蒺藜科

Habit: shrub, herb

Taxon group: dicots

Leaf: position: opposite, alternate

Leaf: nature: simple, pinnately compound

Leaf: stipules: present

Flowers: inflorescence: solitary, raceme, panicle

Flowers: sexuality: bisexual

Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic, zygomorphic

Flowers: disc: present

Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 4, 5

Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 5

Stamen: number: 10+

Stamen: arrangement: same number as petals or sepals, twice or more number as petals or sepals

Stamen: other characters: filament base with scale(s) or gland(s)

Pistil: ovary: 2-loculed, 3-loculed, 4-loculed, 5-loculed, 6-loculed, 7+ loculed

Pistil: ovule: 2 per locule, 3 per locule, 4+ per locule

Ovary: position: superior

Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.), fleshy (berry, drupe, pome), spiny

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