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Rhamnales -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The Rhamnales are an order of (Flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside) dicotyledon (A living organism lacking the power of locomotion) plants. |
 | | Family (Trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value) Rhamnaceae ((A shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments) buckthorn family) |
 | | The Rhamnaceae are no longer considered close relatives of these other forms, and newer systems move them to the (In some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae) Rosales. |
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