Gunneraceae


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Gunneraceae

[‚gən·ə′rās·ē‚ē]
(botany)
A family of dicotyledonous terrestrial herbs in the order Haloragales, distinguished by two to four styles, a unilocular bitegmic ovule, large inflorescences with no petals, and drupaceous fruit.
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Macrophytes assemblages in mountain lakes of Huerquehue National Park (39[degrees]S, Araucania Region, Chile)/Ensambles de macrofitas en lagos de montana del Parque Nacional Huerquehue (39[grados]S, Region de la Araucania, Chile
Other more restricted chemical classes of compounds produced by some Rosiflorae families are: diarylheptanoids in Myricaceae; phloroglucinol derivatives (common in ferns) in Rosaceae (Murakami and Tanaka, 1988); lignans are restricted to three families: Casuarinaceae, Gunneraceae and Rosaceae; coumarins to Rosaceae, Crassulaceae, Buxaceae and Saxifragaceae; hydroquinone glycosides as arbutin in Fagaceae, Juglandaceae, Casuarinaceae, Buxaceae, Saxifragaceae and Rosaceae; anthraquinones as emodin and chrysophanol in Saxifragaceae and Rosaceae.
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Haloragaceae." Nevertheless, Gunneraceae has remained associated
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