SUBCLASS MAGNOLIIDAE

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	Definition:	[n] a group of families or trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder

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	Synonyms:	Magnoliidae, ranalian complex

	See Also:	class, class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, magnoliid dicot family, magnoliid dicot genus, Magnoliopsida, order Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales