systems, APG III and APG IV, the Amborellaceae comprise the monotypic order Amborellales at the base of the angiosperm phylogeny.

Phylogeny

Currently plant systematists accept Amborella trichopoda as sister to all other angiosperms. Thus, the features of early flowering plants can be inferred by comparing derived traits shared by angiosperms other than Amborella, and absent in

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