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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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- Section Clandestinae
Section Clandestinae
See list of 2 species in this section-
1a. Perigynia 3.7–6 mm long; carpellate scales retuse to obtuse, cuspidate; leaves dark green, mostly equaling or exceeding the reproductive stems; most carpellate spikes borne on long, often arching, peduncles to 13 cm emerging from basal nodes
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1b. Perigynia 2.4–2.9 mm long; carpellate scales acute to obtuse, without a cusp; leaves pale green, mostly shorter than the reproductive stems; carpellate spikes all borne above the base on peduncles to 7 cm long
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