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| | Saxifragales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19) |
 | | Saxifragales commonly have scalariform perforation plates, lateral pitting that is mostly scalaiform or opposite, bordered pits, etc., but whether these are synapomorphies is unclear. |
 | | Indeed, apart from the Crassulaceae/Saxifragaceae clade, relationships within Saxifragales have so far remained largely unresolved, and it has been suggested that they rapidly diversified into several clades, and that they represent a rapid, ancient radiation (Fishbein et al. |
 | | Daphniphyllanae, Saxifraganae and Hamamelidanae, in which Takhtajan (1997) placed most of the families in Saxifragales, are all in his Hamamelididae. |
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