Mesangiospermae
Sign in to saveAlso known as core angiosperms, Mesangiospermae (intended name under the draft PhyloCode), Mesangiosperms
thumb|Flower of Liriodendron tulipifera, a Mesangiosperm Mesangiospermae is a clade that contains the majority of flowering plants (angiosperms). Mesangiosperms are therefore known as the core angiosperms, in contrast to the three orders of earlier-diverging species known as the basal angiosperms: Nymphaeales (including water lilies), Austrobaileyales (including star anise), and Amborellales. Mesangiospermae includes about 350,000 species, while there are about 175 extant species of basal angiosperms.
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thumb|Flower of Liriodendron tulipifera, a Mesangiosperm Mesangiospermae is a clade that contains the majority of flowering plants (angiosperms). Mesangiosperms are therefore known as the core angiosperms, in contrast to the three orders of earlier-diverging species known as the basal angiosperms: Nymphaeales (including water lilies), Austrobaileyales (including star anise), and Amborellales. Mesangiospermae includes about 350,000 species, while there are about 175 extant species of basal angiosperms.
It is a name created under the rules of the PhyloCode system of phylogenetic nomenclature. While such a clade with a similar circumscription exists in the APG III system, it was not given a name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mesangiospermae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.