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The subtype PIII plastids found in 16 additional species ofCaryophyllales investigated here corroborate the homogeneity of this order with respect to the sieve-element plastids. While two new examples (Glinus, Allmania) which exhibit the rare presence of starch grains in the PIII-plastids are found, the restriction of the three forms of PIII-plastids to distinct taxa is maintained: PIIIf inChenopodiineae; PIII c′f inCaryophyllaceae (3 species added),Stegnospermataceae andAchatocarpaceae; PIII cf in all other families (among the 11 species investigated 5 fromMolluginaceae).
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Behnke, H.D., Pop, L. & Sivarajan, V.V. Sieve-element plastids ofCaryophyllales: Additional investigations with special reference to theCaryophyllaceae andMolluginaceae . Pl Syst Evol 142, 109–115 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00989606
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