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| | Saxifragales |
 | | Cercidiphyllaceae + Daphniphyllaceae + Hamamelidaceae + Altingiaceae: cuticle waxes as tubules, nonacosan-10-ol the main wax; valvate anthers with protruding connectives, but there is little evidence that they form a monophyletic group. |
| | Hamamelidaceae are trees or shrubs that may be recognised by their often stellate or tufted hairs, their strongly stipulate leaves which often have ± palmate venation, their smallish flowers borne in rather dense inflorescences, and their bivalved, loculicidal and septicidal capsules with rather large seeds that have a hard, shiny, bicolored testa. |
| | Endocarpial cells are thickened and elongated transverse to the long axis of the fruit, and they look almost palisade in tranverse section of the cells. |
| www.mobot.org /MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/saxifragalesweb.htm (5349 words) |
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