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| | Caryophyllidae UW Aberystwyth Botanic Gardens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Their 'petals' seem to be modified sepals or stamens, suggesting that the ancestral group lacked petals. |
 | | Also, the ancestral group may have been herbaceous, as the Caryophyllidae are deficient in woody growth. |
 | | Members of the Caryophyllidae are familiar; the goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae include spinach and sugar beet, as well as weedy species of Chenopodium, and the halophytes Atriplex, Salicornia, and Sueda found on shorelines and saltmarshes. |
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