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Myrtales

Kenneth J. Sytsma and Jeffrey R. Hapeman
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California evening-primrose, Oenothera californicaManna gum, Eucalyptus viminalis
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Containing group: Rosids

References

Conti, E., A. Litt, and K.J. Sytsma. 1996. Circumscription of Myrtales and their relationships to other rosids: evidence from rbcL sequence data. American Journal of Botany 83:221-233.

Conti, E., A. Litt, P. G. Wilson, S. A. Graham, B. G. Briggs, L. A. S. Johnson, and K. J. Sytsma. 1997. Interfamilial relationships in Myrtales: molecular phylogeny and patterns of morphological evolution. Systematic Botany 22:629-647.

Dahlgren, R. and R. F. Thorne. 1984. The order Myrtales: Circumscription, variation, and relationships. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 71:633-699.

Johnson, L. A. S. and B. G. Briggs. 1984. Myrtales and Myrtaceae-a phylogenetic analysis. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 71:700-756.

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.

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Scientific Name Epilobium anguistifolium
Location Serbia, Vlasina lake
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Snezana Trifunovic
California evening-primrose, Oenothera californica
Scientific Name Oenothera californica
Location Mojave Desert (San Bernardino County, California, USA)
Comments California evening-primrose (Onagraceae)
Creator Photograph by Jo-Ann Ordano
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 2000 California Academy of Sciences
Manna gum, Eucalyptus viminalis
Scientific Name Eucalyptus viminalis (Myrtaceae)
Location Native to Australia, specimen photographed in Sunol (Alameda County, California, USA)
Comments Manna gum
Creator Photograph by Charles Webber
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 1998 California Academy of Sciences
About This Page

Kenneth J. Sytsma
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

Jeffrey R. Hapeman

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Citing this page:

Sytsma, Kenneth J. and Jeffrey R. Hapeman. 1996. Myrtales. Version 01 January 1996 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Myrtales/21046/1996.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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