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The structural types, biogenesis and distribution of betalains and anthocyanins in centrospermous families are reviewed. The implications of the pigment and DNA-RNA hybridization data, along with other evidence, are discussed with respect to the view that the evolutionary line of centrospermous families contains eleven basic or core families of which nine produce betalains and two, theCaryophyllaceae andMolluginaceae, produce anthocyanins; it is suggested that the betalain and anthocyanin families developed from a common ancestor at a time prior to the widespread occurrence of floral pigments in angiosperms.
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Presented in the Symposium “Evolution of Centrospermous Families”, during the XIIth International Botanical Congress, Leningrad, July 8, 1975.
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Mabry, T.J. Pigment dichotomy and DNA-RNA hybridization data for centrospermous families. Pl Syst Evol 126, 79–94 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00986075
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