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| | Ericales |
 | | Balsaminaceae + Marcgraviaceae + Tetrameristaceae: myricetin +, ellagic acid 0; vessel elements with simple perforations; raphide sacs +, druses 0; lamina toothed; inflorescence racemose; A = and opposite K, free from C, anthers (near) basifixed, disc 0, ovules bitegmic, micropyle endostomal, style short, stigma little expanded; endosperm with micropylar haustorium. |
 | | Balsaminaceae are fleshy herbs with more or less translucent stems and usually spiral, toothed leaves. |
 | | The flowers are strongly monosymmetric and nearly always have a spur on the adaxial sepal, but since the flower is held upside-down the spur is on the lower (abaxial) part of the flower. |
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