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Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons pp 281–287Cite as

Chloranthaceae

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Part of the book series: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants ((FAMILIES GENERA,volume 2))

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Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite, decussate; blades simple, pinnately veined, usually glabrous, margins dentate; petioles more or less connate at the base, stipules present, petiolar.

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Todzia, C.A. (1993). Chloranthaceae. In: Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J.G., Bittrich, V. (eds) Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02899-5_27

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