Habit: shrub, herb
Taxon group: monocots
Leaf: position: basal, spiral, rosette
Leaf: venation: parallel
Leaf: blade: margin: entire, dentate
Leaf: other characters: with leaf sheath
Flowers: inflorescence: solitary, raceme, spike, head, panicle
Flowers: sexuality: bisexual, unisexual
Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic, zygomorphic
Flowers: perianth nature: perianth of calyx and corolla
Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 3
Flowers: sepal position: all free from one another, connate or basally connate
Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 3
Flowers: petal position: all free from one another, connate or basally connate
Flowers: petal nature: with appendage
Flower: bract: present
Stamen: number: 6
Stamen: anthers: opening by longitudinal slits, 2-celled
Stamen: filaments: free from the corolla, free
Pistil: carpel: 3
Pistil: ovary: 3-loculed
Pistil: pistil: ovules axillary placentation, ovules attached to the central axis
Ovary: position: superior, half-inferior, inferior
Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.), fleshy (berry, drupe, pome)
Fruit: seed: winged
Seed: endosperm: seeds with endosperm
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Dictionary of The Families & Genera of Chinese Seed Plants: Link
Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link
