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11 - Asterids

Tubes and Pseudanthia

from Part II - Floral Diagrams in the Major Clades of Flowering Plants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2022

Louis P. Ronse De Craene
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Floral diagrams are presented for thirty-six families out of nine orders of SupperAsteridae. Asterids represent the pinacle in Pentapetalae floral evolution, expressing a strong synorganization between whorls and the stabilization of a tetracyclic Bauplan with five sepals, five petals, a single whorl of stamens (haplostemony) and two carpels. The lower Asterids share characters of basal Pentapetalae and rosids and present all characteristics of a transition to euasterids. Diferent trends are higlighted in lamiids and campanulids. The development of a stamen-petal tube emerges in the basal Asterids and is prominent in the lamiids in association with median monosymmetry. An important evolutionary trend representing the sterilisation of stamens in Lamiales is shown through floral diagrams. In Campanulids there is a shift towards the reduction of the stamen-petal tube as well as the reduction of the calyx linked with an inferior ovary and a lower number of ovules.

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Floral Diagrams
An Aid to Understanding Flower Morphology and Evolution
, pp. 341 - 412
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Asterids
  • Louis P. Ronse De Craene, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
  • Book: Floral Diagrams
  • Online publication: 11 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108919074.012
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  • Louis P. Ronse De Craene, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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  • Asterids
  • Louis P. Ronse De Craene, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
  • Book: Floral Diagrams
  • Online publication: 11 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108919074.012
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