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Red Alder, Alnus rubraBlue oak, Quercus douglasiiBlack walnut, Juglans regia
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Relationships after Manos et al. (1993), Manos and Steele (1997), and Hilu et al. (2003).
Containing group: Rosids

References

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.

Manos, P. S., K. C. Nixon, and J. J. Doyle. 1993. Cladistic analysis of restriction site variation within the chloroplast DNA inverted repeat region of selected Hamamelididae. Systematic Botany 18:551-562.

Manos, P. S. and K. P. Steele. 1997. Phylogenetic analyses of 'higher' Hamamelididae based on plastid sequence data. American Journal of Botany 84:1407-1419.

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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Red Alder, Alnus rubra
Scientific Name Alnus rubra (Betulaceae)
Location Wildcat Canyon Park, East Bay Hills (Contra Costa County, California, USA)
Comments Red Alder
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 2002
Blue oak, Quercus douglasii
Scientific Name Quercus douglasii
Location Red Bluff (Tehama County, California, USA)
Comments Blue oak (Fagaceae)
Creator Photograph by Jed and Bonnie McClellan
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences
Black walnut, Juglans regia
Scientific Name Juglans regia
Location Allschwil, Basel, Switzerland.
Comments Black walnut (Juglandaceae), in winter condition.
Acknowledgements courtesy Botanical Image Database
Copyright © 2001 University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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