Myricaceae Blume
杨梅科
Habit: tree, shrub
Important diagnostics: resiniferous, aromatic oil
Taxon group: dicots
Plant: monoecious, dioecious
Leaf: position: alternate
Leaf: nature: simple
Leaf: venation: pinnate
Leaf: blade: margin: entire, lobed, cleft, parted or divided
Leaf: stipules: absent
Flowers: inflorescence: spike, catkin
Flowers: sexuality: unisexual
Flowers: perianth number: 0
Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 0
Flower: bract: present
Flower: bractlet: present
Stamen: number: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10+
Stamen: anthers: extrorse, opening by longitudinal slits
Stamen: filaments: free, connate into 1 tube or bundle
Pistil: carpel: 1, 2
Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed
Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule
Pistil: pistil: ovules attached to the base of the ovary
Ovary: position: superior
Fruit: types and characters: a nut (incl. achene, caryopsis, schizocarp, pyrene, etc.), fleshy (berry, drupe, pome), winged/samara
Fruit: seed: 1 seed
Seed: embryo: straight
Seed: endosperm: seeds without endosperm, seeds with endosperm
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