Habit: shrub, herb, liana
Taxon group: dicots
Plant: dioecious
Leaf: position: opposite
Leaf: blade: margin: entire, dentate
Leaf: stipules: absent
Flowers: inflorescence: raceme
Flowers: sexuality: bisexual, polygamous
Flowers: symmetry: zygomorphic
Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 0, 4, 5
Flowers: sepal position: all free from one another, connate or basally connate
Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 5
Flowers: petal nature: contorted, imbricate
Flower: bract: present
Flower: bractlet: present
Stamen: number: 2, 4, 5, 10+
Stamen: other characters: staminodia present
Pistil: style: styles more than 1, style 1, or styles more or less connate
Pistil: ovary: 2-loculed
Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule, 2 per locule, 3 per locule, 4+ per locule
Ovary: position: superior
Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.), fleshy (berry, drupe, pome), ribbed
Fruit: seed: 4+ seeds
Seed: embryo: curved
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Dictionary of The Families & Genera of Chinese Seed Plants: Link
Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link
