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... Santalales ( W.F.P. ) The Santalales , or sandalwood order of flowering plants , consists chiefly of members either partially or entirely parasitic on other plants . The order is of interest from several points of view . The true ...
... Santalales ( W.F.P. ) The Santalales , or sandalwood order of flowering plants , consists chiefly of members either partially or entirely parasitic on other plants . The order is of interest from several points of view . The true ...
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... Santalales , and evolutionary considerations must therefore be based upon contempo- rary members . LORANTHACEAE Struthanthus quercicola SANTALACEAE Comandra VISCACEAE Eremolepsis male flower female flower Floral characteristics in ...
... Santalales , and evolutionary considerations must therefore be based upon contempo- rary members . LORANTHACEAE Struthanthus quercicola SANTALACEAE Comandra VISCACEAE Eremolepsis male flower female flower Floral characteristics in ...
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... Santalales , but recent authors have realized the artificiality of this position and now place it in the order Rafflesiales . Critical appraisal . The order Santalales , in the broad sense , is clearly a miscellaneous collection of ...
... Santalales , but recent authors have realized the artificiality of this position and now place it in the order Rafflesiales . Critical appraisal . The order Santalales , in the broad sense , is clearly a miscellaneous collection of ...
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