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Topic: Degeneriaceae


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 Magnoliales
Himantandraceae + Degeneriaceae + Eupomatiaceae + Annonaceae: anthers valvate, staminodes internal, pollen atectate, psilate, with granular infratectum, pollen tube transmission tissue differentiated; fruit indehiscent.
Degeneriaceae + Himantandraceae: flowers axillary; outer integument annular; x = 12.
Degeneriaceae may be recognised by their spiral, entire, estipulate leaves and large, axillary flowers with many tepals and a single carpel.
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 Amazon.com: Degeneriaceae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
related to the Magnoliaceae and Degeneriaceae, is a monogeneric,...
Degeneriaceae: A new family of flowering plants from Fiji by Irving W Bailey (Unknown Binding - 1942)
Soursop Myristicaceae Nutmeg and Mace Degeneriaceae Illiciales Illiciaceae Schisandraceae Laurales Austrobaileyaceae...
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 Protected areas of the Pacific Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The two palms Neoveitchia storckii and Gulubia microcarpa, found in south-east Viti Levu, are not found within the reserve.
Degeneria vitiensis, one of only two species of the Fijian endemic family Degeneriaceae, is found in the reserve (Watling et al., 1989).
Fauna Both species of flying fox found on Viti Levu, the insular flying fox Pteropus tonganus (I) and the Samoan flying fox P.
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 Timely Quotes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The main distinctive feature of a flower compared to all known strobili of other seed plants is the presence of carpels, i.e., or more or less closed megasporophylls.
The strobilus-like character of the flower is most evident in such archaic families as Magnoliaceae, Degeneriaceae, Winteraceae, Annonaceae, Nymphaceae, Ranunculaceae, Paeoniaceae, etc.
The most primitive flowers, like those of Degeneria, many Magnoliaceae, Galbulimima, Eupomatia, and Winteraceae, are of moderate size with a moderately elongated receptacle.
www.colorado.edu /epob/epob3520tranker/takh.html   (245 words)

  
 Introduction
Myristicaceae [Magnoliaceae [[Himantandraceae + Degeneriaceae] [Eupomatiaceae + Annonaceae]]]
It will be useful in for arranging herbaria, books, etc. Of course, any symmetrical parts of the tree can be rotated and the sequence amended accodingly.
Amborellaceae Hydatellaceae Cabombaceae Nymphaeaceae Austrobaileyaceae Schisandraceae Trimeniaceae Ceratophyllaceae Chloranthaceae Myristicaceae Magnoliaceae Himantandraceae Degeneriaceae Eupomatiaceae Annonaceae Calycanthaceae Siparunaceae Gomortegaceae Atherospermataceae Monimiaceae Hernandiaceae Lauraceae Canellaceae Winteraceae Hydnoraceae Lactoridaceae Aristolochiaceae Piperaceae Saururaceae Acoraceae Araceae Tofieldiaceae Hydrocharitaceae Butomaceae Alismataceae Limnocharitaceae Scheuchzeriaceae [Aponogetonaceae [Juncaginaceae Posidoniaceae [Ruppiaceae + Cymodoceaceae]] [Zosteraceae + Potamogetonaceae]]]]]]
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 The evolution of staminodes in angiosperms: patterns of stamen reduction, loss, and functional re-invention -- ...
1. Degeneria vitiensis (Degeneriaceae) flower in male phase after Endress (1984b)
The staminodes (shaded fl) cover the receptive stigmas.
secreting food bodies in the Degeneriaceae (Endress, 1984b
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