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 | | To further investigate the position of Anisophylleaceae and to appropriately root a large molecular phylogeny of Cucurbitaceae, we are investigating family relationships in Cucurbitales. |
 | | Cucurbitales are strongly monophyletic, and Anisophylleaceae are sister to the remaining families, which form a trichotomy of (1) Cucurbitaceae, (2) Coriariaceae and Corynocarpaceae, and (3) Begoniaceae (Datiscaceae, Tetramelaceae). |
 | | With the exception of a few Coriariaceae and Corynocarpaceae, Cucurbitales have unisexual flowers, and plants are usually monoecious, with repeated shifts to dioecy in Begonia, Cucurbitaceae, Datisca cannabina, and Tetramelaceae, and to androdioecy in Schizopepon bryoniaefolius and Datisca glomerata. |
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