牛栓藤科

Habit: tree, shrub, liana

Taxon group: dicots

Leaf: position: alternate

Leaf: nature: pinnately compound, ternately compound (3 leaflets)

Leaf: stipules: absent

Flowers: inflorescence: raceme, panicle

Flowers: sexuality: bisexual

Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic

Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 5

Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 5

Stamen: number: 10+

Pistil: carpel: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Pistil: ovule: 2 per locule

Pistil: pistil: carpels free from each other

Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.), a nut (incl. achene, caryopsis, schizocarp, pyrene, etc.)

Fruit: seed: 1 seed

Seed: aril: present

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Dictionary of The Families & Genera of Chinese Seed Plants: Link

Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link