Complex sentence: This realignment indicates that earlier classifications were misled by the apparently reduced body plan and reproductive parts found in these plants, and represents the first time in recent history that a plant family has been ejected from the monocots.
Split into simpler sentences: This realignment indicates that earlier classifications were misleading, a consequence of the apparently reduced vegetative and reproductive morphology of these plants. It also represents the first time in recent history that a plant family has been ejected from the monocots.