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| | PBIO 450 Lecture Notes - Rosidae -- Spring 1998 |
 | | As may be seen, therefore, the placement of the Podostemaceae is still somewhat nedulous, and its near relatives somewhat questionable. |
 | | My own view is that they, along with the Haloragales and Gunnerales, form an isolated group of highly specialized rosoids with a saxifragean origin, with the terrestrial Gunneraceae being the basal unit in the group. |
 | | Given the reduction in the number of nuclei associated with the female gametophyte in the Podostemaceae (4) and Haloragaceae (8 - polygonum type), it should come as no surprise that the number in Gunneraceae is 16 (piper type). |
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