# vim: ts=50 nowrap noet textwidth=0 # # Title: Phylogeny of Gymnosperms # Label: Gymnosperms # Strict: 1 # # Notes:

I used the excellent Gymnosperm Database as a # starting point for this tree. The higher level relationships are still # being debated. The ones I've presented below are from Rai 2002. A few # recent analyses still support the old morphological placement of Gnetales # as sister to Angiosperms, however most place it among the Gymnosperms, and # some even suggest that it is closely related to Pinaceae. Likewise, # relationships within Pinaceae are uncertain. I used Liston 2003. The # basal position of Cedrus is weakly supported. # # Link: top top.html?node=Gymnosperms # ################################################################################ * Gymnosperms |. Cycadales |' Ginkgo{ales,aceae,,_biloba} | Coniferales ' Gnetales? * Cycadales | Cyc{adaceae,as} | Stangeriaceae ' Zamiaceae * Gnetales | Ephedr{aceae,a} |. Gnet{aceae,um} '' Welwitschi{aceae,a} * Coniferales | Pinaceae |.. Araucariaceae ||' Podocarpaceae ||. Sciadopity{aceae,s,s_verticillata}? |||. Cephalotax{aceae,us} |||| Cupressaceae '''' Taxaceae * Araucariaceae |. Agathis ||* Araucaria |||.. Araucaria_sect._Eutacta ||||' Araucaria_heterophylla |||' Araucaria_cunninghamii |||.. Araucaria_araucana ||||' Araucaria_angustifolia ||||. Araucaria_hunsteinii |'''' Araucaria_bidwillii ' Wollemia_nobilis * Cupressaceae | Cunningham{ioideae,ia} |. Taiwan{ioideae,ia} ||. Athrotax{idoideae,is} |||* Sequoioideae |||| Metasequoia ||||. Sequoiadendron{,_giganteum} |||'' Sequoia{,_sempervirens} |||.* Taxodioideae ||||| Cryptomeria |||||. Taxodium ||||'' Glyptostrobus ||||* Cupressaceae_s._str. |||||* Callitroideae |||||| Librocedrus ||||||. Widdringtonia ||||||' Diselma ||||||. Neocallitropsis ||||||' Callitris |||||| Actinostrobus? |||||| Austrocedrus? |||||| Fitzroya? |||||| Papuacedrus? |||||' Pilgerodendron? |||||* Cupressoideae ||||||. Thujopsis ||||||' Thuja ||||||.. Fokiena |||||||' Chamaecyparis |||||||.. Juniperus ||||||||' Cupressus ||||||||. Calocedrus |||||||||. Tetraclinis ||||||||||. Platycladus ||||||||||' Microbiota '''''''''' Xanthocyparis? * Pinaceae | Cedrus? |* Abietoideae ||. Abies ||' Keteleeria ||. Pseudolarix |||. Nothotsuga |''' Tsuga |.* Laricoideae ||| Larix ||' Pseudotsuga ||* Pinoideae ||| Cathaya ||| Picea ''' Pinus * Podocarpaceae | Phyllocladoideae ' Podocarpoideae * Stangeriaceae | Boweni{oideae,a} ' Stangeri{oideae,a} * Zamiaceae |* Encephalartoideae || Dio{oeae,on} ||* Macrozamiinae ||| Lepidozamia |'' Macrozamia | Zamioideae | Ceratozam{ieae,ia} |* Zamieae || Microcyc{adinae,as} ||* Zamiinae ||| Chigua ''' Zamia