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RANALIAN COMPLEX

Definition:

[noun] a group of families or trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder
Synonyms: Magnoliidae, subclass Magnoliidae