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| | Evans, Rodger C.* and Timothy A. Dickinson. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02) |
 | | Amygdaloideae, minus Prunus, differ in their numbers of pistils (1 in Prinsepia; 5 in Exochorda and Oemleria), ovary connation (present in Exochorda), but have very similar ovule morphologies with respect to number, position within the ovary, and association with an obturator. |
 | | Molecular evidence also points toward a relationship between Adenostoma (Rosoideae or its own tribe Adenostomateae), Chamaebatiaria and Sorbaria; the latter two are traditionally placed in Spiraeoideae or tribe Sorbarieae. |
 | | Although these taxa vary with respect to pistil and ovule number (one pistil and two ovules in Adenostoma vs. five pistils that are basally connate and multiple ovules in Chamaebatiaria and Sorbaria), their ovule morphologies and position within the locule and with respect to their obturators, is quite similar. |
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