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taxon links [down<--]eudicots Interpreting the tree
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Relationships after Hilu et al. (2003).
Containing group: eudicots

References

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., 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.

Hoot, S. B., S. Magallón-Puebla, and P. R. Crane. 1999. Phylogeny of basal eudicots based on three molecular datasets: atpB and rbcL sequences, trnK restriction sites and morphological characters. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 86:119-131.

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.

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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Scientific Name Platanus racemosa
Location Alameda County, California, USA
Creator Photograph by Charles Webber
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Platanus racemosa; California Sycamore
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Scientific Name Nelumbo nucifera
Location cultivated, Olympic Park, Beijing, China
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Scientific Name Protea cynaroides
Location cultivated at San Francisco Botanical Garden
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
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Austin Mast
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

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