Jenny Qiu‐Yun Xiang, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Published online: May 2005
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003729
Cornales is a relatively small, but diverse, plant order of flowering plants belonging to the asterids clade. It contains trees, shrubs, lianas, and rhizomatous and rarely aquatic herbs that occur from cold temperate regions to the tropics, rarely in subarctic zones. Common representatives include flowering dogwood, bunchberry, cornelian cherry, black gum, hydrangea, mock orange, and blazing star.
Keywords: cornales; phylogeny; fossils; biogeography; morphological diversity; economic importance
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Figure 1. Phylogenetic tree of Cornales showing current understanding of phylogenetic relationships among families of the order.
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Figure 2. Cornus florida L., a small tree, produces capitate inflorescences subtended by four large showy bracts.
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