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Themes > Science > Botanical Sciences > Classification of Plants > Spermatophyta (Seed Plants) > Angiosperms (flowering Plants) > Arecidae |
The Arecidae is, perhaps, the most diverse flowering subclass in terms of both structural and ecological adapitations. This group of 4 orders, 6 families and about 5,600 species includes the smallest flowering plants (Lemnaceae - Arales), the largest monocots (Arecaceae - Arecales) and the largest flowering plant seeds (Lodoicea maldivica - Arecaceae) and leaves (Raphia regalis - Arecaceae). More than half of the species of this subclass belong to the monotypic order Arecales. |
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