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Solanales

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Calystegia dahuricaYellow nightshade groundcherry, Physalis crassifolia
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Containing group: Asterids

References

Albach, D. C., P. S. Soltis, D. E. Soltis, and R. G. Olmstead. 2001. Phylogenetic analysis of asterids based on sequences of four genes. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88:163-212.

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.

Olmstead, R. G., K.-J. Kim, R. K. Jansen, and S. J. Wagstaff. 2000. The phylogeny of the Asteridae sensu lato based on chloroplast ndhF gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 16:96-112.

Olmstead, R. G., J. A. Sweere, R. E. Spangler, L. Bohs, and J. D. Palmer. 1999. Phylogeny and provisional clasification of the Solanaceae based on chloroplast DNA. Pages 111-137 in Solanaceae IV: Advances in Biology and Utilization. M. Nee, D. Symon, R. N. Lester, and J. P. Jessop, eds. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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. 2000. 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.

Information on the Internet

Botanical Garden of Nijmegen. Most extensive ex situ plant collection of non-tuberous Solanaceae species in the world.
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Calystegia dahurica
Scientific Name Calystegia dahurica
Location Vladivostok city, Primorsky Territory (Russian Federation).
Comments Convolvulaceae
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 1999
Yellow nightshade groundcherry, Physalis crassifolia
Scientific Name Physalis crassifolia
Location Anza Borrego Desert State Park (San Diego County, California, USA).
Comments Yellow nightshade groundcherry (Solanaceae).
Creator Photograph by Gerald and Buff Corsi
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences
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