Myrtle-like

Myrtle-like
Myrtus communis
Systematics
Class : Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida) Eudicotyledons Nuclear eudicotyledons Rosids Eurosiden II Order : Myrtle-like
Scientific name
Myrtales
Yuss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl

The myrtle-like (Myrtales) form a plant order of the flowering plants (Magnoliopsida).

description

The myrtle-like plants include both woody and herbaceous plants . The opposite leaves are always simple and entire. Stipules (stipples) are rarely present; if they do, they are greatly shortened and rarely fully developed.

The mostly hermaphrodite, radial symmetry flowers are mostly four-fold. Often there is a hypanthium , which is a cup-shaped depression in the flower axis, the walls of which largely enclose the ovary, and a discus. The best of two carpels grown together ovary is usually under- or medium constantly.

Systematics

The order Myrtales are within the Eurosiden II the sister group of the order Geraniales . They include the following families :

• Alzateaceae
• Winged family (Combretaceae)
• Crypteroniaceae
• Loosestrife family (Lythraceae)
• Black-mouthed plants (Melastomataceae), including Memecylaceae
• Myrtle family (Myrtaceae), including Heteropyxidaceae and Psiloxylaceae
• Evening primrose family (Onagraceae)
• Penaeaceae , including Oliniaceae and Rhynchocalycaceae
• Delphinium trees (Vochysiaceae)

The result is the following cladogram :

Myrtales	Combretaceae     Lythraceae     Onagraceae     Myrtaceae     Vochysiaceae     Melastomataceae     Crypteroniaceae     Alzateaceae     Penaeaceae

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• The order in APWebsite (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group : An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. In: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Volume 161, No. 2, 2009, pp. 105-121, DOI: 10.1111 / j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x .

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