Superrosids

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Superrosids
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–recent
Euphorbia heterophylla (Painted Euphorbia) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9720.jpg
Euphorbia heterophylla
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Core eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clades [1]

The superrosids are members of a large clade (monophyletic group) of flowering plants, containing more than 88,000 species, [2] and thus more than a quarter of all angiosperms. [3]

Contents

The clade is divided into 18 orders as defined in APG IV system. These orders, in turn, together comprise about 155 families. [1]

The name is based upon the name "Rosidae", which had usually been understood to be a subclass.

Relationships

The rosids and Saxifragales form the superrosids clade. [4] This is one of three groups that compose the Pentapetalae (core eudicots minus Gunnerales), [5] the others being Dilleniales and the superasterids (Berberidopsidales, Caryophyllales, Santalales, and asterids). [4]

Phylogeny

The phylogeny of superrosids shown below is adapted from the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group website. [4]

Saxifragales

rosids

References

  1. 1 2 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi: 10.1111/boj.12385 .
  2. ↑ Hengchang Wang; Michael J. Moore; Pamela S. Soltis; Charles D. Bell; Samuel F. Brockington; Roolse Alexandre; Charles C. Davis; Maribeth Latvis; Steven R. Manchester & Douglas E. Soltis (10 Mar 2009), "Rosid radiation and the rapid rise of angiosperm-dominated forests", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (10): 3853–3858, Bibcode:2009PNAS..106.3853W, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0813376106 , PMC   2644257 , PMID   19223592
  3. ↑ Robert W. Scotland & Alexandra H. Wortley (2003), "How many species of seed plants are there?", Taxon, 52 (1): 101–104, doi:10.2307/3647306, JSTOR   3647306
  4. 1 2 3 Peter F. Stevens (2001), Angiosperm Phylogeny Website
  5. ↑ Philip D. Cantino; James A. Doyle; Sean W. Graham; Walter S. Judd; Richard G. Olmstead; Douglas E. Soltis; Pamela S. Soltis & Michael J. Donoghue (2007), "Towards a phylogenetic nomenclature of Tracheophyta" (PDF), Taxon, 56 (3): 822–846, doi:10.2307/25065865, JSTOR   25065865, archived from the original on July 5, 2008
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