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. 2008 May 14;3(5):e2139. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002139

Figure 2. Phylogeny and age estimate of five flowering plant groups in the Macaronesian Islands.

Figure 2

(A) the woody Sonchus alliance (Asterids, Euasterid II, Asterales) (species in the pictures, from top to bottom; Sonchus gandogeri*, S. acaulis*, and S. canariensis*) . (B) Echium (Asterids, Euasterid I, unplaced) (species in the pictures; Echium auberianum , E. callithyrsum*, and E. wildpretii ). (C) the Aeonium alliance (Saxifragales) (species in the pictures; Aichryson punctatum , Monanthes muralis , Greenovia aurea*, and Aeonium cuneatum ). (D) Sideritis (Asterids, Euasterid I, Lamiales) (species in the pictures, top left, Sideritis gomerae ; top right, S. macrostachys ; bottom row, S. eriocephala ). (E) Crambe (Rosids, Eurosid II, Brassicales) (species in the pictures; Crambe scaberrima § and C. pritzelii §). Branch colors: gray, closest continental relatives; black, the Canary Islands; blue, Madeira; red, Cape Verde. Branch lengths are proportional to changes on the trees and outgroup taxa are not shown. (photo credits: *Seung-Chul Kim, Jose Mesa, Janet C. Barber, §Manuel Luis Gil González, and Mark Mort).