Habit: shrub, herb
Important diagnostics: with milky juice
Taxon group: dicots
Root: taproot
Stem: rhizome
Leaf: position: opposite, alternate, verticillate/whorled, basal, cauline
Leaf: nature: simple
Leaf: blade: margin: entire, lobed, cleft, parted or divided
Leaf: stipules: absent
Flowers: inflorescence: solitary, raceme, corymb, umbel, cyme, panicle
Flowers: sexuality: bisexual
Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic
Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 2, 3
Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 0, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8+
Flowers: petal nature: imbricate
Flower: bract: present
Stamen: number: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10+
Stamen: anthers: 2-celled
Stamen: filaments: free, connate into separate bundles
Pistil: style: absent, style 1, or styles more or less connate
Pistil: carpel: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6+
Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed, 2-loculed
Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule, 2 per locule, 3 per locule, 4+ per locule
Pistil: pistil: ovules parietal placentation
Ovary: position: superior
Stigma: 2-cleft, 3-cleft, 4+ -cleft
Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.)
Seed: aril: present
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Dictionary of The Families & Genera of Chinese Seed Plants: Link
Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link
