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Brassicales

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Coast wallflower, Erysimum ammophilumIndian cress, Tropaeolum minusPapaya tree, Carica papaya
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Containing group: Rosids

References

Bailey, C. D. , M. A. Koch, M. Mayer, K. Mummenhoff, S. L. O'Kane, Jr., S. I. Warwick, M. D. Windham, and I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 2006. Toward a global phylogeny of the Brassicaceae. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23:2142-2160.

Rodman, J., R. A. Price, K. Karol, E. Conti, K. J. Systma, and J. D. Palmer. 1993. Nucleotide sequences of the rbcL gene indicate monophyly of mustard oil plants. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 80:686-699.

Rodman, J., P. S. Soltis, D. E. Soltis, K. J. Sytsma, and K. G. Karol. 1998. Parallel evolution of glucosinolate biosynthesis inferred from congruent nuclear and plastid gene phylogenies. American Journal of Botany 87:997-1006.

Ronse De Craene L. P. 2002. Floral development and anatomy of Pentadiplandra (Pentadiplandraceae): a key genus in the identification of floral morphological trends in the core Brassicales. Canadian Journal of Botany 80:443-459.

Ronse De Craene, L. P. 2005. Floral developmental evidence for the systematic position of Batis (Bataceae). American Journal of Botany 92:752-760.

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. 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. 2000b. 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.

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Coast wallflower, Erysimum ammophilum
Scientific Name Erysimum ammophilum
Location Marina State Beach (Monterey County, California, USA)
Comments Coast wallflower (Brassicaceae)
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 1995
Indian cress, Tropaeolum minus
Scientific Name Tropaeolum minus
Comments Indian cress (Tropaeolaceae)
Copyright © Kurt Stüber
Papaya tree, Carica papaya
Scientific Name Carica papaya
Location Cultivated plant, Puerto de la Cruz, Teneriffa, Canary Islands.
Comments Papaya tree (Caricaceae).
Acknowledgements courtesy Botanical Image Database
Copyright © 2001 University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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