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Sieve-Element Plastids: Their Significance for the Evolution and Systematics of the Order

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Caryophyllales

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Systematic ultrastructural studies of sieve-element plastids were initiated in the monocotyledons (Behnke 1968) and have, over the last 25 years, been extended to the entire angiosperms (Behnke 1981, 1991), now covering some 2500 species from almost 500 families.

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Behnke, HD. (1994). Sieve-Element Plastids: Their Significance for the Evolution and Systematics of the Order. In: Behnke, HD., Mabry, T.J. (eds) Caryophyllales. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78220-6_6

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