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Basal Angiosperms (paleodicots)

The basal angiosperms are the flowering plants which diverged from the lineage leading to most flowering plants. The basal angiosperms are only a few hundred species, compared with hundreds of thousands of species of eudicots, monocots or magnoliids.1

The APG II system does not recognize a group called "paleodicots" but assigns these early-diverging dicots to several orders and unplaced families: Amborellaceae, Nymphaeaceae (including Cabombaceae), Austrobaileyales, Ceratophyllales (not included among the "paleodicots" by Leitch et al. 1998), Chloranthaceae, and the magnoliid clade (orders Canellales, Piperales, Laurales, and Magnoliales). Subsequent research has added Hydatellaceae to the paleodicots.1

Although APG does not formally recognize paleodicots, for the purpose of this page and display purposes we are using the broader term here in the EEB Greenhouses.

References:

  1. Basal Angiosperms at Wikipedia. Accessed 18 July 2015.
  2. Soltis, Pam, Doug Soltis, and Christine Edwards. 2005. Angiosperms. Flowering Plants at the Tree of Life Web Project. Accessed 18 July 2015.
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34 Accessions:

Amborella trichopoda Annona muricata Aristolochia fimbriata Aristolochia gigantea Aristolochia littoralis Aristolochia peruviana Aristolochia ringens Austrobaileya scandens Ceratophyllum demersum Chloranthus spicatus Cinnamomum camphora Cinnamomum verum Eupomatia laurina Illicium floridanum Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea Nymphaea thermarum Piper nigrum Schisandra chinensis

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  • {1} Piper nigrum - Black Pepper - Piperaceae
  • {2} Artabotrys hexapetalus - Ylang-Ylang - Annonaceae
  • {3} Annona cherimola - Cherimoya, Custard Apple - Annonaceae
  • {4} Annona muricata - Soursop - Annonaceae
  • {4} Persea americana - Avocado, Alligator Pear - Lauraceae
  • {4} Rollinia exsucca - Cashima - Annonaceae
  • {5} Aristolochia peruviana - Yellow Dutchman's Pipe - Aristolochiaceae
  • {5} Hernandia guianensis - Hernandiaceae
  • {6} Aristolochia arborea - Aristolochiaceae
  • {7} Aristolochia ringens - Gaping Dutchman's Pipe - Aristolochiaceae
  • {8} Ceratophyllum demersum - Coontail - Ceratophyllaceae
  • {9} Aristolochia littoralis - Calico Flower - Aristolochiaceae
  • {10} Laurus nobilis - Laurel, Sweet Bay - Lauraceae
  • {11} Umbellularia californica - California Laurel - Lauraceae
  • {12} Aristolochia chilensis - Orejas de Zorro, Fox Ears, Chilean Pipe Vine - Aristolochiaceae
  • {13} Cinnamomum camphora - Camphor Tree - Lauraceae
  • {14} Schisandra chinensis - Magnolia Vine - Schisandraceae
  • {15} Illicium parviflorum - Swamp Star Anise - Schisandraceae
  • {16} Aristolochia tomentosa - Woolly Dutchman's Pipe - Aristolochiaceae
  • {16} Asarum virginicum - Wild Ginger, Virginia Heartleaf - Aristolochiaceae
  • {17} Anemopsis californica - Yerba Mansa - Saururaceae W/C
  • {17} Houttuynia cordata - Chameleon Plant, Heartleaf, Giap ca, Dokudami - Saururaceae
  • {18} Illicium floridanum - Florida Anise - Schisandraceae
  • {19} Cinnamomum verum - Ceylon Cinnamon - Lauraceae
  • {19} Eupomatia laurina - Copper Laurel - Eupomatiaceae
  • {19} Magnolia figo - Banana Shrub, Port Wine Magnolia - Magnoliaceae
  • {20} Austrobaileya scandens - Austrobaileyaceae
  • {20} Chloranthus spicatus - Pearl Orchid, Chicken Feet Orchid - Chloranthaceae
  • {21} Aristolochia fimbriata - Aristolochiaceae
  • {21} Aristolochia gigantea - Brazilian Dutchman's Pipe - Aristolochiaceae
  • {0} Aristolochia californica - California Pipevine, California Snakeroot - Aristolochiaceae
  • {0} Amborella trichopoda - Amborella - Amborellaceae
  • {0} Nymphaea thermarum - Pygmy Rwandan Water Lily - Nymphaeaceae W/C
  • {0} Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - Blue Water Lily - Nymphaeaceae
  • WISHLIST ITEM: Cananga odorata - Ilang-Ilang, Macassar oiltree - Annonaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
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