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| | Gentianales |
 | | Boraginaceae (plus Vahliaceae) may be associated with Lamiales; only in ndhF analyses is there some support for a position in Solanales (Olmstead et al. |
 | | Boraginaceae have sometimes been associated with Lamiaceae in particular, but the latter have iridoids, opposite leaves, square (not rounded) stems, monosymmetric flowers usually with 4 stamens, endosperm with haustoria and embryo with a long suspensor, and the two are not close. |
 | | Rough to hispid, spiral, exstipulate leaves occur throughout the family, the inflorescence is cymose, and the flowers usually are radially symmetrical and with an often clearly 4-lobed and 4-ovulate bicarpellate gynoecium. |
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