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Cuscutaceae (Dumortier) Dumortier
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habit
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woody plants, herbaceous plants
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important diagnostics
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chlorophyll absent
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hairs
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stellate, 2-armed or T-shaped, non-glandular, peltate or scale-like
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distribution
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African, Asian, Australian and Oceanian, European, North American, South American
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leaf: epidermis
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epidermis of leaf papillose
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leaf: stipules
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absent
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inflorescence
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umbel, head
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flower: sexuality
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bisexual
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flower: symmetry
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actinomorphic
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flower: receptacle
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small
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flower: disc
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absent
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flower: perianth number
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7+
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flower: sepal number
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4, 5
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flower: sepal position
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all free from one another, connate
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flower: sepal nature
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sepals imbricate or contorted
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flower: petal number
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4, 5
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flower: petal position
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petals connate, petals imbricate
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stamen: number
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4, 5
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stamen: anthers
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dorsifixed or ventrifixed, basifixed, introrse, opening by longitudinal slits
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stamen: filaments
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inserted on the corolla, not connate
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pistil: style
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styles more than 1, free, style 1, or styles more or less connate
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pistil: carpel
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2
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pistil: ovary
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1-locular, 2-locular
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pistil: ovule
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2 in each loculus, 3+ in each loculus
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pistil
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ovules axile, carpels connate, ovules attached to the central axis or ventrally in apocarpae, ovules attached to the base of the ovary
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fruit: type
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a capsule, fleshy
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fruit: seed
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1 seed, 2 seeds, 3+ seeds
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seed: embryo
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curved
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seed: endosperm
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seeds with endosperm
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