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Sympetally (fused petals) is a flower characteristic that historically was used to classify a grouping of plants termed Sympetalae, but this term has been abandoned in newer molecular based classifications, although the grouping has similarity to the modern term asterids .
The Ericales are a large and diverse order of dicotyledons, including for example azalea ( Rhododendron ), blueberry ( Vaccinium myrtillus ), grass tree ( Dracophyllum ), lúcuma ( Pouteria lucuma ), kiwifruit ( Actinidia deliciosa ), and tea ( Camellia sinensis ).
Mar 6, 2010 · This group has been recognized by botanists since the eighteenth century, receiving names such as the Monopetalae, Gamopetalae or Sympetalae (Wagenitz, 1992) all of which allude to the characteristic connate corolla.
- Marcela Martínez-Millán
- mm383@cornell.edu
- 2010
PMID: 25140794. DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2014-0213. Abstract. The mode of action of the anxiolytic medicinal plant Souroubea sympetala was investigated to test the hypothesis that extracts and the active principle act at the pharmacologically important GABAA-benzodiazepine (GABAA-BZD) receptor.
- Martha Mullally, Christian Cayer, Kari Kramp, Kari Kramp, Marco Otárola Rojas, Pablo Sanchez Vindas,...
- 2014
May 2, 2016 · classical Sympetalae, where only true sympetaly occurs, the author gives a summary of the systems of orders of Sympetalae by Wettstein (1935), Melchior (1964) and Cronquist (1957, 1965, 1968). He proposes then a new system of orders and families based on the main evolutionary and progressive tendencies prevailing in the living Sympetalae.
Choripetalae Eichler (1876), is a descriptive botanical name used in the Eichler and Wettstein systems for a group of flowering plants. It was one of two groups within the Dicotyledones, the other being the Sympetalae.
Symphyla - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Description. Fossil record and evolution. References. Further reading. External links. Symphylans, also known as garden centipedes or pseudocentipedes, are soil-dwelling arthropods of the class Symphyla in the subphylum Myriapoda.
