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Takhtajania

plant genus

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Canellales

In Canellales: Distribution and abundance
Takhtajania, a genus with a single species (T. perrieri), occurs in Madagascar and is the most distinctive member of the family. Pseudowintera (3 species) is restricted to New Zealand. Drimys (about 8 species) occurs in Central and South America, from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego;…
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characteristics

In magnoliid clade: Ecology and habitats
Takhtajania is unusual in the family in having a flower with an ovary consisting of two fused carpels with peripheral ovules. Its single species, T. perrieri, is endemic to Madagascar.
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