Habit: tree, shrub, herb, liana
Important diagnostics: tendrils present
Taxon group: dicots
Leaf: position: alternate
Leaf: nature: simple, pinnately compound, ternately compound (3 leaflets), palmately compound
Leaf: blade: margin: entire
Flowers: inflorescence: raceme, fascicle, panicle
Flowers: sexuality: unisexual, polygamous
Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic, zygomorphic
Flowers: disc: present
Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 4, 5
Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 0, 4, 5
Flower: pedicel: present
Stamen: number: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10+
Pistil: style: style 1, or styles more or less connate
Pistil: ovary: 2-loculed, 3-loculed, 4-loculed
Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule, 2 per locule, 3 per locule, 4+ per locule
Pistil: pistil: ovules parietal placentation, ovules axillary placentation
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), winged/samara
Seed: aril: present
Seed: endosperm: seeds without endosperm
Google Image Search: Link
Dictionary of The Families & Genera of Chinese Seed Plants: Link
Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link
