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| | Palaeodicotyledon - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Based on recent DNA analyses, it appears that ancestors of the shrub Amborella trichopoda, the only species in order Amborellales, were the first to split off from the main Angiosperm line, followed by the Nymphaeales and Austrobaileyales. |
 | | The next main split occurred when the ancestor of the Ceratophyllales and Eudicots diverged from the ancestor of the sister taxa Chloranthales, Magnoliids, and Monocots. |
 | | The Magnoliid group is monophyletic, and includes orders Canellales, Piperales, Laurales, and Magnoliales. |
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