Cercidiphyllaceae Engler

habit

woody plants

distribution

Asian

leaf: position

opposite or verticillate

leaf: nature

not compound

leaf: venation

palmate in leaves or leaflets

margin

dentate

leaf: epidermis

epidermis of leaf papillose

leaf: stipules

present

inflorescence

solitary, fascicle

flower: sexuality

unisexual

flower: symmetry

actinomorphic

flower: receptacle

small

flower: disc

absent

flower: perianth number

4

flower: perianth nature

perianth of similar segments

flower: sepal number

4

flower: sepal position

all free from one another

flower: sepal nature

sepals imbricate or contorted

flower: petal number

0

stamen: number

11+

stamen: anthers

basifixed, introrse, extrorse, opening by longitudinal slits

stamen: filaments

free from the corolla, not connate

pistil: gynophore

present

pistil: style

style 1, or styles more or less connate

pistil: carpel

4, 5, 6+

pistil: ovary

1-locular

pistil: ovule

3+ in each loculus

pistil

carpels free from each other or carpel 1, ovules attached to the central axis or ventrally in apocarpae

fruit: type

a capsule

fruit: seed

3+ seeds

seed: embryo

straight

seed: endosperm

seeds with endosperm

 

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