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Most Ranunculiflorae seeds develop from anatropous, bitegmic, and crassinucellate ovules (Corner 1976, Takhtajan 1988). In regard to seed structure, four alliances can be distinguished.
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Brückner, C. (1995). Comparative seed structure in the Ranunculiflorae . In: Jensen, U., Kadereit, J.W. (eds) Systematics and Evolution of the Ranunculiflorae. Plant Systematics and Evolution Supplement 9, vol 9. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6612-3_8
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