毛茛科

Habit: shrub, herb, liana

Taxon group: dicots

Leaf: position: opposite, alternate, verticillate/whorled, basal, cauline

Leaf: nature: simple, compound

Leaf: venation: pinnate, palmate

Leaf: blade: margin: entire, lobed, cleft, parted or divided, dentate

Leaf: stipules: absent, present

Flowers: inflorescence: solitary, raceme

Flowers: sexuality: bisexual, unisexual

Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic, zygomorphic

Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7+

Flowers: sepal position: all free from one another

Flowers: sepal/calyx nature: imbricate, valvate

Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 0, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8+

Flowers: petal position: all free from one another

Stamen: number: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10+

Stamen: anthers: introrse, extrorse

Stamen: filaments: free

Stamen: other characters: staminodia present

Pistil: carpel: 2

Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed

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.), a nut (incl. achene, caryopsis, schizocarp, pyrene, etc.), fleshy (berry, drupe, pome)

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