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Canellales

plant order
Also known as: Winterales
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Paul E. Berry
Professor and Herbarium Director, Botany Department, University of Michigan.
Paul E. Berry
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Canellales, order of flowering plants consisting of 2 families (Winteraceae and Canellaceae), 15 genera, and 136 species. Together with three other orders (Laurales, Magnoliales, and Piperales), Canellales constitutes the magnoliids clade, which is an early branch in the angiosperm tree. Winteraceae has 9 genera and 120 species, with a mostly Southern Hemisphere distribution. Takhtajania, a genus with a single species (T. perrieri), occurs in Madagascar and is the most distinctive member of the family. Pseudowintera...

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