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Old 26-04-2003, 01:28 PM
P van Rijckevorsel
 
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Default Floral anatomy question

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Calling the true dicots with 4-5 merous flowers "Core Eudicots" is

redundant and unnecessary.

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Since it is a distinct clade it deserves a distinct name.
"Core Eudicots" may not be a thing of beauty, but is unambiguous
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What is needed is a term to describe the primitive 3-merous false dicots!!


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All the basal clades do have names.
BTW There is no such thing as "false dicots"
Although it has lost quite a bit of luster as a hypothesis for a natural
grouping, "dicot" is still a name in current usage and none of the plants
belonging to it are false. They all do exist.
PvR