Floral structure of Cardiopteris (Cardiopteridaceae) with special emphasis on the gynoecium: systematic and evolutionary implications.

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Cardiopteris, a small herbaceous genus, had long been placed in its own family, Cardiopteridaceae. However, the family was recently broadly circumscribed to include more genera in Aquifoliales. To better understand the morphological relationships of the genus and the family, I studied the floral anatomy and development of Cardiopteris using C. quinqueloba. As has been previously described, flowers are 5-merous...

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