ranalian theory

Japanese: ranalian theory(英語表記)ranaliantheory
ranalian theory

…The characteristics of this group are that they are insect-pollinated flowers that generally have many perianths, stamens, and carpels, have developed flower beds, and produce relatively large flowers. In addition, some plants in this group have characteristics common to gymnosperms, such as wood with only tracheids and no vessels, carpels that do not close completely like folded leaves, single-grooved pollen, and embryo development with free nuclear division. For these reasons, the ranalian theory, which considers that multicarpels are the most primitive angiosperms, has been proposed and is currently widely supported. This theory considers that plants with insect-pollinated flowers with long floral axes, large tepals that are thought to have originated from leaves, and numerous hermaphroditic organs arranged in a spiral, such as the magnolia, are the most primitive of all flowering angiosperms, and that flowers with this structure developed from a stem and spirally attached vegetative leaves and sporophylls. …

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Japanese:

…この仲間の特徴は一般的に花被やおしべ,心皮の数が多く,発達した花床をもち,比較的大きな花を咲かせる虫媒花であるということがあげられる。また,この仲間には仮道管のみで道管をもたない材,葉を折りたたんだような完全に閉じない心皮,単溝性の花粉,遊離核分裂をともなう胚発生など裸子植物に多くみられる特徴をもつ植物もあり,これらのことから多心皮類が被子植物の中で最も原始的であると考えるキンポウゲ植物説ranalian theoryが提唱されていて,現在のところ広く支持されている。この説はモクレンのように花軸が長く伸び,葉から由来したと考えられる大きな花被片および雌雄両性の器官を多数らせん状に配列させた虫媒花をもつ植物が花を咲かせる被子植物の中で最も原始的であると考えるものであり,このような構造の花が茎とそれにらせん状につく栄養葉と胞子葉から発達したとしている。…

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