1. EUDICOTS 1 ?

2. 1 2 3 4 56 ~190,000 Species (75% of All Angiosperms)

3. 78 EUDICOT SYNAPOMORPHY: Triporate / Tricolpate Pollen

4. EUDICOTS 1 Eudicot Synampomorphies

5. 13 EUDICOTS: Other Recognition Characters

6. 9

7. 11(sometimes) EUDICOTS: Other Recognition Characters

8. (sometimes) 10 EUDICOTS: Other Recognition Characters

10. Early Cretaceous Eudicots: Lusistemon (Portugal, ~120 MYA) StamenPollen Pedersen, K.R. et al. 2007. Early Cretaceous floral structures and in situ tricolpate-striate pollen: New early eudicots from Portugal. Grana 46:176-196

11. EUDICOT PHYLOGENY ?

12. RANUNCULACEAE 14 1 15 16 17

13. 21 22 RANUNCULACEAE: Ranunculus 23

14. 19 RANUNCULACEAE: Ranunculus 20 21

15. RANUNCULACEAE: Anemone, Clematis

16. 15 RANUNCULACEAE: Aconitum, Aquilegia, Delphinium

17. RANUNCULACEAE (Ranunculus) Vegetative: Calyx: Corolla: Androecium: Gynoecium: Fruit:

18. 29 30

19. PAPAVERACEAE: Papaver, Escholtzia, Argemone 24 25 26

20. PAPAVERACEAE: Papaver 26

21. 31 28 PAPAVERACEAE: Papaver

23. 37 PAPAVERACEAE: Escholtzia

24. 36 38 PAPAVERACEAE: Escholtzia

25. 34 PAPAVERACEAE: Argemone

26. 33 PAPAVERACEAE: Argemone 35

27. PAPAVERACEAE (Argemone) Vegetative: Calyx: Corolla: Androecium: Gynoecium: Fruit:

28. Fig. 9.40 in Judd et al. 2008 Ranunculales Hypothetical Relationships

29. 40 PLATANACEAE: Platanus

30. 41 42 43 PLATANACEAE: Platanus

31. EUDICOT PHYLOGENY ?

32. 14 15 24 ?