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Dodecatheon Meadia L., W. E. Mcclain

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Viola Pratincola Greene, W. E. Mcclain

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Viola Pratincola Greene, John E. Ebinger

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Viola Pedata L., John E. Ebinger

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Claytonia Virginica L., John E. Ebinger

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Viola Sororia Willd., W. E. Mcclain

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Angiosperm Phylogeny: 17 Genes, 640 Taxa, Douglas E. Soltis, Steven A. Smith, Nico Cellinese, Kenneth J. Wurdack, David C. Tank, Samuel F. Brockington, Nancy F. Refulio-Rodriguez, Jay B. Walker, Michael J. Moore, Barbara S. Carlsward, Charles D. Bell, Maribeth Latvis, Sunny Crawley, Chelsea Black, Diaga Diouf, Zhenxiang Xi, Catherine A. Rushworth, Matthew A. Gitzendanner, Kenneth J. Sytsma, Yin-Long Qiu, Khidir W. Hilu, Charles C. Davis, Michael J. Sanderson, Reed S. Beaman, Richard G. Olmstead, Walter S. Judd, Michael S. Donoghue, Pamela S. Soltis

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

• Premise of the study : Recent analyses employing up to fi ve genes have provided numerous insights into angiosperm phylogeny, but many relationships have remained unresolved or poorly supported. In the hope of improving our understanding of angiosperm phylogeny, we expanded sampling of taxa and genes beyond previous analyses.

• Methods : We conducted two primary analyses based on 640 species representing 330 families. The fi rst included 25 260 aligned base pairs (bp) from 17 genes (representing all three plant genomes, i.e., nucleus, plastid, and mitochondrion). The second included 19 846 aligned bp from 13 genes (representing only …

Fagus Grandifolia, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

American beech has a broad native range across eastern North America from northern Florida, north to Maine and Nova Scotia, west to Michigan and eastern Wisconsin, south along the southeastern border of Illinois and Missouri and into southern Arkansas, southeastern Texas, and Louisiana across the Gulf of Mexico states all forming a perimeter wherein it is distributed (Burns 1990).

Davidia Involucrata, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

The dove tree has a native distribution in the West Szechuan and West Hupeh regions of China (Dirr 1998).

Quercus Alba, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Quercus alba has a natural range from Texas, north through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and Ontario, east throughout the rest of the United States, including Ontario and Quebec in Canada (USDA 2011).

Aceraceae - Acer Triflorum Komar, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Family

The three flowered maple is an attractive plant particularly for its exfoliating bark and vibrant fall foliage offering shades of orange, red, yellow, and purple that doesn’t get the horticultural attention that may be deserving of its ornamental character (Hill 2010).

Musa Basjoo, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

While often listed to be native to Japan, Musa basjoo, was actually introduced into Japan from China where the only wild populations remain in the Sichuan Province. The original Japanese account was of a cultivated specimen (Liu 2002).

Nyssa Sylvatica, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Nyssa sylvatica has a native range from Texas, north into Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, and east throughout the rest of the United States, including Ontario in Canada (USDA 2011).

Magnolia Tripetala, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

In the wild, the umbrella magnolia is found in forests from Pennsylvania south to Georgia and west to Arkansas and Mississippi. It prefers moist soil along mountain streams and edges of swamps (Callaway 1994). As broad as its range, it is never common.

Metasequoia Glyptostroboides, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Dawn redwood has a limited native range consisting of a number of populations in the mixed forests of the western Hubei, eastern Sichuan, and southern Hunan Provinces of China. There are also single trees that exist outside its range that are evidence of a wider range that is suspected to have existed before settlement of these areas and subsequent harvesting of the trees for anthropogenic use (Williams 2005).

Acer Triflorum, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Acer triflorum has a native range in forests of Manchuria and south-central Korea (Dirr 1998, Jones 1999).

Magnolia Macrophylla, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

While never becoming a dominant tree, the bigleaf magnolia has a wide natural range in forests as far south as Georgia, west to Louisiana and Arkansas, north up to Ohio and Kentucky with it being most common in south central Mississippi. It prefers shady and moist areas along gorges (Callaway 1994).

Ostrya Virginiana, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Ostrya virginiana occurs on dry woodland slopes in its natural range from Crook County of northeastern most Wyoming, and east throughout nearly the rest of North America, with exception of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada (Dirr 1998, USDA 2011).

Magnolia Virginiana, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Magnolia virginiana has a native range from Florida, north to Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania, and south to Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas in swamps (Callaway 1994).

Franklinia Alatamaha, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Noted botanists John and William Bartram were the first to come across Franklinia on October 1, 1765 along the Altamaha (formerly Alatamaha) River near Fort Barrington, Georgia (Fry 2000, Tredici 2005). It was last observed growing in nature in 1803, and has long been extinct in the wild.

Ginkgo Biloba, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Natural stands of Ginkgo biloba are all but eliminated from the wild with the exception of those occurring in mountains along the Yangtze River in China (Royer 2003).

Parrotia Persica, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Persian ironwood has a native range in moist forests of lowlands and low mountains in northern Iran (Binka 2003).

Diospyros Virginiana, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Diospyros virginiana has a native range from Nebraska, east through the Midwest to the East Coast into New York and Maryland, throughout the Southeast and down to Texas, including Utah and California (USDA 2011).

Tetradium Daniellii, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Tetradium daniellii has a natural range in forests and open slopes of Korea and northern China (Dirr 1998, Zhang 2011).

Aceraceae - Acer Griseum, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Family

Acer griseum was first brought to North America in 1907 by Ernest Henry Wilson in the form of two seedlings that were collected from Hubei Province in China. These two original plants remain at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and were the source of the first North American horticultural distribution of the plant in 1927 (Del Tredici 2007). It is a handsome plant with very showy bark and is becoming more popular and easier to obtain than it has been in the past.

Acer Griseum, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Acer griseum was first brought to North America in 1907 by Ernest Henry Wilson in the form of two seedlings that were collected from Hubei Province in China. These two original plants remain at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and were the source of the first North American horticultural distribution of the plant in 1927 (Del Tredici 2007). It is a handsome plant with very showy bark and is becoming more popular and easier to obtain than it has been in the past.

Carpinus Caroliniana, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Carpinus caroliniana has a native range from Texas, north to Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, throughout the rest of the eastern United States, including Ontario and Quebec, occurring in understories along waterways (USDA 2011, Dirr 1998).

Elliottia Racemosa, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Georgia plume has a limited range occurring on sandy soils in seventy discrete stands in Georgia along the Altamaha- Ogeechee- Savannah river system and one location in South Carolina (Tucker 2009).

Cedrus Libani, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Cedar of Lebanon had an extensive ancient range through Lebanon, Syria, and Southern Turkey. It now is greatly reduced and fragmented through economic exploitation for 5000 years, agricultural clearing, and war. Populations are found in the Taurus Mountains and Black Sea region of Turkey, the eastern side of Jabal an-Nusayriya in Syria, and the western mountain range in Lebanon (Khuri 2000).

Koelreuteria Paniculata, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside

Plants by Genus Species

Koelreuteria paniculata is native to temperate regions in China, Korea and Japan and is typically found in dry valleys (Dosmann 2006).