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Himantandraceae

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Himantandraceae

[hə¦mant·ən′drās·ē‚ē]
(botany)
A family of dicotyledonous plants in the order Magnoliales characterized by several, uniovulate carpels and laminar stamens.
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References in periodicals archive
Gametogenesis in Galbulimima belgraveana (Himantandraceae).
In angiosperms (for gymnosperms, see Behnke, 1974), P-type plastids first appear in eumagnoliids (Winterales, Piperales, Magnoliales, Laurales), where, with the exception of Himantandraceae, Lactoridaceae, Piperaceae, and Saururacene, one or several different forms (Plc, Pics, Plcfs, Plfs) are found in at least some species (Behnke, 1988).
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