Claim · model-written summary
Morphological data do not support including Degeneria in the Winteraceae.
- Outcome
- inclusion of Degeneria in the Winteraceaee3
Verbatim
e3“The inclusion of Degeneria in the Winteraceae is not supported by morphological data”
Title
COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY AND PHYLOGENY OF THE RANALES
R. L. N. SASTRI Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 1969. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.1969.tb01213.x
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Morphological studies of woody Ranales establish the primitive status of the group and its key place in angiosperm phylogeny.
- Observation The carpel of Drimys is ascidial and not conduplicate.
- Observation Schisandra pollen is interpreted as derived and specialized rather than primitive.
- Observation Berberidaceae, Lardizabalaceae and Menispermaceae share several embryological features.
- Observation Myristicaceae is not closely related to the Annonaceae or the Lauraceae.
- Observation Lauraceae and Calycanthaceae are highly similar in wood, node, flower structure and embryology.
- Observation The Ranales are believed to be polyphyletic.
- Observation Ceratophyllaceae is a highly reduced ranalian family derived from a nymphaeaceous stock.
- Observation Numerous primitive features in Paeonia are an argument for retaining it in the Ranales.