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Sympetalae
Historical subclass of flowering plants with fused petals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sympetally (fused petals) is a flower characteristic that historically was used to classify a grouping of plants termed Sympetalae, but this term has been abandoned in newer molecular based classifications, although the grouping has similarity to the modern term asterids.
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