Angiosperm Phylogeny Poster – Flowering Plant Systematics

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1 Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
2 Institute of Biology, Plant Morphology and Systematics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.2320v1
Published
Accepted
Subject Areas
Biodiversity, Evolutionary Studies, Plant Science, Taxonomy, Science and Medical Education
Keywords
Angiosperms, Flowering Plants, Phylogeny, Plant Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity, Science Education, Vascular Plants, Classification of Plants, Taxonomy
Copyright
© 2016 Cole et al.
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Cite this article
Cole TCH, Hilger HH. 2016. Angiosperm Phylogeny Poster – Flowering Plant Systematics. PeerJ Preprints 4:e2320v1

Abstract

The "Angiosperm Phylogeny Poster – Flowering Plant Systematics" is an educational tool presenting an overview of the evolutionary relationships among flowering plants according to APG IV and APweb as of 2016. The phylogenetic tree depicts the 64 orders and the majority of the 416 families, listing the main apomorphies and plesiomorphies as well as diagnostic and nondiagnostic anatomical, morphological, and phytochemical features for orders and higher levels within the tree. The intuitive color-coding facilitates memorization and teaching.

Translations of the poster by internationally renown botanists are now available in more than a dozen world languages. Hyperlinks to APweb (Peter F. Stevens, Missouri Botanical Garden) are provided for the orders and higher ranks.

This is one in a series of three educational posters on the phylogeny of land plants: Poster 1: "Angiosperms", Poster 2: "Tracheophytes: Lycophytes, Ferns, Gymnosperms", Poster 3: "Bryophytes: Liverworts, Mosses, Hornworts".

Author Comment

This poster was created as a teaching support tool to gain a better understanding and overview of the evolutionary relationships among flowering plants.