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Rosidae - The Myrtales
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 Significant features:  No 'handle' for this family with regard to vegetative structure, but the flower is quite distinctive in that  1) all floral whorls are based on a 4-merous structural pattern, 2) the flowers are epigynous and, 3) the hypanthium in many genera extends well beyond the ovary .


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