structures in 'Lower' Rosidae (Rosales, Fabales, Proteales, Sapindales). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 107:217-293.

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.

Hufford, L. 1992. Rosidae and their relationships to other nonmagnoliid dicotyledons: a phylogenetic analysis using morphological and chemical data. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 79:218-248.

Savolainen, V., M. W. Chase, S. B. Hoot, C. M. Morton, D. E. Soltis, C. Bayer, M. F. Fay, A. Y. De Bruijn, S. Sullivan, and Y. L. Qiu. 2000a. Phylogenetics of flowering plants based on combined analysis of plastid atpB and rbcL gene sequences. Systematic Biology 49:306-362.

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. 2000b. Phylogeny of the eudicots: a nearly complete familial analysis based on rbcl gene sequences. Kew Bulletin 55:257-309.

Savolainen, V., R. Spichiger, and J.-F. Manen. 1997. Polyphyletism of Celastrales deduced from a chloroplast noncoding DNA region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 7:145-157.

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.

Title Illustrations
California redbud, Cercis occidentalis
Scientific Name Cercis occidentalis
Location Napa County, California, USA
Comments California redbud (Fabales, Fabaceae)
Creator Photograph by Brother Alfred Brousseau
Acknowledgements courtesy CalPhotos
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Copyright © 1995
Rosa rugosa
Scientific Name Rosa rugosa
Location Seashore, Tomakomai, Hokkaido (Japan)
Comments Rosales, Rosaceae
Acknowledgements courtesy CalPhotos
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Copyright © 1998
Bigleaf maple, Acer macrophyllum
Scientific Name Acer macrophyllum
Location Santa Cruz County, California, USA
Comments Bigleaf maple (Sapindales, Sapindaceae)
Creator Photograph by Jed and Bonnie McClellan
Acknowledgements courtesy CalPhotos
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Copyright © 1999
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