Scrophulariales

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Scrophulariales - used in some classification systems; often included in the order Polemoniales

plant order - the order of plants

class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae

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In contrast, the population cluster that includes Populations 2A and 2B contains the bulk of specimens from species whose larval host plants are in the order Scrophulariales: J.

Molecular population structure of Junonia butterflies from French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique

The median inhibitory concentration ([IC.sub.50]) of aqueous extracts of heat-denatured plant leaves needed for inactivation of nNOS Order Family Plant name Author Scrophulariales Scrophulariaceae Rehmannia elata N.E.

Naturally occurring neuronal NO-synthase inactivators found in Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae) and other plants

The possibility of a reversal of staminodes and the reappearance of fertility has been discussed by Walker-Larsen and Harder (2000) for the Scrophulariales. This reversion is correlated with a transition to radially symmetric flowers.