Myrtales
Kenneth J. Sytsma and Jeffrey R. Hapeman
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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.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Epilobium anguistifolium |
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| Location | Serbia, Vlasina lake |
| Image Use |
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© Snezana Trifunovic
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| Scientific Name | Oenothera californica |
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| 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 |
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© 2000 California Academy of Sciences
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| Scientific Name | Eucalyptus viminalis (Myrtaceae) |
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| Location | Native to Australia, specimen photographed in Sunol (Alameda County, California, USA) |
| Comments | Manna gum |
| Creator | Photograph by Charles Webber |
| Source Collection | CalPhotos |
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© 1998 California Academy of Sciences
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About This Page
Kenneth J. Sytsma
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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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/
