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Rosids

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Rosa rugosa
taxon links [up-->]Fagales [up-->]Rosales [up-->]Crossosomatales [up-->]Sapindales [up-->]Malvales [up-->]Myrtales [up-->]Cucurbitales [up-->]Gerrardinaceae [up-->]Malpighiales [up-->]Geraniales [up-->]Celastrales [up-->]Brassicales [up-->]Fabales [up-->]Zygophyllales [up-->]Oxalidales [down<--]Core Eudicots 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

Other Names for Rosids

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. 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.

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. 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.

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.

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Scientific Name Euphorbia coerulescens
Location Botanical Garden, Valencia, Spain
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
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Copyright © 2005
Scientific Name Conocarpus erecta
Location Sinaloa, Mexico
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex Female
Body Part Flower
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © 2008
Rosa rugosa
Scientific Name Rosa rugosa
Location Seashore, Tomakomai, Hokkaido (Japan)
Comments Rosales, Rosaceae
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 1998
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