Habit: shrub, liana, vine
Taxon group: dicots
Stem: climbing/twining
Plant: monoecious
Leaf: position: alternate
Leaf: nature: pinnately compound, ternately compound (3 leaflets), palmately compound
Leaf: stipules: absent, present
Flowers: inflorescence: solitary, raceme, panicle
Flowers: sexuality: unisexual, polygamous
Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic
Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 3, 6
Flowers: sepal/calyx nature: imbricate
Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 0, 6
Stamen: number: 6
Stamen: anthers: extrorse, opening by longitudinal slits, 2-celled
Stamen: filaments: free, connate into 1 tube or bundle
Stamen: other characters: anthers with a conspicuous or inconspicuous appendage, staminodia present
Pistil: carpel: 2, 3, 6+
Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule, 2 per locule, 3 per locule, 4+ per locule
Pistil: pistil: carpels free from each other
Ovary: position: superior
Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.), fleshy (berry, drupe, pome)
Fruit: seed: 4+ seeds
Seed: embryo: straight
Seed: endosperm: seeds with endosperm
Google Image Search: Link
Dictionary of The Families & Genera of Chinese Seed Plants: Link
Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link
