Berberidopsidales

Berberidopsis corallina

The Berberidopsidales are a small order within the angiosperms ( Magnoliopsida ). It includes only two families. You have a disjoint area, there are only deposits in Chile and eastern Australia.

Description

There are evergreen trees or shrubs klimmende. The leaves are simple. Stipules absent. Are formed stone fruits or berries.

The two families differ morphologically and have been summarized after molecular biological analyzes in an order. Even within families show strong variations in the types of many characteristics. So there are spiral and farmers celled flowers and one-, three - and fivefold Gynöceen

System

The Berberidopsidales are the sister group of the clade from ( Santalales ( Caryophyllales Asterides ) ). It includes only two species-poor families:

Swell

  • Klaus Kubitzki (ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Volume 9: Flowering Plants - eudicots. Berberidopsidales, Buxales, Crossosomatales, Fabales pp, Geraniales, Gunnerales, Myrtales pp, Proteales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Clusiaceae Alliance, Passifloraceae Alliance, Dilleniaceae, Huaceae, Picramniaceae, Sabiaceae. Springer, Berlin and others 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-32214-6.
  • The order of Berberidopsidales in APWebsite (English )
Disjunct distribution Drupe Berry Asterids Aextoxicon Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Digital Object Identifier
117023
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