草海桐科

Habit: shrub, herb

Taxon group: dicots

Leaf: position: opposite, alternate

Leaf: nature: simple

Leaf: stipules: absent

Flowers: inflorescence: solitary, raceme, panicle

Flowers: sexuality: bisexual

Flowers: symmetry: zygomorphic

Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 5

Flowers: petal position: connate or basally connate

Stamen: number: 5

Pistil: style: style 1, or styles more or less connate

Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed, 2-loculed, 4-loculed

Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule, 2 per locule, 3 per locule, 4+ per locule

Ovary: position: half-inferior, inferior

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

Seed: embryo: straight

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