| |
| | Malpighiales |
 | | Salicaceae are weakly associated with Passifloraceae, and in turn with Humiriaceae and Pandaceae, in Chase et al (2002). |
 | | Turneraceae + Malesherbiaceae + Passifloraceae [= Passifloraceae s.l.]: cyclopentenoid cyanogenic glucosides and/or cyclopentenyl fatty acids +; (plant with unpleasant smell); (foliar glands +), colleters +; K + C together forming a tube; (corona or scales on C); funicular aril +, endotestal cells large, exotegmen palisade, endotegmen persistent; endosperm persistent, oily. |
 | | Many Passifloraceae are tendrillar vines or lianes; the leaves are alternate, stipulate, often with palmate venation, and often with glands on the lamina or petiole. |
| www.mobot.org /MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/malpighialesweb.htm (10108 words) |
|