Fraction of all angiosperms (flowering plants) that are asterids and rosids

Range asterids 41% rosids 24 %
Organism Plants
Reference Arrivault S et al., Metabolite profiles reveal interspecific variation in operation of the Calvin-Benson cycle in both C4 and C3 plants. J Exp Bot. 2019 Mar 27 70(6):1843-1858. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erz051 p.1855 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID30773587
Comments P.1855 left column 2nd paragraph: "The three C3 eudicot species represent two of the major lineages within the eudicots, namely the asterids (N. tabacum) and rosids (A. thaliana and M. esculenta), that contain 41% and 24% of all angiosperms, respectively."
Entered by Uri M
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