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Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
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3-652.11.00
Aphanopetalaceae
English: Gum-vine family.
Clades: Haloragaceae; Saxifragales; Saxifragidae; Malvanae; Angiospermae; Plants.
Region: Australia.
Genera: 1; Aphanopetalum; 2 species.
Botany
Shrubs or vines; climbing, twining, scrambling.
Stem: lenticellate.
Leaves: opposite; serrate; with minute stipules.
Inflorescences: axillary
Flowers: essentially without petals; sepals 4, large, white.
Fruit: 1 seed.
Taxonomy
In the Apg4 classification Aphanopetalaceae is placed in order Saxifragales. Formerly it was placed in Oxalidales, and Cunoniaceae.
Plant theory.
In Plant theory 2 Aphanopetalaceae is grouped together with Haloragaceae and Penthoraceae in Subphase 1. It can turn out that is has to be replaced together with Iteacaee, in Subphase 7.