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	Malpighiales
		Lophopyxidaceae + Putranjivaceae: stomata paracytic; 2 apical epitropous ovules/carpel; fruit 1-seeded.
		Putranjivaceae are trees to shrubs that may be recognised by their 2-ranked often rather coriaceous leaves that are asymmetrical at the base and dry a greyish color; they frequently taste peppery or like an inferior radish when fresh, although the taste may take a little time to develop (mustard oils!).
		Putranjivaceae have usually been included in Euphorbiaceae (as by Webster 1994, in Phyllanthoideae), but can be distinguished i.a.
	www.mobot.org /MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/malpighialesweb.htm (10811 words)

	Interactive Key to Genera of Euphorbiaceae
		Work on the DELTA Euphorbiaceae key started in 2002 as a one-year undergraduate project.
		The generic descriptions in Genera Euphorbiacearum, comprising Centroplacaceae, Euphorbiaceae senu stricto, Pandaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Picrodendraceae, and Putranjivaceae, were digitised and further standardised.
		Aimeé Galster also illustrated each character state where possible.
	www.rbgkew.org.uk /herbarium/keys/euphorbs (300 words)

	Abstract 3334 from Intl. Bot. Congress 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		SPURGES SPLIT: MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS AND CHANGING CONCEPTS OF EUPHORBIACEAE, S.L. Wurdack and M. Chase, *University of North Carolina, USA and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK.
		(Webster, 1994) into Malpighiales and indicate familial dismemberment into at least 5 separate lineages: Pandaceae, Putranjivaceae, Paradrypetes, uniovulate subfamilies (Acalyphoideae, Crotonoideae and Euphorbioideae), and biovulate subfamilies (Oldfieldioideae and Phyllanthoideae).
		Apetalous Crotonoideae with aperturate pollen should be recognized as a separate subfamily which includes Omphalea.
	www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de /b-online/ibc99/ibc/abstracts/listen/abstracts/3334.html (108 words)

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