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  - Group 1Lycophytes, Monilophytes
 - Group 2Gymnosperms
 - Group 3Monocots
 - Group 4Woody angiosperms with opposite or whorled leaves
 - Group 5Woody angiosperms with alternate leaves
 - Group 6Herbaceous angiosperms with inferior ovaries
 - Group 7Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries and zygomorphic flowers
 - Group 8Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, and 2 or more distinct carpels
 - Group 9Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, connate petals, and a solitary carpel or 2 or more connate carpels
 - Group 10Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, distinct petals or the petals lacking, and 2 or more connate carpels
 
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 - Onagraceae
 - Circaea
 
Circaea
See list of 2 species in this genusReference: Boufford (1982).
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      1a. Ovary and fruit bilocular, the fruit 2.8–4.5 mm long; rhizomes slender; flowers borne on spreading pedicels [Fig. 738], opening after elongation of the raceme axis, therefore the inflorescence relatively open; petals (1.3–) 1.6–3.9 mm long; anthers (0.5–) 0.7–1 mm long; plants 15–70 (–100) cm tall
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      1b. Ovary and fruit unilocular, the fruit 1.6–2.6 mm long; rhizomes tuberous-thickened at the end; flowers borne on ascending to erect pedicels, beginning to open prior to elongation of raceme axis, therefore the inflorescence congested near the apex; petals 0.6–2 mm long; anthers 0.2–0.3 mm long; plants 5–25 (–30) cm tall
 
  
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