The asterids (>80 000 living species) appear in the fossil record with considerable diversity during the Late Cretaceous (~90 Ma) and are strongly represented by Cornales (order of dogwoods). These early cornaleans have...
Tag - core eudicots
Alex Assiry
Berberidopsis beckleri, floral development and evolution of the core eudicots
The floral development of Berberidopsis beckleri is compared with its sister species B. corallina to clarify the origins of the pentamerous pentacyclic flower of the core eudicots. Both species are unusual amongst core...
botanyone
Floral structure and systematics in Malpighiales
The suprafamilial phylogenetic structure of Malpighiales, one of the largest orders of flowering plants, has been continuously improved over the past decade and the relationships of some subgroups are radically...
