An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-436

  Bremer, Birgitta ^a   Bremer, Kåre ^b   Chase, Mark W ^c   Reveal, James L ^d   Soltis, Douglas E ^e   Soltis, Pamela S ^f   Stevens, Peter F ^g   Anderberg, Arne A ^h   Fay, Michael F ^h   Goldblatt, Peter ^h   Judd, Walter S ^h   Källersjö, Mari ^h   Kårehed, Jesper ^h   Kron, Kathleen A ^h   Lundberg, Johannes ^h   Nickrent, Daniel L ^h   Olmstead, Richard G ^h   Oxelman, Bengt ^h   Pires, J Chris ^h   Rodman, James E ^h   Rudall, Paula J ^h   Savolainen, Vincent ^h   Sytsma, Kenneth J ^h   Van Der Bank, Michelle ^h   Wurdack, Kenneth ^h   Xiang, Jenny Q Y ^h   Zmarzty, Sue ^h   more..

^a ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Gene sequences; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ACHARIACEAE; AGAPANTHACEAE; AGAVACEAE; ALLIACEAE; AMARYLLIDACEAE; AQUIFOLIALES; ASPARAGACEAE; ASPARAGALES; AUSTROBAILEYALES; BARBEUIACEAE; BONNETIACEAE; CALCEOLARIACEAE; CANELLALES; CAPRIFOLIACEAE; CARDIOPTERIDACEAE; CARYOPHYLLALES; CELASTRALES; CHRYSOBALANACEAE; COMMELINALES; CORSIACEAE; CROSSOSOMATALES; CTENOLOPHONACEAE; DICHAPETALACEAE; DIERVILLACEAE; DIOSCOREALES; DIPSACACEAE; ELATINACEAE; ERICALES; ERYTHROXYLACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; EUROSIDS I; FLACOURTIACEAE; GEISSOLOMATACEAE; GISEKIACEAE; GUNNERALES; HANGUANACEAE; HYACINTHACEAE; HYDNORACEAE; IXONANTHACEAE; LILIIFLORAE; LINNAEACEAE; LOPHOPYXIDACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALPIGHIALES; MAYACACEAE; MORINACEAE; NARTHECIACEAE; OROBANCHACEAE; PANDANALES; PARACRYPHIACEAE; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PASSIFLORACEAE; PENTAPHYLACACEAE; PHYLLANTHACEAE; PICRODENDRACEAE; PIPERALES; PLANTAGINACEAE; POALES; PODOSTEMACEAE; RAPATEACEAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; ROSIDS; RUSCACEAE; SALICACEAE; SALIX; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SLADENIACEAE; STRASBURGERIACEAE; TRIURIDACEAE; TURNERACEAE; VALERIANACEAE; VITACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 0037393246     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x     Document Type: Article

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