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Anderson, C. L., K. Bremer, and E. M. Friis. 2005. Dating phylogenetically basal eudicots using rbcL sequences and multiple fossil reference points. American Journal of Botany 92:1737-1748.
Carlquist, S. 1992. Wood anatomy of sympetalous dicotyledon families: a summary, with comments on systematic relationships and evolution of the woody habit. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 79:303-332.
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Endress, P. K. and A. Igersheim. 1999. Gynoecium diversity and systematics of the basal eudicots. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 130:305-393.
Hilu, K. W., C. Black, D. Diouf and J. G. Burleigh. 2008. Phylogenetic signal in matK vs. trnK: A case study in early diverging eudicots (angiosperms). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48(3):1120-1130.
Hilu, K. W., T. Borsch, K. Müller, 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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Magallón, S., P. R. Crane, and P. S. Herendeen. 1999. Phylogenetic pattern, diversity and diversification of eudicots. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 86:297-372.
Nandi, O. I., M. W. Chase, and P. K. Endress. 1998. A combined cladistic analysis of angiosperms using rbcL and non-molecular data sets. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 85:137-212.
Qiu, Y. L., J. H. Lee, F. Bernasconi-Quadroni, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, M. Zanis, E. A. Zimmer, Z. D. Chen, V. Savolainen, and M. W. Chase. 2000. Phylogeny of basal angiosperms: Analyses of five genes from three genomes. International Journal of Plant Sciences 161:S3-S27.
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.
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Soltis, D. E., A. E. Senters, M. J. Zanis, S. Kim, J. D. Thompson, P. S. Soltis, L. P. Ronse De Craene, P. K. Endress, and J. S. Farris. 2003. Gunnerales are sister to other core eudicots: implications for the evolution of pentamery. American Journal of Botany 90(3):461-470.
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Relationships of Parasitic Flowering Plants. Parasitic Plant Connection. Dan Nickrent, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.Title Illustrations
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Scientific Name | Pachysandra terminalis |
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Location | Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | DSC 8047 |
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Copyright | © 2007 autan |
Scientific Name | Dendromecon rigida |
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Location | Pickering Bar Trail, near Gold Run, Placer County, California, US |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | Dendromecon rigida; Bush Poppy |
Source Collection | CalPhotos |
Copyright | © 2001 |
Scientific Name | Banksia serrata |
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Location | cultivated |
Comments | Proteales, Proteaceae |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | Banksia serrata |
Source Collection | BioLib Online Library of Biological Books |
Copyright |
© Kurt Stüber
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Scientific Name | Arbutus andrachne |
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Location | Samos, Greece. |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | Arbutus andrachne (Ericaceae) |
Source Collection | Botanical Image Database |
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© 2001 University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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