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

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-121

  Bremer, B ^a   Bremer, K ^b   Chase, M W ^c   Fay, M F ^c   Reveal, J L ^d   Bailey, L H ^d   Soltis, D E ^e   Soltis, P S ^f   Stevens, P F ^g   Anderberg, Arne A ^h   Moore, Michael J ^h   Olmstead, Richard G ^h   Rudall, Paula J ^h   Sytsma, Kenneth J ^h   Tank, David C ^h   Wurdack, Kenneth ^h   Xiang, Jenny Q Y ^h   Zmarzty, Sue ^h  

^a ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (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

Angiosperm classification; APG system; Classification system; DNA phylogenetics; Phylogenetic classification

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; ANGIOSPERM; DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SHRUB;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; AMBORELLALES; APHLOIACEAE; ASPARAGALES; BALANOPHORACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; BRASSICALES; BUXALES; CAMPANULIDS; CAPPARACEAE; CARYOPHYLLALES; CHLORANTHALES; CLEOMACEAE; CROSSOSOMATALES; CYTINACEAE; DIPENTODONTACEAE; ERICALES; GEISSOLOMATACEAE; HUACEAE; HUERTEALES; HYDATELLACEAE; LAMIALES; LILIALES; LINDERNIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALPIGHIALES; MALVALES; MITRASTEMONACEAE; NYMPHAEALES; OXALIDALES; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PASSIFLORACEAE; PERIDISCACEAE; PETERMANNIACEAE; PICRAMNIACEAE; PRIMULACEAE; RAFFLESIACEAE; SANTALALES; SAXIFRAGALES; SCHOEPFIACEAE; STRASBURGERIACEAE; THOMANDERSIACEAE; TROCHODENDRACEAE;

EID: 70350218974     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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