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... families Luciocephalidae , Mastacembelidae , Echeneidae , Ammodytidae , Eleotridae , Gobiidae , Periophthalmidae , Rhyacichthyidae , and Callionymidae . Family Serranidae ( sea basses , groupers , and many others ) . Paleocene to ...
... families Luciocephalidae , Mastacembelidae , Echeneidae , Ammodytidae , Eleotridae , Gobiidae , Periophthalmidae , Rhyacichthyidae , and Callionymidae . Family Serranidae ( sea basses , groupers , and many others ) . Paleocene to ...
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... family Convolvulaceae . In Con- volvulus the advantage of twining seems to be purely mechanical ; whereas in the nearly leafless and achloro- phyllous ( i.e. , without chlorophyll - nonphotosynthetic ) Cuscuta , twining brings the stem ...
... family Convolvulaceae . In Con- volvulus the advantage of twining seems to be purely mechanical ; whereas in the nearly leafless and achloro- phyllous ( i.e. , without chlorophyll - nonphotosynthetic ) Cuscuta , twining brings the stem ...
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... family Plumbaginaceae ( leadwort family ) . But in the putative ancestor , the Caryophyllaceae , they are lack- ing . Fossil leaves and flowers have been found representing the family Myrsinaceae in the Northern Hemisphere from Tertiary ...
... family Plumbaginaceae ( leadwort family ) . But in the putative ancestor , the Caryophyllaceae , they are lack- ing . Fossil leaves and flowers have been found representing the family Myrsinaceae in the Northern Hemisphere from Tertiary ...
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