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Celastrales

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California Grass-of-Parnassus, Parnassia californicaWestern burning bush, Euonymus occidentalis var. occidentalisOregon boxwood, Paxistima myrsinites
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Containing group: Rosids

References

Savolainen, V., M. W. Chase, S. B. Hoot, C. M. Morton, D. E. Soltis, C. Bayer, M. F. Fay, A. Y. De Bruijn, S. Sullivan, and Y. L. Qiu. 2000a. Phylogenetics of flowering plants based on combined analysis of plastid atpB and rbcL gene sequences. Systematic Biology 49:306-362.

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. 2000b. Phylogeny of the eudicots: a nearly complete familial analysis based on rbcl gene sequences. Kew Bulletin 55:257-309.

Savolainen, V., R. Spichiger, and J.-F. Manen. 1997. Polyphyletism of Celastrales deduced from a chloroplast noncoding DNA region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 7:145-157.

Soltis, D. E., P. S. Soltis, M. W. Chase, M. E. Mort, D. C. Albach, M. Zanis, V. Savolainen, W. H. Hahn, S. B. Hoot, M. F. Fay, M. Axtell, S. M. Swensen, L. M. Prince, W. J. Kress, K. C. Nixon, and J. S. Farris. 2000. Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133:381-461.

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California Grass-of-Parnassus, Parnassia californica
Scientific Name Parnassia californica
Location Big Valley, ~5400', near waterfall, south of Cisco Grove (Placer County, California, USA)
Comments California Grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassiaceae)
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 2002
Western burning bush, Euonymus occidentalis var. occidentalis
Scientific Name Euonymus occidentalis var. occidentalis
Location Bear Valley trail, Point Reyes N. S. (Marin County, California, USA)
Comments Western burning bush (Celastraceae)
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 2002
Oregon boxwood, Paxistima myrsinites
Scientific Name Paxistima myrsinites
Location Grayback Pass (Siskiyou County, California, USA)
Comments Oregon boxwood (Celastraceae)
Creator Photograph by G. F. Hrusa
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 2001
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