香茜科(四角果科)

Habit: shrub, herb

Taxon group: dicots

Leaf: position: opposite

Leaf: nature: simple

Leaf: stipules: absent

Flowers: inflorescence: cyme

Flowers: sexuality: bisexual

Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic, zygomorphic

Flowers: disc: present

Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 4, 5

Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 4, 5

Stamen: number: 2

Stamen: filaments: inserted on the corolla

Pistil: ovary: 2-loculed

Pistil: pistil: ovules attached to the central axis, ovules attached to the base of the ovary

Ovary: position: inferior

Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.)

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