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Cyclanthaceae Poiteau ex A. Richard
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habit
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woody plants, herbaceous plants
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important diagnostics
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milky juice present
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distribution
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North American, South American
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leaf: position
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alternate, distichous
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leaf: nature
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not compound, compound, palmately compound
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leaf: venation
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longitudinal in leaves or leaflets, palmate in leaves or leaflets
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margin
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with entire margin, lobed or divided
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leaf: stipules
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absent
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inflorescence
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spike
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flower: sexuality
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bisexual, unisexual
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flower: symmetry
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actinomorphic, zygomorphic or irregular
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flower: receptacle
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small, enlarged, completely united with the ovary, totally or partially covering it
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flower: disc
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absent
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flower: perianth number
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0, 4
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flower: perianth nature
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perianth of similar segments
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flower: sepal number
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0, 4
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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, sepals valvate
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flower: petal number
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0
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stamen: number
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6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11+
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stamen: anthers
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basifixed, introrse, extrorse, opening by longitudinal slits
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stamen: filaments
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free from the corolla, not connate, connate into 1 tube or bundle
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pistil: style
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styles absent, stigmas sessile, style 1, or styles more or less connate
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pistil: carpel
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4
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pistil: ovary
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1-locular
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pistil: ovule
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3+ in each loculus
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pistil
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ovules parietal, carpels connate, ovules axile, carpels connate, ovules attached to the central axis or ventrally in apocarpae, ovules attached to the apex 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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3+ seeds
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seed: embryo
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straight, curved
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seed: endosperm
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seeds with endosperm
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