A.F.W. Schimper's scientific contributions

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... The relationships of the two families and their delimitation have long been subjects of controversy (Table 1). Several authors have regarded the pantropical Anisophylleaceae as either closely related to Rhizophoraceae (Melchior, 1964) or as a separate tribe (Bentham and Hooker, 1865;Baillon, 1876;Ridley, 1922) or subfamily (Schimper, 1898) within the Rhizophoraceae. Takhtajan (1997) recently established a superorder Rhizophoranae containing the two single-family orders Anisophylleales and Rhizophorales, suggesting that although immediate relatives, the two families are not very close to each other. ...
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