水麦冬科

Habit: herb

Important diagnostics: aquatic plants

Taxon group: monocots

Root: tuberoid

Stem: rhizome

Plant: dioecious

Leaf: position: basal

Flowers: sexuality: bisexual, unisexual, polygamous

Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic

Flowers: perianth number: 6

Flower: bract: absent

Stamen: number: 4, 5, 6

Pistil: carpel: 4, 5, 6+

Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule

Pistil: pistil: carpels free from each other, ovules attached to the base of the ovary

Seed: endosperm: seeds without endosperm

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

Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link