Asterales
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Backlund, A. and B. Bremer. 1997. Phylogeny of Asteridae s. str. based on rbcL sequences, with particular reference to Dipsacales. Plant Systematics and Evolution 207:225-254.
Bremer, K. 1994. Asteraceae: Cladistics and Classification. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
Bremer, K., A. Backlund, B. Sennblad, U. Swenson, K. Andreasen, M. Hjertson, J. Lundberg, M. Backlund, and B. Bremer. 2001. A phylogenetic analysis of 100+ genera and 50+ families of euasterids based on morphological and molecular data with notes on possible higher level morphological synapomorphies. Plant Systematics and Evolution 229:137-169.
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Gustafsson, M. H. G., A. Backlund, and B. Bremer. 1996. Phylogeny of the Asterales sensu late based on rbcL sequences with particular reference to the Goodeniaceae. Plant Systematics and Evolution 199:217-242.
Gustafsson, M. H. G. and K. Bremer. 1995. Morphology and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of the Asteraceae, Calyceraceae, Campanulaceae, Goodeniaceae, and Related Families (Asterales). American Journal of Botany 82:250-265.
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Lammers, T. G. 1992. Circumscription and phylogeny of the Campanulales. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 79:388-413.
Lundberg, J. 2001. The asteralean affinity of the Mauritian Roussea (Rousseaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 137:267-276.
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Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Menyanthes trifoliata |
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| Comments | Menyanthaceae |
| Creator | Photograph by Gladys Lucille Smith |
| Acknowledgements | courtesy CalPhotos |
| Copyright | © 1999 |
| Scientific Name | Legousia pentagonia |
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| Location | Samos, Greece |
| Comments | Campanulaceae |
| Acknowledgements | courtesy Botanical Image Database |
| Copyright | © 2001 University of Basel |
| Scientific Name | Erigeron annuus |
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| Location | Sevelen SG, Switzerland |
| Comments | Asteraceae |
| Acknowledgements | courtesy Botanical Image Database |
| Copyright | © 2001 University of Basel |
