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| Diversity of Mesangiosperms | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Mesangiosperms |
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Mesangiospermae is a clade of flowering plants (angiosperms) that contains about 99.95% of all angiosperm species. Mesangiosperms are therefore known as the core angiosperms, in contrast to the earlier-diverging species known as the basal angiosperms. Mesangiospermae includes about 350,000 species,[1] while there are about 175 extant species of basal angiosperms.[2]
It is a name created under the rules of the PhyloCode system of phylogenetic nomenclature.[3] While such a clade with a similar circumscription exists in the APG III system, it was not given a name.[4]
- ^ Alan J. Paton, Neil Brummitt, Rafaël Govaerts, Kehan Harman, Sally Hinchcliffe, Bob Allkin, & Eimear Nic Lughadha (2008). "Towards Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation: a working list of all known plant species - progress and prospects". Taxon 57(2):602-611.
- ^ Peter F. Stevens (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website In: Missouri Botanical Garden Website. (see External links below).
- ^ Philip D. Cantino, James A. Doyle, Sean W. Graham, Walter S. Judd, Richard G. Olmstead, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, and Michael J. Donoghue (2007). "Towards a phylogenetic nomenclature of Tracheophyta". Taxon. 56 (3): 822–846. doi:10.2307/25065865. JSTOR 25065865.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, hdl:10654/18083