“…Detailed ontogenetic analyses and comparative assessments of the developmental patterns of flowers among closely related groups designed to elucidate phylogenetic relationships or to evaluate developmental programmes have only been carried out in genera with a higher degree of synorganization and a stable number and arrangement of structural elements. (These include Meier-Weniger, 1977;Wunderlin, 1988, in Scrophulariaceae, following the detailed analysis of one Calceolaria species by Ritterbusch, 1976Ritterbusch, , 1980Kirchoff, 1983, in Zingiberales;Akiyama, 1988, in Leguminosae;Hufford, 1988, in Loasaceae) .…”