Habit: tree, shrub, herb, vine
Important diagnostics: tendrils present
Taxon group: dicots
Leaf: position: opposite, alternate, verticillate/whorled, spiral
Leaf: nature: simple, pinnately compound, palmately compound
Leaf: blade: margin: entire, dentate
Leaf: stipules: absent
Flowers: inflorescence: raceme, cyme, panicle, cauline
Flowers: sexuality: bisexual
Flowers: symmetry: zygomorphic
Flowers: disc: present
Flowers: sepal/calyx nature: tubular, campanulate, glandular, truncate
Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 4, 5
Flowers: petal position: connate or basally connate
Flowers: petal nature: valvate, imbricate
Flower: bract: present
Flower: bractlet: present
Corolla: campanulate, funnelform, labiate
Stamen: number: 2, 4
Stamen: arrangement: didynamous
Stamen: other characters: staminodia present
Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed, 2-loculed, 4-loculed
Pistil: ovule: 4+ per locule
Pistil: pistil: ovules parietal placentation, ovules axillary placentation, ovules attached to the apex of the ovary
Ovary: position: superior
Stigma: 2-cleft
Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.), fleshy (berry, drupe, pome)
Fruit: seed: 4+ seeds, winged
Seed: endosperm: seeds without endosperm
Google Image Search: Link
Dictionary of The Families & Genera of Chinese Seed Plants: Link
Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link
