Abstract
The Nymphaeales are assigned a key, basal, pivotal evolutionary position in nearly every old and modern system of classification. Over the past three decades many of the studies on this plant group have focused on floral aspects, especially vasculature and developmental studies. In this investigation, literature on the floral vasculature of the taxon has been reviewed with 12 characters selected for cladistic analysis. Results of phylogenetic analysis of floral vascular features are in agreement with other sets of data (e.g. morphological, biochemical, molecular) in retaining the Nelumbonales as a separate order from the Nymphaeales. Floral vasculature features offer less resolution, however, of relationships within the Nymphaeales.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 325-342 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Aquatic Botany |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1993 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Most of the information for this publication has been gleaned from the several papers by Moseley, Schneider, and Williamson listed in the literature citations. The research for these publications has been supported primarily by NatioLal Science Foundation grants G-5429, GB-5067, DEB-8108092, DEB-8102041, several grants from the Academic Senate, University of California, Santa Barbara, Faculty Organized Research Grants from Southwest Texas State University, and a grant from the L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. The authors extend special thanks to Drs. Tom Philbrick and Don Les for their critical review and valuable comments during the development of the manuscript.