Superrosids

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]

Superrosids
Temporal range: Cretaceous–recent
Euphorbia heterophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Core eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clades[1]

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 
 

Vitales

 
eurosids 
fabids 
 

Zygophyllales

 
 
COM clade 
 

Celastrales

 
 
 

Malpighiales

 
 

Oxalidales

 
 
 
nitrogen‑fixing clade 
 

Fabales

 
 
 

Rosales

 
 
 

Fagales

 
 

Cucurbitales

 
 
 
 
 
 
malvids
 
 

Geraniales

 
 

Myrtales

 
 
 
 

Crossosomatales

 
 
 

Picramniales

 
 
 

Sapindales

 
 
 

Huerteales

 
 
 

Brassicales

 
 

Malvales

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. 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. 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
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