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| | Matthews, Merran L.* and Peter K. Endress. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Molecular studies, however, have proposed a profound rearrangement of families resulting in a new order, Oxalidales, comprising widely disparate families, including Elaeocarpaceae and Tremandracae, in addition to Oxalidaceae, Connaraceae, Cephalotaceae, Cunoniaceae, and Brunelliaceae (APG, 1998; Savolainen et al., 2000). |
 | | As part of a larger study, which focuses on a comparison of the morphology, anatomy and histology of flowers of all families of Oxalidales, special attention was given to assessment of the inclusion of Tremandraceae (3 genera, endemic to Australia) into Elaeocarpaceae (9 genera, pantropical and temperate). |
 | | These characters include: petals larger than sepals in bud and forming the protective organs, petals induplicate-valvate with involute margins, anthers elongate and basifixed with lignified hairs, anther dehiscence poricidal, ovary locules with lignified hairs, ovules with a chalazal appendage, ovules with hairs, and petals with three vascular traces (although they have a narrow base). |
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