Habit: tree, shrub, herb
Important diagnostics: aromatic oil
Taxon group: dicots
Leaf: position: opposite, alternate, verticillate/whorled
Leaf: venation: pinnate, longitudinal, incl. 3-veined leaves
Leaf: blade: margin: entire, lobed, cleft, parted or divided
Leaf: stipules: absent
Flowers: inflorescence: raceme, umbel, fascicle, panicle
Flowers: sexuality: bisexual, unisexual
Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic
Flowers: perianth number: 3, 6, 9+
Flower: bract: absent, present
Stamen: number: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10+
Stamen: anthers: introrse, extrorse, opening by valves
Stamen: other characters: staminodia present
Pistil: style: style 1, or styles more or less connate
Pistil: carpel: 1
Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed
Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule
Ovary: position: superior
Stigma: discoid
Fruit: types and characters: fleshy (berry, drupe, pome)
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
