1 "Carnivorous plants: either with glandular hairs on the leaves, or with bladders 1–2 mm long borne on submerged or subterranean leaves." 2 1 "Plants not carnivorous." 4 2 "Leaves with glandular hairs, leaves either borne in a rosette, or erect and divided into 2 branches, or on aerial stems; flowers actinomorphic." Droseraceae 2 "Leaves modified into insect-trapping bladders, borne in water in aquatic species, or on underground leaves; flowers actinomorphic or zygomorphic." 3 3 "Leaves alternate; flowers actinomorphic." Droseraceae 3 "Leaves whorled; flowers zygomorphic." Lentibulariaceae 4 "Waterplants: either plants floating on or in water, or plants totally submerged in water or plants rooted in saline mud or in ± permanent water with the upper leaves and flowers in the air." 5 4 "Plants neither floating on nor growing in water." 104 5 "Woody plants – trees or shrubs growing in saline mud (mangroves) or ± permanent water." 6 5 "Plants not woody." 18 6 "Mangroves – woody plants growing in saline mud or estuaries." 7 6 "Woody plants growing in ± permanent water, either fresh or brackish but rarely saline." 12 7 "Leaves opposite." 8 7 "Leaves alternate." 10 8 "Interpetiolar stipules present on the youngest stems, falling as the leaves mature; leaves crowded, internodes mostly <1 cm long; ovary inferior." Rhizophoraceae 8 "Stipules absent; leaves not crowded, internodes >2 cm long; ovary superior." 9 9 "Pneumatophores present; leaves white-hairy below; a common mangrove." Avicenniaceae 9 "Pneumatophores absent; leaves glabrous; not common, shrubs on the inland side of mangrove communities." Verbenaceae 10 "Shoots with stipules 20–30 mm long; leaves palmately veined, densely white-hairy on lower surface." Malvaceae 10 "Stipules absent or very small; leaves pinnately veined, glabrous." 11 11 "Milky latex present in broken twigs and petioles; 2 or 3 small glands present at base of lamina." Euphorbiaceae 11 "Milky latex absent; glands not present on lamina." Myrsinaceae 12 "Branchlets photosynthetic; leaves apparently absent – leaves either scale-like, or present only on new growth." 13 12 "Branchlets not photosynthetic; leaves normally developed, persistent or sometimes seasonally deciduous." 14 13 "Trees or shrubs, branchlets often drooping; leaves scale-like, whorled." Casuarinaceae 13 "Shrubs with stiff, intertwining branches; leaves absent or present only on new growth, alternate." Polygonaceae 14 "Leaves >1 m long, compound." Arecaceae 14 "Leaves <20 cm long, simple." 15 15 "Trees with papery bark; leaves with several longitudinal veins." Myrtaceae 15 "Trees or shrubs, bark not papery; leaves with only one longitudinal vein." 16 16 Trees. Salicaceae 16 Shrubs. 17 17 "Plants hairy; leaves >5 mm wide." Onagraceae 17 "Plants glabrous; leaves <5 mm wide." Polygonaceae 18 "Either herbs free-floating and not attached to the substrate, or herbs attached at edge of water with stems floating over the water surface." 19 18 "Herbs rooted in substrate but not attached at edge of water with stems floating over the water surface." 37 19 "Plants free-floating, not attached to substrate or margin." 20 19 "Plants attached to substrate near margin of water and stems extending out over surface of water." 30 20 "All or most of the vegetative parts of the plant (except for roots or root-like structures) floating on the surface of the water." 21 20 "All or most of the vegetative parts of the plant floating below the surface of the water." 25 21 "Plant-body usually <10 mm long, often <5 mm long; roots absent or hair-like; inflorescence minute, flowers unisexual." Lemnaceae 21 "Plants always >5 cm long in at least one dimension; roots present, not hair-like; flowers bisexual or unisexual or absent." 22 22 "Petioles usually >5 cm long and inflated." Pontederiaceae 22 "Petioles absent or not inflated." 23 23 "Flowers never produced, reproduction by spores or vegetatively; leaves simple or divided." Filicopsida 23 "Flowering plants (sometimes reproducing vegetatively); leaves simple." 24 24 "Leaves 6–15 cm long, 4–8 cm wide with 7–15 ridges, closely overlapping." Araceae 24 "Leaves generally <6 cm long, without conspicuous ridges." Amaranthaceae 25 "Leaves opposite or whorled." 26 25 "Leaves alternate and either leaves 2-lobed from base, or plant body very small." 29 26 "Leaves modified into animal traps with basal sensitive bristles." Droseraceae 26 "Animal traps and sensitive bristles absent." 27 27 "Leaves simple and unbranched." Hydrocharitaceae 27 "Leaves much branched." 28 28 "All divisions of leaves dichotomous, ultimate segments toothed." Ceratophyllaceae 28 "Initial division of leaves trichotomous or more, subsequent divisions dichotomous, ultimate segments not toothed." Cabombaceae 29 "Animal traps present and obvious; plants >2 cm long." Lentibulariaceae 29 "Animal traps absent; plant body usually <1 cm long." Lemnaceae 30 "Leaves peltate." 31 30 "Leaves not peltate." 32 31 "Flowers yellow; no mucilage on leaves." Apiaceae 31 "Flowers maroon; mucilage on leaves." Cabombaceae 32 "Leaves opposite." 33 32 "Leaves alternate." 34 33 "Leaves 10–20 mm wide, ± sessile." Amaranthaceae 33 "Leaves >20 mm wide, petiole >10 mm long." Asteraceae 34 "Ocreae (sheaths of fused stipules) present around the petioles and stems." Polygonaceae 34 "Ocreae absent." 35 35 "Leaves with numerous longitudinal veins; base of lamina cordate; flowers blue." Pontederiaceae 35 "Leaves pinnately veined; base of lamina sagittate, hastate or attenuate; flowers yellow, pink or white." 36 36 "Leaves with lamina ± triangular, base hastate or sagittate, apex acute; flowers pink to ± white." Convolvulaceae 36 "Leaves with lamina ± elliptic, base attenuate, apex rounded; flowers yellow." Onagraceae 37 "Leaves emergent, flowers emergent; sometimes plant ± completely emergent." 38 37 "Leaves submerged or floating on the surface, flowers submerged or emergent." 74 38 "Plants with long, narrow leaves, many times longer than wide, often grass-like." 39 38 "Plants with leaves only, at most, a few to several times longer than wide; plants not grass-like." 51 39 "Plants ± grass-like and flowers without true perianth and subtended by one or more bracts (glumes, lemmas or paleas) and organized into characteristic spikelets; leaves flat or terete." 40 39 "Plants not grass-like or if grass-like then flowers with true perianth (hard and scarious or petaloid) or flowers arranged in spikelets; leaves various, sometimes reduced to open sheaths on stems." 43 40 "Flowers unisexual, in a group surrounded by 4 spreading bracts." Hydatellaceae 40 "Flowers bisexual or unisexual, each flower or group of fused unisexual flowers subtended and often enclosed by a bract." 41 41 "Fruit dehiscent, splitting on one side to release a smooth translucent seed." Centrolepidaceae 41 "Fruit indehiscent." 42 42 "Flowers subtended by a single bract (glume) and variously arranged into spikelets; leaves mostly with closed sheath and mostly without ligules." Cyperaceae 42 "Flowers enclosed by a lemma and palea and these variously arranged in characteristic spikelets and mostly subtended by sterile glumes; leaves usually with open sheaths and ligules present although these often much reduced." Poaceae 43 "Perianth dry and scarious, flowers or flower clusters in open paniculate inflorescences; leaves flat, terete or reduced to sheaths; flowers usually bisexual." Juncaceae 43 "Perianth of various forms but not dry and scarious, flowers rarely arranged in open paniculate inflorescences and then flowers unisexual." 44 44 "Leaves on adult plants reduced to open sheaths which sometimes bear a small ± linear lamina; flowers usually unisexual and plants mostly dioecious." Restionaceae 44 "Leaves not reduced to open sheaths; flowers bisexual or unisexual and plants monoecious." 45 45 "Flowers unisexual with both sexes aggregated into small dense heads surrounded by 2 awned bracts; leaves all basal, linear, <8 cm long." Eriocaulaceae 45 "Flowers bisexual or unisexual and male and female flowers separated in same inflorescence; leaves >8 cm long, not all basal, linear." 46 46 "Stems and often margins of leaf bases hairy; flowers yellow, conspicuous." Philydraceae 46 "Neither stems nor leaf bases obviously hairy; flowers white, greenish or brown, often inconspicuous." 47 47 "Leaves septate-cylindric, constricted slightly at each septum." Apiaceae 47 "Leaves not septate-cylindric." 48 48 "Leaves inflated and spongy when fresh; flowers bisexual." Juncaginaceae 48 "Leaves neither inflated nor spongy; flowers unisexual, plants monoecious." 49 49 "Inflorescence open, flowers on clearly visible pedicels, inflorescence axis visible between flowers; flowers >10 mm diam." Alismataceae 49 "Flowers arranged in dense elongated or globose heads; individual flower pedicels not visible; inflorescence axis visible between clusters but not between individual flowers; individual flowers <5 mm diam." 50 50 "Inflorescence dense, spike-like; male flowers above, female flowers below, ± separated by a portion of stem." Typhaceae 50 "Inflorescence of dense globose clusters arranged along the axis; upper clusters male, lower clusters female." Sparganiaceae 51 "Leaves compound and/or lobed." 52 51 "Leaves simple, reduced or absent." 55 52 "Leaves palmately lobed or divided, rarely pinnate and then usually with only 2 pairs of pinnae; flowers yellow, solitary, distinctly stalked." Ranunculaceae 52 "Leaves pinnately lobed or divided; flowers white, reddish or greenish, in umbels or racemes or ± solitary and sessile in spike-like inflorescences." 53 53 "Flowers in umbels; crushed leaves smelling like carrot leaves; plants only rarely growing in water." Apiaceae 53 "Flowers not in umbels; crushed leaves not smelling like carrot leaves; plants mostly growing in water." 54 54 "Widest leaves or leaf segments >5 mm wide; flowers white, pedicellate, in racemes." Brassicaceae 54 "Leaves and leaf segments <3 mm wide; flowers red, white or greenish, ± sessile in axils of leaves forming a spike-like inflorescence." Haloragaceae 55 "Leaves reduced to sheaths on aerial stems." 56 55 "Leaves not reduced to sheaths on stems." 58 56 "Sheaths closed." Cyperaceae 56 "Sheaths open." 57 57 "Perianth dry and scarious, flowers or flower clusters in open paniculate inflorescences; flowers usually bisexual." Juncaceae 57 "Perianth of various forms but not dry and scarious, flowers usually unisexual and plants mostly dioecious." Restionaceae 58 "Leaves all basal." 59 58 "Leaves spread along the stem, basal leaves sometimes also present, or leaves absent." 63 59 "Lamina ± circular with a radial slit, petiole attached near centre of lamina." Nymphaeaceae 59 "Lamina not ± circular and/or petiole attached towards margin." 60 60 "Plants without horizontal rhizomes or stolons." Alismataceae 60 "Plants with horizontal rhizomes or stolons." 61 61 "Lamina <10 cm long; mature plants <30 cm high; flowers white." Hydrocharitaceae 61 "Lamina >10 cm long; mature plants >50 cm high; flowers white or blue." 62 62 "Longitudinal veins usually <10 (always <20) and midrib well defined, cross veins obvious; flowers white." Alismataceae 62 "Longitudinal veins numerous, usually >20, midrib not well defined, cross veins obscure; flowers blue." Pontederiaceae 63 "Leaves with an ocrea (sheathing stipule); leaves alternate or absent." Polygonaceae 63 "Leaves without an ocrea but leaf bases sometimes winged and half encircling stem; leaves opposite, whorled or alternate." 64 64 "Leaves opposite or whorled." 65 64 "Leaves alternate." 70 65 "Flowers in heads; leaves >20 mm wide, petiole mostly >10 mm long." Asteraceae 65 "Flowers solitary or in cymes, spikes or racemes; leaves <20 mm wide, sessile or petiole <10 mm long (sometimes to 15 cm long in Limosella)." 66 66 "Flowers in terminal spikes, pink to purple." Lythraceae 66 "Flowers solitary or in cymes or racemes, white, blue, red-brown or petals translucent." 67 67 "Leaves not united at base, either petiolate, or lamina >3 mm wide, oblanceolate to ± obovate; corolla white to blue, 5-lobed, or 4-lobed and then lobes unequal." Scrophulariaceae 67 "Leaves united at base, sessile and <3 mm wide, lamina linear to oblong; corolla white or red-brown, 4-lobed, lobes ± equal." 68 68 "Flowers unisexual, plants dioecious; corolla red-brown or translucent; aerial stems to 1 m high." Rubiaceae 68 "Flowers bisexual; corolla white; aerial stems <20 cm high." 69 69 "Flowers in few-flowered cymes; corolla tube split to base on one side." Portulacaceae 69 "Flowers solitary; corolla tube not split on one side." Crassulaceae 70 "Leaves without obvious petioles, leaves either sessile or linear to spathulate; flowers pink, blue, purple or white." 71 70 "Leaves with obvious petioles, neither linear nor spathulate; flowers yellow." 73 71 "Leaves sessile, without a winged base; flowers solitary in axils, blue, pink or purple." Lythraceae 71 "Leaves linear or spathulate with a winged base half encircling the stem; flowers solitary and/or in heads, blue, pink or white." 72 72 "Plants <20 cm high; flowers in 1–few-flowered cymes, white." Portulacaceae 72 "Plants 40–200 cm high; flowers in heads, white, blue or pink." Asteraceae 73 "Flowers in large panicles; leaves glabrous, without stipules." Menyanthaceae 73 "Flowers solitary, axillary; leaves either with small stipules and/or stems and leaves hairy." Onagraceae 74 "At least some leaves always floating on surface of water, flowers (if present) emergent, often some leaves submerged." 75 74 "Most leaves completely submerged, some leaves may be emergent or floating when plant flowering." 82 75 "Leaves simple, peltate with petiole attached near centre of lamina; lamina ± circular, often with a radial slit." 76 75 "Leaves compound or simple and not peltate or rarely petiole attached near the margin of the lamina; lamina broad-lanceolate, elliptic, ovate or obovate." 78 76 "Leaves without a radial slit, margin entire." Cabombaceae 76 "Leaves with a radial slit, margin entire to toothed." 77 77 "Leaves all basal arising from a corm or buried horizontal rhizome; petals numerous." Nymphaeaceae 77 "Leaves arising along a floating horizontal stolon; petals 5." Menyanthaceae 78 "Leaves compound, pinnae 4, sessile, at apex of long petiole, floating on surface of water." Filicopsida 78 "Leaves simple." 79 79 "Leaves attached along trailing stem; submerged leaves different from floating leaves (that is, leaves dimorphic)." Potamogetonaceae 79 "Leaves all basal; leaves either all similar or dimorphic." 80 80 "Plants forming deeply buried tubers; inflorescence many-flowered." Aponogetonaceae 80 "Plants not forming deeply buried tubers; flowers solitary." 81 81 "Leaves with base ± cordate; lamina >20 mm wide and with 5–7 longitudinal veins." Hydrocharitaceae 81 "Leaves with base tapering into petiole; lamina <20 mm wide, venation obscure or only midvein visible." Scrophulariaceae 82 "Submerged leaves compound or deeply lobed." 83 82 "Submerged leaves simple and entire." 85 83 "Submerged leaves pinnately divided; emergent leaves pinnately divided or entire." Haloragaceae 83 "Submerged leaves dichotomously or trichotomously divided." 84 84 "Submerged leaves opposite or whorled; floating leaves if present peltate." Cabombaceae 84 "Submerged leaves alternate; all leaves divided into linear segments." Ranunculaceae 85 "Plants of marine, estuarine or brackish habitats." 86 85 "Plants of freshwater habitats." 91 86 "Leaves elliptic to ± oblong." Hydrocharitaceae 86 "Leaves elongated, filiform to linear, grass-like." 87 87 "Leaves >8 mm wide, linear." Posidoniaceae 87 "Leaves <8 mm wide, filiform to linear." 88 88 "Flowers bisexual; flowers in pairs, flowering peduncle >4 cm long." Potamogetonaceae 88 "Flowers unisexual; flowers mostly sessile and solitary or in elongated inflorescences ± sessile in axils of leaves." 89 89 "Plants of brackish or ephemeral saline pools (not marine); pollen grains ± globose." Zannichelliaceae 89 "Plants marine; pollen grains thread-like." 90 90 "Flowers solitary; plants dioecious." Cymodoceaceae 90 "Flowers in rows in a flattened spadix enclosed in a spathe; plants monoecious." Zosteraceae 91 "Leaves all basal." 92 91 "Leaves arising along stems." 95 92 "Leaves with lamina stiff, ± cylindrical; plants reproducing by spores, flowers never produced." Isoetaceae 92 "Leaves with lamina soft, flattened, grass-like; plants flowering when mature but flowers usually not present in submerged immature growth." 93 93 "Stolons present." Hydrocharitaceae 93 "Stolons never formed." 94 94 "Plants producing a well-buried corm, leaves arising from the apex of the corm." Aponogetonaceae 94 "Plants not producing a corm, roots superficial, arising from near leaf bases." Hydrocharitaceae 95 "Plants not producing flattened leaves; branches in whorls, secondary branches ± whorled and ± leaf-like; often encrusted with lime; plants not flowering, reproducing by spores (Chara & Nitella - algae not in this Flora)." Characeae 95 "Plants producing leaves with flattened lamina, leaves often flat, narrow, linear and grass-like; rarely lime-encrusted; mature plants producing flowers." 96 96 "Leaves alternate." 97 96 "Leaves opposite or whorled." 100 97 "Leaves with stipular sheath (or ligule) extending above junction of lamina and basal sheath." 98 97 "Leaves with basal sheath not extending above junction of sheath with lamina, no stipular sheath or ligule above but auricles sometimes present." 99 98 "Leaves with lamina mostly >1 mm wide; perennials with rhizomes, often with tough stems; leaves with a stipular sheath or base of lamina stem-clasping." Potamogetonaceae 98 "Leaves with lamina mostly <1 mm wide; usually delicate annuals, stems weak; leaves with a stipular sheath." Zannichelliaceae 99 "Leaves with 2 short auricles at base." Potamogetonaceae 99 "Leaves without auricles." Cyperaceae 100 "Leaves opposite and lamina expanded." 101 100 "Leaves usually whorled, lamina filiform or linear." 103 101 "Leaves with 3 or more longitudinal veins arising from near the base of lamina and re-uniting below apex; flowers unisexual." Callitrichaceae 101 "Leaves with only 1 longitudinal vein visible or venation obscure; flowers bisexual." 102 102 "Leaves entire, shortly petiolate with 2 stipules at base, lateral veins ending in minute glands." Elatinaceae 102 "Leaves toothed and stem-clasping or entire with relatively long petioles, stipules absent." Scrophulariaceae 103 "Leaves opposite or ± whorled, lamina with a short, expanded sheath-like base." Najadaceae 103 "Leaves whorled, sessile, without an expanded sheath-like base." Hydrocharitaceae 104 "Plants either climbing, or epiphytic on other plants, or ± parasitic on the aerial parts of other plants." 105 104 "Plants neither climbing nor epiphytic nor parasitic on aerial parts of other plants." 206 105 "Epiphytes, parasites, or hemiparasites, plants not rooted in the soil." 106 105 "Climbing or twining plants with roots in the soil." 118 106 "Rootless parasites or hemiparasites on the aerial parts of other plants." 107 106 "Plants epiphytic but not parasitic on other plants." 110 107 "Stems thread-like, leafless or almost so, forming Rtangled masses over the host and attached to the host by haustoria." 108 107 "Stems robust, parasitic on the branches of shrubs and trees, or parasitic on another parasite." 109 108 "Stems yellowish or reddish; usually parasitic on herbs; calyx and corolla distinct, with 5 segments in each whorl." Convolvulaceae 108 "Stems green, green-red, or blackish, sometimes with brown scale leaves; usually parasitic on shrubs and trees; perianth of 6 similar segments in 2 whorls of 3." Lauraceae 109 "Flowers bisexual, >20 mm long; stems ± terete and leaves either terete to linear, or broad and glabrous to tomentose but hairs not stellate." Loranthaceae 109 "Flowers unisexual, <2 mm long; either stems angular, or flattened and ± leafless, or stems terete and leaves broad and stellate-tomentose." Viscaceae 110 "Leaves opposite or whorled." 111 110 "Leaves alternate, sometimes crowded and appearing whorled." 113 111 "Leaves toothed; one leaf at each node generally much smaller than the other; flowers solitary." Gesneriaceae 111 "Leaves entire; leaves at each node of similar size; inflorescence many-flowered." 112 112 "Epiphytic herbs; leaves ± fleshy; inflorescence spicate; flowers <2 mm diam." Piperaceae 112 "Climbers; leaves thick and leathery; inflorescence umbellate; flowers >5 mm diam." Apocynaceae 113 "Leaves compound, palmate or pinnate." Araliaceae 113 "Leaves simple." 114 114 "Either leaves with several longitudinal veins, or venation obscure, or leaves terete." 115 114 "Leaves not terete, venation apparent but with only 1 longitudinal vein (lateral veins often present also)." 116 115 "Leaves terete or without a constriction above middle of leaf; pseudobulbs with velamen often present." Orchidaceae 115 "Leaves flat and with a constriction above the middle; pseudobulbs absent." Araceae 116 "Leaves with only midvein apparent; lamina <10 mm wide and <30 mm long." Psilopsida 116 "Leaves with midvein and several prominent secondary veins; lamina >10 mm wide and >30 mm long." 117 117 "Milky latex exudes from broken stems; stipules present; usually epiphytic on rainforest trees." Moraceae 117 "Milky latex absent; stipules absent; generally epiphytic on treeferns." Quintiniaceae 118 "Tendrils present." 119 118 "Tendrils absent." 130 119 "Leaves with 3 or more longitudinal veins, the main veins sometimes joined by a fine reticulum." 120 119 "Leaves with only one longitudinal vein or venation palmate, the fine venation reticulate." 123 120 "Apex of leaves prolonged into a coil." 121 120 "Apex of leaves not prolonged into a coil." 122 121 "Leaves with a closed basal sheath; flowers small, inflorescence paniculate." Flagellariaceae 121 "Leaves with a short petiole, sheath absent; flowers large, solitary." Colchicaceae 122 "Tendrils borne on petiole, paired; 3 or 5 longitudinal veins joined by obvious fine reticulum; inflorescence umbel-like; fruit black." Smilacaceae 122 "Tendrils on stem opposite the leaves, solitary; longitudinal veins not conspicuously joined by fine reticulum; inflorescence paniculate; fruit red." Petermanniaceae 123 "Leaves compound." 124 123 "Leaves simple, often deeply lobed." 128 124 "Leaves pinnately compound with an even number of pinnae (2–20)." 125 124 "Leaves compound with an odd number of pinnae (3–9), leaves palmate, biternate, pedate or palmately 3-foliolate." 127 125 "Leaves with 2 pinnae; stamens 4; fruit a 2-valved follicle, seeds winged." Bignoniaceae 125 "Leaves with 4–20 pinnae; stamens 10 or 5; fruit a legume or capsule, seeds not winged." 126 126 "Stipules present; flowers in racemes or solitary and <3 cm long; stamens 10; fruit a legume. (FABOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 126 "Stipules absent; flowers solitary and >5 cm long; stamens 5; fruit a capsule." Cobaeaceae 127 "Tendrils opposite leaves; palmate, pedate or 3-foliolate, pinnae usually 3–7; fruit a berry." Vitaceae 127 "Tendrils associated with inflorescence; leaves biternate with 9 pinnae; fruit an inflated capsule." Sapindaceae 128 "Tendrils opposite leaves; leaves pinnately veined; domatia regularly present." Vitaceae 128 "Tendrils in leaf axils or beside or below the petiole base; leaves palmately veined; domatia usually absent." 129 129 "Tendrils strictly axillary, unbranched; petioles usually with raised glands; flowers bisexual, ovary superior." Passifloraceae 129 "Tendrils beside or below the base of the petiole, often branched; petioles without glands; flowers unisexual, ovary inferior." Cucurbitaceae 130 "Leaves compound with 2 or more pinnae." 131 130 "Leaves simple or 1-foliolate (sometimes apparently absent)." 142 131 "Leaves 2- or 3-pinnate or leaves ternately divided." 132 131 "Leaves pinnate or palmate." 135 132 "Prickles present on stems and on rachises of leaves. (CAESALPINIOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 132 "Prickles absent." 133 133 "Rachis of leaves twining; leaves trailing and to several metres long; pinnae very numerous." Filicopsida 133 "Petioles and petiolules often twining; leaves <30 cm long; pinnae usually 9–45." 134 134 "Leaves opposite, ternately divided." Ranunculaceae 134 "Leaves alternate, pinnately divided." Fumariaceae 135 "Leaves opposite or rarely whorled." 136 135 "Leaves alternate." 138 136 "Leaves with 2 or 5–17 pinnae, rarely 3 or more than 13." Bignoniaceae 136 "Leaves with 3 pinnae." 137 137 "Petioles and petiolules elongated and often twining around supports; domatia absent." Ranunculaceae 137 "Petioles and petiolules short and not twining; domatia often present." Oleaceae 138 "Prickles present on stems and leaves." 139 138 "Prickles absent." 140 139 "Pinnae with longitudinal veins; prickles ± straight, fine; leaves pinnate, often >50 cm long." Arecaceae 139 "Pinnae pinnately veined; prickles hooked, coarse; leaves palmate or pinnate, <20 cm long." Rosaceae 140 "Stipules and stipels usually present, at least visible on young shoots; fruit a legume; pinnae 1–19. (FABOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 140 "Stipules and stipels absent; fruit a berry or drupe; pinnae 3–9." 141 141 "Leaves with pinnae all similar, usually 3, rarely 4 or 5; petiole scabrous with bristly hairs." Araliaceae 141 "Leaves pinnatifid or pinnate with distinct pinnae on lower rachis and a terminal segment often deeply lobed; petiole smooth." Solanaceae 142 "Leaves alternate." 143 142 "Leaves opposite or occasionally whorled." 186 143 "Prickles or spines present." 144 143 "Prickles and spines absent." 149 144 "Plants apparently leafless or leaves ± succulent and falling relatively early." 145 144 "Leaves normally developed and ± persistent, not ± succulent." 146 145 "Stems either succulent and with groups of small spines at regular intervals over surface of swollen stems or numerous spines clustered on older stems; flowers ± solitary, >3 cm long." Cactaceae 145 "Spines not clustered, stems not succulent but often ending in spines; flowers in globose heads, <1 cm long. (CAESALPINIOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 146 "Leaves with 3 or 5 longitudinal veins." Ripogonaceae 146 "Main veins pinnate." 147 147 "Axillary spines present." Moraceae 147 "Prickles present on stem or at base of petiole." 148 148 "Leaves 3–5-lobed; stipules present, linear, not spinescent." Rosaceae 148 "Leaves entire; stipules spinescent." Capparaceae 149 "Either leaves apparently absent (reduced to scales, falling early or very sparse) or plants climbing by adventitious roots." 150 149 "Plants with normally developed ± persistent leaves, not climbing by adventitious roots." 157 150 "Leaves scale-like; adventitious roots sometimes present." 151 150 "Leaves not scale-like, either normally-developed, or apparently absent; adventitious roots usually present." 154 151 "Stems thread-like, leafless or almost so, forming tangled masses over the host and attached to the host by haustoria (only seedlings rooted in soil)." 152 151 "Stems not thread-like, not forming tangled masses over the host, leaves scale-like or falling early, haustoria absent." 153 152 "Stems yellowish or reddish; usually parasitic on herbs; calyx and corolla distinct, with 5 segments in each whorl." Convolvulaceae 152 "Stems green, green-red, or blackish, sometimes with brown scale leaves; usually parasitic on shrubs and trees; perianth of 6 similar segments in 2 whorls." Lauraceae 153 "Milky latex exudes from broken stems; adventitious roots absent." Euphorbiaceae 153 "Milky latex absent; adventitious roots present." Orchidaceae 154 "Aerial roots absent, stems twining; leaves either apparently absent, or if present then sparse and lamina linear to elliptic or oblanceolate and margins entire." Polygalaceae 154 "Aerial roots present, stems sometimes twining; leaves abundant, not lamina linear to elliptic or oblanceolate and margins entire." 155 155 "Leaves with a constriction above the middle; leaf base sheathing." Araceae 155 "Leaves without a constriction above the middle; leaf base not sheathing, petiole present." 156 156 "Leaves entire; stipules present on young stems and leaving a scar encircling the stem at each node." Piperaceae 156 "Leaves palmately 3–5-lobed; stipules absent." Araliaceae 157 "Leaves with 3–many longitudinal veins." 158 157 "Leaves pinnately or palmately veined." 161 158 "Leaves with base sheathing stem; margins with small spinescent teeth near base of leaves." Pandanaceae 158 "Leaves without base sheathing stem; margins entire." 159 159 "Leaves with many closely spaced ± parallel veins." Luzuriagaceae 159 "Leaves with 3–7 widely spaced longitudinal veins." 160 160 "Petioles stout and rather short; leaves with base of lamina rounded or tapering into petiole; most leaves usually regularly whorled or opposite." Ripogonaceae 160 "Petioles slender and relatively long; leaves with base of lamina hastate or cordate; leaves always alternate." Dioscoreaceae 161 "Leaves ± triangular and margins regularly toothed to finely crenate, base generally cordate." 162 161 "Leaves not ± triangular, if leaves toothed then base not cordate." 164 162 "Leaves and stems ± glabrous; ocreae present at nodes." Polygonaceae 162 "At least young stems, petioles and lower surface of leaves hairy; ocreae (sheaths of fused stipules) absent." 163 163 "Stems and leaves softly and densely hairy; petioles of many leaves twining." Scrophulariaceae 163 "Stems and petioles with scattered, bristly, stinging hairs; petioles not twining." Euphorbiaceae 164 "Leaves with petiole more than half as long as lamina; lamina ovate to ± circular, margins entire, lobed or angled and base often cordate; venation palmate or prominently 3-veined from near base." 165 164 "Leaves with petiole less than half as long as lamina; lamina linear to ovate to oblanceolate, rarely base cordate, margins generally entire, occasionally toothed, crenate or lobed; venation pinnate, rarely obscurely 3-veined from base." 170 165 "Flowers in heads surrounded by herbaceous involucral bracts; leaves palmately 5–7-angled." Asteraceae 165 "Flowers not in heads surrounded by bracts; leaves palmately lobed or 2- or 3-angled." 166 166 "Flowers bisexual, solitary or a few together, axillary or terminal." 167 166 "Flowers unisexual; inflorescence with many flowers, axillary." 169 167 "Leaves peltate; flowers spurred." Tropaeolaceae 167 "Leaves not peltate; flowers not spurred." 168 168 "Corolla tubular; a small amount of milky latex present; either leaves hairy or margins palmately lobed or base sagittate or hastate; base of lamina usually cordate." Convolvulaceae 168 "Perianth segments free; milky latex absent; leaves glabrous and margins either entire or with 1 or 2 angles; base of lamina not cordate." Flacourtiaceae 169 "Ovary inferior; carpels fused, 3; fruit a capsule, deeply 3-angled." Dioscoreaceae 169 "Ovary superior; carpels free or 1; fruit a drupe, not deeply angled." Menispermaceae 170 "Margins of leaves toothed, crenate or deeply lobed." 171 170 "Margins of leaves entire." 174 171 "Herbaceous climbers, lenticels absent; flowers >15 mm diam." 172 171 "Woody climbers or twiners, lenticels raised and obvious on stem; flowers <5 mm diam." 173 172 "Leaves toothed to crenate, ± sessile with base encircling stem; flowers yellow." Dilleniaceae 172 "Leaves deeply lobed, petiolate; flowers white to pale blue." Solanaceae 173 "Leaves scabrous below; teeth coarse and irregular; milky latex sometimes present." Moraceae 173 "Leaves not scabrous; teeth usually regular and fine, margins often ± crenate; latex absent." Celastraceae 174 "Petioles with a distinct joint or pulvinus-like swelling at the apex or petioles thickened and twisted." 175 174 "Petioles not thickened and twisted, lacking a distinct joint or pulvinus-like swelling at the apex, either absent or very short or if longer then not rigid." 177 175 "Flowers unisexual, actinomorphic." Menispermaceae 175 "Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic." 176 176 "Petioles without stipels and joint near apex; petiole base expanded into a horizontal ridge extending three-quarters of the way around the stem; corolla tubular." Aristolochiaceae 176 "Petioles with stipels and a joint near apex (leaf 1-foliolate); petiole base not expanded; corolla not tubular. (FABOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 177 "Leaves oblanceolate and tapering into the base, base sheathing the stem." Dilleniaceae 177 "Leaves usually not oblanceolate, base not sheathing the stem." 178 178 "Leaves hairy." 179 178 "Leaves glabrous or almost so (sometimes stellate hairs present on new growth)." 180 179 "Mature leaves <5 cm long, sessile or petiole <1 cm long; small twining plants." Pittosporaceae 179 "Mature leaves >5 cm long, petiole >1 cm long; woody climbers." Amaranthaceae 180 "Leaves ± fleshy, ± broad-ovate, base cordate; axillary tubers borne at some nodes." Basellaceae 180 "Leaves not fleshy, linear to ovate, base not cordate; axillary tubers absent." 181 181 "Leaves with translucent or opaque dots scattered over lower leaf surface." Myrsinaceae 181 "Leaves lacking such dots." 182 182 "Leaves scabrous on lower surface; stellate scales absent." Moraceae 182 "Leaves not scabrous; stellate scales sometimes present." 183 183 "Brown stellate scales on young stems; tall climbers in coastal rainforest north from Dorrigo." Annonaceae 183 "Stellate scales absent; scrambling shrubs or twiners, rarely in rainforest; inland or coastal regions." 184 184 "Petioles >10 mm long; coastal species, sometimes in or near rainforest." Solanaceae 184 "Petioles <10 mm long; widespread, rarely in rainforest." 185 185 "Flowers mostly absent, if present actinomorphic, <5 mm diam.; scrambling shrub of inland areas." Rhamnaceae 185 "Flowers mostly present, zygomorphic, >5 mm diam.; twining shrubs, widespread." Polygalaceae 186 "Leaves whorled, scale-like and subtending linear to ovate cladodes in the axils." Asparagaceae 186 "Leaves not whorled, scale-like and subtending linear to ovate cladodes in the axils." 187 187 "Prickles or spines present." 188 187 "Prickles or spines absent." 191 188 "Spines present at many nodes." 189 188 "Prickles scattered on stems." 190 189 "Milky latex exudes from broken stems and petioles; spines straight." Apocynaceae 189 "Milky latex absent; spines often curved." Nyctaginaceae 190 "Stems 4-angled; leaves pinnately veined, margins toothed." Verbenaceae 190 "Stems not angled; leaves with 3 or 5 main longitudinal veins, margins entire." Ripogonaceae 191 "Leaves at each node unequal in size." Gesneriaceae 191 "Leaves at each node similar in size." 192 192 "Leaves with numerous minute translucent oil dots, aromatic when crushed." 193 192 "Leaves without translucent oil dots, not aromatic when crushed." 194 193 "Rough stellate hairs present on stems and leaves; hypanthium present, perianth in 1 whorl." Monimiaceae 193 "Rusty hairs present, especially on young stems and leaves; hypanthium not present, perianth in 2 whorls." Trimeniaceae 194 "Margins of adult leaves crenate or toothed." 195 194 "Margins of adult leaves entire, sometimes juvenile leaves lobed or dissected." 198 195 "Leaves with 3–5 veins rising from base of lamina, base ± cordate." 196 195 "Leaves with only one main longitudinal vein." 197 196 "Leaves glabrous or almost so, shiny above, central area of lamina pale green." Ranunculaceae 196 "Leaves hairy, dull above, not variegated in colour." Acanthaceae 197 "Leaves slightly glossy above, dull below; stems forming short coils and abrupt knot-like bends around supports." Celastraceae 197 "Leaves very glossy above, moderately glossy below; stems twining in loose, elongated spirals." Aphanopetalaceae 198 "Interpetiolar stipules present; domatia present on most leaves, sometimes minute." Rubiaceae 198 "Interpetiolar stipules absent or greatly reduced; domatia absent." 199 199 "Petioles distinctly jointed a little above the base." Oleaceae 199 "Petioles lacking such a joint." 200 200 "Stems 4-angled." Verbenaceae 200 "Stems not angled." 201 201 "Milky or clear latex absent; stamens 1–4 or if 5 then flowers strongly zygomorphic." 202 201 "Milky or yellowish latex usually exudes from broken stems or petioles; stamens 5; flowers actinomorphic." 204 202 "Leaves sagittate to hastate, glabrous." Chenopodiaceae 202 "Leaves not lobed at base, hairy below." 203 203 "Leaves wrinkled above, whitish with stellate hairs below; flowers mauve or yellow." Buddlejaceae 203 "Leaves smooth above, green below, hairs simple or glandular; flowers cream or yellow." Caprifoliaceae 204 "Either upper surface of leaves with a cluster of 2–20 minute raised glands at the base of lamina (hand lens needed) or leaves reduced and scale-like; pollen aggregated into pollinia." Apocynaceae 204 "Upper surface of leaves without any raised glands (leaves never reduced and scale-like); pollen either granular or rarely aggregated into pollinia." 205 205 "Pollen granular, not aggregated into pollinia." Apocynaceae 205 "Pollen aggregated into pollinia." Apocynaceae 206 "Leaves apparently absent, often reduced to scales." 207 206 "Leaves present, not reduced to scales." 230 207 "Saprophytic or parasitic herbs, usually without chlorophyll; the stems yellow or purple." 208 207 "Chlorophyll present, stems sometimes with yellowish tinge if the plants are hemiparasitic on roots of other plants." 210 208 "Flowers actinomorphic; stamens 6 or rarely 3." Thismiaceae 208 "Flowers usually strongly zygomorphic; stamens 4 or 1." 209 209 "Ovary inferior; stamen 1." Orchidaceae 209 "Ovary superior; stamens 4." Scrophulariaceae 210 "Cladodes succulent, often jointed." 211 210 "Cladodes not succulent, either smooth or angular, sometimes flattened or winged." 214 211 "Cladodes >10 mm diam., cylindrical, angular or flattened, bearing numerous spines." Cactaceae 211 "Cladodes <8 mm diam., ± cylindrical, spines absent." 212 212 "Milky latex absent; cladodes jointed; erect or prostrate shrubs or subshrubs." Chenopodiaceae 212 "Milky latex present; cladodes sometimes jointed; scrambling shrubs." 213 213 "Scale leaves alternate; fruit a capsule c. 4 mm long, seeds 3." Euphorbiaceae 213 "Leaves opposite; fruit a follicle 5–14 cm long, seeds numerous." Apocynaceae 214 "Cladodes winged or leaves reduced to spines." 215 214 "Cladodes or branchlets not winged, either terete or flattened." 216 215 "Wings on cladodes firm and brown; leaves reduced to spines. (FABOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 215 "Wings herbaceous to membranous; plants not spinose." Elaeocarpaceae 216 "Scale leaves subtending leaf-like cladodes, cladodes often clustered or whorled." Asparagaceae 216 "Leaves not subtending leaf-like cladodes." 217 217 "Scale leaves in whorls of 4 or more and fused at the base." Casuarinaceae 217 "Scale leaves (or leaf scars) alternate or opposite." 218 218 "Spines regularly present along adult stems." 219 218 "Spines not regularly present on adult stems, but branches sometimes ending in spines or spines present on juvenile growth." 220 219 "Spines alternate." Rutaceae 219 "Spines opposite." Rhamnaceae 220 "Leaves opposite." 221 220 "Leaves alternate." 224 221 "Herbs in swamps; flowers unisexual." Rubiaceae 221 "Shrubs or subshrubs, not in swamps; flowers bisexual." 222 222 "Flowers 3–4 mm long; shrubs; fruit brownish, not succulent; at least some leaves normally-developed on plant." Lamiaceae 222 "Flowers either <2 mm long, or >6 mm long; subshrubs, prostrate or erect; fruit red to orange, succulent; no leaves normally developed." 223 223 "Erect subshrubs; flowers 8–10 mm long, white; western species." Loganiaceae 223 "Prostrate subshrubs; flowers 1–2 mm long, greenish; high altitude species." Santalaceae 224 "Flowers unisexual, borne in clusters at almost every node over the whole plant (dead flower parts usually persistent)." Euphorbiaceae 224 "Flowers bisexual, borne mainly towards the ends of branches (dead flower parts not usually persistent)." 225 225 "Either ovary inferior, or ovary superior and then fruiting pedicel enlarged and often succulent." Santalaceae 225 "Ovary superior, but fruiting pedicel neither enlarged nor succulent." 226 226 "Scale leaves encircling stem and usually a few millimetres apart; flowers small, pink and in large terminal panicles." Tamaricaceae 226 "Leaves not scale leaves encircling stem and usually more than a few millimetres apart; flowers and inflorescences not large terminal panicles." 227 227 "Flowers bisexual, strongly zygomorphic." 228 227 "Flowers unisexual, actinomorphic." 229 228 "Flowers blue; inner 2 sepals large and petaloid; fruit a capsule." Polygalaceae 228 "Flowers yellow, orange or rarely purple; sepals not petaloid, shortly tubular and ± equal; fruit a legume. (FABOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 229 "Shrubs or small trees 1–4 m high; flowers solitary or in short, few-flowered racemes; fruit a berry." Capparaceae 229 "Shrubs with tangled branches; flowers in interrupted, spike-like racemes; fruit an indehiscent nut." Polygonaceae 230 "Leaves consistently whorled." 231 230 "Leaves alternate or opposite or leaf solitary." 254 231 "Woody plants, trees or erect shrubs." 232 231 "Herbs or prostrate or hemispherical subshrubs." 248 232 "Milky latex or coloured resin exudes from cut or broken twigs or petioles." 233 232 "Neither milky latex nor coloured resin exudes from cut or broken twigs or petioles." 234 233 "Milky latex exudes from cut stems or petioles." Apocynaceae 233 "Yellowish to red resin exudes from cut stems or petioles." Myrtaceae 234 "Leaves with 5–7 main longitudinal veins. (STYPHELIOIDEAE)" Ericaceae 234 "Leaves with only 1 main longitudinal vein." 235 235 "Leaves either <3 cm long, or if 3–6 cm long then neither rigid nor pungent-pointed." 236 235 "Leaves either >6 cm long or if 3–6 cm long then rigid and pungent-pointed." 243 236 "Whorls usually with 3 or 4 leaves." 237 236 "Whorls with 5–7 leaves." 242 237 "Leaves 3–6 mm long and ± terete." Ericaceae 237 "Leaves >6 mm long or if less then not ± terete." 238 238 "Stems 4-angled." Lamiaceae 238 "Stems not 4-angled." 239 239 "Leaves in whorls of 4 (rarely 3 or 5)." Elaeocarpaceae 239 "Leaves in whorls of 3, rarely more." 240 240 "Plants ± white-tomentose; leaves sessile." Lamiaceae 240 "Plants never white-tomentose; leaves mostly petiolate, if sessile then plants glabrous or hairy." 241 241 "Fruit a legume; flowers zygomorphic. (FABOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 241 "Fruit a drupe; flowers actinomorphic." Proteaceae 242 "Whorls consistently with 6 `leaves' (actually 2 sessile 3-foliolate leaves); fruit a capsule." Cunoniaceae 242 "Whorls with 5–7 leaves (phyllodes); fruit a legume. (MIMOSOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 243 "Leaves mesomorphic." 244 243 "Leaves scleromorphic." 246 244 "Stipular sheaths present on apex of shoots." Rubiaceae 244 "Stipular sheaths absent." 245 245 "Stems terete; terminal buds scaly." Pittosporaceae 245 "Stems angular; terminal buds not scaly." Verbenaceae 246 "Terminal buds scaly; juvenile leaves whorled, toothed, adult leaves alternate, entire." Corynocarpaceae 246 "Terminal buds not scaly; all leaves whorled, entire or toothed." 247 247 "Interpetiolar stipules present; leaves glaucous below; flowers in separated, dense, ± globose clusters." Cunoniaceae 247 "Stipules absent; leaves not glaucous below; inflorescence racemose or flowers in heads surrounded by bracts." Proteaceae 248 "Leaves succulent and either terete or about as wide as long; leaves usually in whorls of 4." 249 248 "Leaves not succulent; leaves opposite or in whorls of 2 to many." 250 249 "Leaves terete, 3–7 mm long; calyx and corolla present." Frankeniaceae 249 "Leaves flat, about as long as wide, 5–15 mm long; flowers naked." Piperaceae 250 "Leaves regularly in whorls of 3 or leaves opposite; flowers purple to blue, c. 8–10 mm long." Lythraceae 250 "Leaves in whorls of 4 or more, sometimes some in 3s; flowers usually greenish to white, mostly <5 mm long." 251 251 "Leaves fused into a basal tube with only apices free; stems longitudinally grooved." Sphenopsida 251 "Leaves not fused into a basal tube with only apices free; stems rarely grooved." 252 252 "Stems 4-angled; ovary inferior." Rubiaceae 252 "Stems not 4-angled; ovary superior." 253 253 "Perianth in 1 whorl; stipules absent." Aizoaceae 253 "Sepals and petals present; stipules present." Caryophyllaceae 254 "Leaves usually with reticulate venation; vascular bundles open, that is, secondary thickening occurs; taproot present, at least in seedlings; flower parts usually in whorls of 4 or 5; embryo mostly with 2 cotyledons (dicots)." 255 254 "Leaves usually with parallel venation; vascular bundles closed, that is, no secondary thickening occurs; root system fibrous; flower parts usually in whorls of 3; embryo mostly with 1 cotyledon (monocots)." 514 255 "Leaves compound, with 2 or more distinct pinnae." 256 255 "Leaves 1-foliolate or simple (sometimes lamina deeply lobed but not divided into discrete leaflets)." 315 256 "Leaves either 2- or 3-pinnate or biternate." 257 256 "Leaves either 1-pinnate or palmate." 269 257 Herbs. 258 257 "Shrubs or trees." 261 258 "Ovary superior; flowers zygomorphic or actinomorphic." 259 258 "Ovary inferior; most flowers actinomorphic, rarely all zygomorphic." 260 259 "Flowers zygomorphic; fruit a nut; leaves 2- or 3-pinnate." Fumariaceae 259 "Flowers actinomorphic; fruit a follicle; leaves biternate." Malaceae 260 "Upper part of petioles usually with reduced pinnae or flaps of tissue; flowers in heads." Asteraceae 260 "Reduced pinnae or flaps of tissue absent (the lowest pinnae largest); flowers in umbels." Apiaceae 261 "Pinnae with a terminal pinnule or segment." 262 261 "Pinnae without a terminal pinnule or segment." 268 262 "Leaves with jointed rachis; ovary inferior or superior." 263 262 "Leaves without jointed rachis; ovary superior." 264 263 "Ovary inferior." Araliaceae 263 "Ovary superior." Berberidaceae 264 "Pinnules toothed to subentire." 265 264 "Pinnules entire." 267 265 "Leaves regularly 2-pinnate; leaves glabrous except for stellate hairs on petioles; fruit an indehiscent drupe." Meliaceae 265 "Leaves irregularly 2–4-pinnate; lower surface of leaves either hairy (hairs not stellate) or strongly glaucous; fruit dehiscent." 266 266 "Fruit a capsule, covered with irritant hairs; leaves irregularly 2-pinnate." Sapindaceae 266 "Fruit a follicle, glabrous; leaves irregularly 2–4-pinnate." Proteaceae 267 "Leaves without oil dots, lower surface pale, silky; leaves deeply 2- or 3-pinnatifid." Proteaceae 267 "Leaves with oil dots, lower surface either glabrous or with scattered hairs; leaves regularly or irregularly 2-pinnate." Rutaceae 268 "Flowers zygomorphic; spines or prickles present. (CAESALPINIOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 268 "Flowers actinomorphic; spines and prickles present or absent. (MIMOSOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 269 "Trees and shrubs." 270 269 "Herbaceous plants." 298 270 "Leaves opposite, sometimes apparently whorled." 271 270 "Leaves alternate." 277 271 "Oil dots present in leaves, leaves aromatic when crushed." Rutaceae 271 "Oil dots absent, leaves not aromatic when crushed." 272 272 "Interpetiolar stipules present." 273 272 "Stipules absent." 274 273 "Margins of pinnae toothed; stipules not resinous." Cunoniaceae 273 "Margins of pinnae entire; stipules resinous." Cunoniaceae 274 "Leaves sessile, 3-foliolate; pinnae <1.5 cm long." Cunoniaceae 274 "Leaves petiolate, 3–11-foliolate; pinnae 2–12 cm long." 275 275 "Leaves with small stalked glands on rachis between petiolules." Adoxaceae 275 "Leaves without glands on rachis." 276 276 "Cultivated trees, sometimes naturalized; fruit dry, winged." Aceraceae 276 "Shrub in rainforest; fruit succulent, not winged." Verbenaceae 277 "Stipules present and pinnae regularly toothed." 278 277 "Either stipules absent or if stipules present then pinnae not regularly toothed." 281 278 "Prickles usually present; stipules ± linear; rachis not winged." Rosaceae 278 "Prickles absent." 279 279 "Stipules not prominent, <3 mm wide; rachis not winged." Malaceae 279 "Stipules >1 cm wide; rachis winged." 280 280 "Stipules free, ± semicircular, 1–2 cm long; fruit drupaceous." Cunoniaceae 280 "Stipules fused and encircling the stem, >5 cm long; fruit capsular." Melianthaceae 281 "Fruit a legume or samara; stipules mostly present on new growth but often shed early." 282 281 "Fruit variable but neither a legume nor a samara; stipules absent or inconspicuous." 284 282 "Fruit a samara." Simaroubaceae 282 "Fruit a legume." 283 283 "Stamens 10 and free, either unequal or some reduced and sterile. (CAESALPINIOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 283 "Stamens 10, free or variously united, equal in size, all fertile. (FABOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 284 "Oil dots present in leaves, leaves aromatic when crushed." Rutaceae 284 "Oil dots absent, leaves not aromatic when crushed." 285 285 "Leaves palmately compound with 5 or more pinnae or pinnae 3 and pinnae with silvery scales below." Malvaceae 285 "Leaves pinnately compound or if pinnae 3 then not silvery below." 286 286 "Domatia present, sometimes small and inconspicuous." 287 286 "Domatia absent." 290 287 "Petioles and stems exuding a clear sap when cut; fruit an indehiscent drupe." Anacardiaceae 287 "Petioles and stems not exuding a clear sap when cut; fruit usually a dehiscent capsule." 288 288 "Pinnae regularly toothed." Sapindaceae 288 "Pinnae entire (rarely a few teeth in juveniles)." 289 289 "Either stamens fused into a tube or seeds winged; leaves either with >10 leaflets, or with a terminal pinna present, or pinnae opposite and rachis without a terminal spur." Meliaceae 289 "Stamens not fused into a tube and seeds not winged; leaves mostly <10 leaflets and rachis ending in a terminal spur, true terminal leaflet absent, pinnae often subopposite." Sapindaceae 290 "Leaves with main rachis jointed at the point where the pinnae are attached, the pinnae usually opposite." Araliaceae 290 "Leaves without jointed rachis." 291 291 "Leaves with either a terminal spur at end of rachis (pinnae alternate, subopposite or opposite), or fruit a 2–6-winged capsule." Sapindaceae 291 "Leaves without terminal spur on rachis (pinnae mostly opposite); fruit variable but not a winged capsule." 292 292 "Pinnae toothed, lobed or dissected." 293 292 "Pinnae (or leaves) with entire margins." 296 293 "Pinnae with blunt teeth or lobes; adult leaves usually <30 cm long." Proteaceae 293 "Pinnae with spinose teeth; adult leaves usually >30 cm long." 294 294 "Leaves pinnatisect in upper part; rachis winged." Proteaceae 294 "Leaves pinnate throughout; rachis not winged." 295 295 "Leaves with 12–30 pinnae, without a terminal pinna." Akaniaceae 295 "Leaves with 5–13 pinnae, with a terminal pinna." Berberidaceae 296 "Leaves pinnate and simple on the same shoot; fruit a follicle." Proteaceae 296 "All leaves pinnate; fruit a drupe or capsule." 297 297 "Pinnae with an obvious swelling at junction of petiolule with rachis, terminal pinna always present; fruit a drupe." Burseraceae 297 "Pinnae without a swelling at junction of petiolule and rachis, terminal pinna usually not present; fruit a capsule." Meliaceae 298 "Leaves pinnate without a terminal pinna." 299 298 "Leaves palmate or pinnate with a terminal pinna." 300 299 "Leaves opposite; stipules interpetiolar; pinnae 2–24." Zygophyllaceae 299 "Leaves alternate; paired stipules usually present at base of each petiole; pinnae >2. (FABOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 300 "Leaves dotted with oil glands." Rutaceae 300 "Leaves without oil glands." 301 301 "Leaves with 3 pinnae arranged at the apex of a relatively long petiole; pinnae ± obcordate, margins entire; fruit a capsule." Oxalidaceae 301 "Leaves not with 3 pinnae arranged at the apex of a relatively long petiole; pinnae not obcordate, margins not entire; fruit various, rarely a capsule." 302 302 "Leaves palmate with 3–11 pinnae, petiolule of terminal pinna ± as long as petiolules of lateral pinnae." 303 302 "Leaves pinnate with 3 or more pinnae, petiolule of terminal pinna longer than those of lateral pinnae." 306 303 "Leaves irregularly palmately dissected, pinnae irregularly lobed." Ranunculaceae 303 "Leaves regularly divided into pinnae, margins entire or regularly toothed." 304 304 "Either pinnae entire or stipules spinescent, the pinnae usually with glandular hairs." Capparaceae 304 "Pinnae toothed, stipules not spinescent." 305 305 "Flowers unisexual, <5 mm diam.; stipules not fused to petiole." Cannabaceae 305 "Flowers bisexual, >10 mm diam.; stipules fused to petiole." Rosaceae 306 "Stipules present." 307 306 "Stipules absent, petioles sometimes dilated at the base." 308 307 "Pinnae toothed, the teeth >1 mm deep; flowers actinomorphic." Rosaceae 307 "Pinnae entire or with teeth <1 mm deep or pinnae lobed or deeply dissected; flowers zygomorphic. (FABOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 308 "Flowers in heads surrounded by involucral bracts (leaves often deeply pinnatisect)." Asteraceae 308 "Flowers not in heads surrounded by involucral bracts; leaves not deeply pinnatisect." 309 309 "Pinnae 3, usually deeply dissected; fruit a cluster of achenes." Ranunculaceae 309 "Pinnae more than 3; fruit not an achene." 310 310 "Flowers in umbels or umbellate clusters." 311 310 "Flowers not in umbels." 312 311 "Ovary inferior." Apiaceae 311 "Ovary superior." Geraniaceae 312 "Leaves succulent or spinose." 313 312 "Leaves neither succulent nor spinose." 314 313 "Leaves succulent, opposite." Crassulaceae 313 "Leaves spinose, alternate." Polemoniaceae 314 "Leaves tasting like mustard; petals mostly yellow or white; stamens usually 6." Brassicaceae 314 "Leaves not tasting like mustard; petals blue; stamens 5." Hydrophyllaceae 315 "Flowers enclosed in an invaginated floral axis; fruit multiple, a syconium or fig." Moraceae 315 "Flowers not enclosed in an invaginated floral axis; fruit not a syconium or fig." 316 316 "Flowers unisexual, arranged in a cyathium; white latex present." Euphorbiaceae 316 "Flowers either bisexual, or if unisexual then not arranged in a cyathium; white latex either absent or if rarely present then flowers bisexual." 317 317 "Ocreae (sheaths of fused stipules) present around the petiole and stem." Polygonaceae 317 "Ocreae absent." 318 318 "Ovary superior or the flower naked." 319 318 "Ovary inferior or half-inferior." 476 319 "Carpels ± free, fruit usually separating into distinct carpels, that is, 2 or more ovaries present (sometimes carpels enclosed in hypanthium and `ovary' apparently solitary)." 320 319 "Carpels fused or the carpel solitary, that is, ovary and fruit solitary." 336 320 "Milky or yellowish latex exudes from broken stems." 321 320 "Milky or yellowish latex absent." 322 321 "Pollen granular, not aggregated into pollinia; fruit black or more often brightly coloured, mostly drupaceous, sometimes a pair of tardily dehiscent follicles." Apocynaceae 321 "Pollen aggregated into pollinia; fruit a pair of green or brownish dehiscent follicles." Apocynaceae 322 "Herbs, sometimes trailing." 323 322 "Shrubs or trees." 326 323 "Petals fused into a tube." 324 323 "Petals free." 325 324 "Leaves opposite." Lamiaceae 324 "Leaves alternate." Convolvulaceae 325 "Carpels equal in number to the petals; leaves opposite, succulent." Crassulaceae 325 "Carpels much more numerous than the petals; leaves usually alternate, not succulent." Ranunculaceae 326 "Leaves opposite." Monimiaceae 326 "Leaves alternate, sometimes ± whorled." 327 327 "Either stamens 5 and alternate with 5 staminodes or stamens numerous and on an androgynophore." Malvaceae 327 "Stamens >5 but not on an androgynophore." 328 328 "Sepals and petals modified into calyptras; carpels immersed in the receptacle." Eupomatiaceae 328 "Calyptras not formed; carpels not immersed in the receptacle." 329 329 "Fruit a cluster of berries; leaves with fine oil dots and aromatic when crushed." 330 329 "Fruit otherwise; leaves without oil dots, not aromatic when crushed." 331 330 "Flowers mostly unisexual; fruit blue to blackish; leaves tasting like pepper." Winteraceae 330 "Flowers bisexual; fruit orange to red; leaves not tasting like pepper." Annonaceae 331 "Stamens perigynous." 332 331 "Stamens hypogynous." 333 332 "Receptacles urn-shaped and almost enclosing carpels; fruit a number of individual achenes enclosed in a false fruit or `hip'." Rosaceae 332 "Receptacles saucer-shaped; fruit a cluster of follicles." Malaceae 333 "Individual fruit dehiscent, follicles; carpels always completely free." Dilleniaceae 333 "Individual fruit not dehiscent, drupes; carpels often united by their common style." 334 334 "Leaves toothed; individual black drupes seated on swollen red receptacle." Ochnaceae 334 "Leaves entire; individual drupes either red, orange or brownish, receptacle neither swollen nor red." 335 335 "Leaves usually <5 cm long and with <10 pairs of secondary veins; western species." Surianaceae 335 "Leaves mostly >5 cm long and with >10 pairs of secondary veins; coastal species." Simaroubaceae 336 "Fertile stamens more than twice as many as sepals or tepals (tepals as in Proteaceae, Moraceae)." 337 336 "Fertile stamens to twice as many as sepals or tepals." 357 337 "Leaves alternate." 338 337 "Leaves opposite." 355 338 "Leaves modified to phyllodes, identified by the extrafloral nectary on the upper edge; carpel 1; fruit a legume or a lomentum. (MIMOSOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 338 "Leaves not modified into phyllodes; carpels 1 or more; fruit neither a legume nor lomentum." 339 339 "Either all flowers unisexual or unisexual and bisexual flowers occurring together in the same inflorescence." 340 339 "All flowers bisexual." 344 340 "Sepals fused and enclosing the bud, splitting into 2 or 3 lobes; carpel 1; leaves tasting like pepper." Winteraceae 340 "Sepals or perianth otherwise; carpel 1 or 3–indefinite; leaves not tasting like pepper." 341 341 "Carpels 3, fused; styles 3." Euphorbiaceae 341 "Carpels 1, or >3 (rarely 3 and with 1 style)." 342 342 "Sepals and petals present; carpels 4 or 5, rarely 3, central column absent." Ebenaceae 342 "Either sepals or petals absent; carpels solitary or >3 and then united around a central column." 343 343 "Perianth represented by blunt teeth; carpels 4–7 or >20, united around a central column; fruit without spines." Gyrostemonaceae 343 "Perianth sepaloid, 2–3 mm long; carpel solitary; fruit covered by spines." Phytolaccaceae 344 "Carpel solitary; fruit a drupe." Amygdalaceae 344 "Carpels >2, fused together; fruit variable." 345 345 "Carpels incompletely fused, either free at the apex or carpels united only by their gynobasic style." 346 345 "Carpels fused throughout, except sometimes in upper style and stigma." 347 346 "Carpels free at the apex, ovules and seeds visible." Resedaceae 346 "Carpels united only by their gynobasic style." Ochnaceae 347 "Filaments of stamens fused, forming a tube around the styles, stigmas protruding above the tube." Malvaceae 347 "Filaments free or almost so, not forming a tube." 348 348 "Sepals 2 or 3, sometimes united into a calyptra." 349 348 "Sepals 4 or more." 350 349 "Flowers solitary on long scapes; placentation parietal." Papaveraceae 349 "Flowers in few- to many-flowered cymes, cymose panicles or heads, rarely solitary in leaf axils; placentation basal or free-central." Portulacaceae 350 "Ovary on a gynophore." Capparaceae 350 "Ovary ± sessile." 351 351 "Rigid spreading shrubs; leaves <5 mm wide." 352 351 "Erect shrubs; leaves >5 mm wide." 353 352 "Leaves deeply and irregularly pinnatisect, glabrous." Peganaceae 352 "Leaves entire, covered with appressed hairs." Nitrariaceae 353 "Placentation parietal; leaf margins entire or bluntly angular." Flacourtiaceae 353 "Placentation axile; leaf margins usually finely or coarsely toothed." 354 354 "Anthers opening by terminal valves or pores." Elaeocarpaceae 354 "Anthers opening by longitudinal slits." Tiliaceae 355 "Shrubs or trees." Monimiaceae 355 "Herbs or small shrubs." 356 356 "Leaves gland-dotted, not succulent, bright green." Hypericaceae 356 "Leaves not gland-dotted, succulent or often greyish and apparently whorled." Aizoaceae 357 "Perianth in 1 whorl or the flower naked." 358 357 "Perianth in 2 whorls." 388 358 "Flowers naked, perianth absent." 359 358 "Flowers with perianth present." 361 359 "Trees with alternate leaves; flowers in catkins." Salicaceae 359 "Herbs with opposite leaves." 360 360 "Flowers bisexual, in dense terminal spikes." Piperaceae 360 "Flowers unisexual, axillary, solitary or in pairs." Callitrichaceae 361 "Perianth segments scarious." Amaranthaceae 361 "Perianth segments herbaceous or petaloid." 362 362 "Stamens 8–10." 363 362 "Stamens <8." 372 363 "Leaves opposite." 364 363 "Leaves alternate and/or radical." 366 364 Herbs. Caryophyllaceae 364 "Trees or shrubs." 365 365 "Flowers with tubular hypanthium, several times longer than ovary; leaves usually <6 cm long." Thymelaeaceae 365 "Flowers with hypanthium or perianth about as long as the ovary; leaves >6 cm long." Cunoniaceae 366 "Flowers unisexual." 367 366 "Flowers bisexual." 369 367 "Style simple; fruit a winged capsule." Sapindaceae 367 "Style branched or styles as many as the carpels; fruit not a winged capsule." 368 368 "Carpels 3, fused, styles 3; fruit usually 3-lobed." Euphorbiaceae 368 "Carpels 2 or >3 and united around a central column; styles free, 2–7, or fused and 4–7-branched; fruit 2- or >3-lobed." Gyrostemonaceae 369 "Carpels 8–10." Phytolaccaceae 369 "Carpels usually 3–5." 370 370 "Herbs or subshrubs." Aizoaceae 370 "Shrubs or small trees." 371 371 "Plants of coastal areas; seeds without arils." Flacourtiaceae 371 "Plants of inland areas; seeds with a fleshy red aril." Sapindaceae 372 "Styles 2 or more, or the style branched." 373 372 "Style simple, unbranched (stigma sometimes lobed)." 377 373 "Ovary usually 3-locular, rarely 2–7-locular." Euphorbiaceae 373 "Ovary 1-locular." 374 374 "Herbs with opposite leaves, the leaf bases usually fused; stipules sometimes present; glabrous or with a few simple hairs." Caryophyllaceae 374 "Trees, shrubs or herbs with leaves alternate (rarely opposite, and if so, without stipules, the leaf bases not fused and hairs tubercled)." 375 375 "Herbs or small shrubs; widespread, rarely in rainforest." Chenopodiaceae 375 "Shrubs or trees; mostly in or near rainforest." 376 376 "Fruit solitary or paired, drupaceous; leaves usually 3-veined from base." Ulmaceae 376 "Fruit crowded and forming a multiple fruit; leaves not 3-veined from base." Moraceae 377 "Perianth tubular (at least in bud) or tubular hypanthium present." 378 377 "Perianth not tubular (sometimes fused at the base and forming a shallow cup)." 382 378 "Stamens always 6; petals 6; calyx represented by a cup which enlarges in fruit." Olacaceae 378 "Stamens mostly 2–5, sometimes 6–8; calyx not a cup which enlarges in fruit." 379 379 "Upper part of perianth tube falling, the lower part persisting and enclosing the fruit." Nyctaginaceae 379 Otherwise. 380 380 "Stamens 2; inserted on the rim of the tubular hypanthium." Thymelaeaceae 380 "Stamens >3; not inserted on the rim of a tubular hypanthium." 381 381 "Trees or shrubs; stamens opposite to and fused with the perianth segments." Proteaceae 381 "Herbs or subshrubs; stamens alternating with the perianth segments." Aizoaceae 382 "Stamens opposite the perianth segments." 383 382 "Stamens alternating with the perianth segments." 384 383 "Either trees or tall shrubs with toothed leaves, often with stinging hairs, or herbs sometimes with stinging hairs." Urticaceae 383 "Shrubs with entire leaves (glabrous or hairy but without stinging hairs)." Santalaceae 384 "Leaves opposite; herbs." Aizoaceae 384 "Leaves alternate; small trees, shrubs or subshrubs." 385 385 "Leaves with a rusty stellate tomentum." Malvaceae 385 "Leaves glabrous or hairy with simple hairs." 386 386 "Flowers bisexual; fruit dry, winged." Rhamnaceae 386 "Flowers unisexual; fruit succulent, not winged." 387 387 "Trees; leaves with domatia." Pennantiaceae 387 "Subshrubs; leaves without domatia." Phytolaccaceae 388 "Petals free." 389 388 "Petals fused into a tube, rarely split down one side or at base." 432 389 "Flowers zygomorphic." 390 389 "Flowers actinomorphic." 398 390 "Sepals 2; soft herbs with semisucculent, highly dissected leaves." Fumariaceae 390 "Sepals or perianth segments 4 or 5; shrubs or herbs, but not with semisucculent, highly dissected leaves." 391 391 "Two lateral sepals large and petaloid." Polygalaceae 391 "Sepals not with two large and petaloid lateral sepals." 392 392 "Shrubs with stout spines and fruit a berry <5 mm long; flowers very slightly zygomorphic." Violaceae 392 "Herbs or shrubs, rarely with spines and then fruit a legume; flowers strongly zygomorphic." 393 393 "Stamens 5, all fertile, staminodes absent; either sepal or petal spurred." 394 393 "Stamens and staminodes when present totalling 10; uppermost sepal sometimes spurred." 395 394 "Lowermost petal spurred at base, sepals not spurred; leaves not succulent; herbs or shrubs." Violaceae 394 "Petals not spurred, uppermost sepal spurred; leaves ± succulent; semisucculent shrubs." Balsaminaceae 395 "Carpels 3 or 5; uppermost sepal often spurred." 396 395 "Carpel 1; uppermost sepal not spurred." 397 396 "Carpels 3; leaves peltate." Tropaeolaceae 396 "Carpels 5; leaves not peltate." Geraniaceae 397 "Petals dissimilar in size and shape, consisting of one large posterior standard, inserted to the outside of 2 lateral wings and 2 fused segments (keel) that enclose the stamens. (FABOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 397 "Petals ± similar in size and shape, posterior petal innermost, petals usually not fused. (CAESALPINIOIDEAE)" Fabaceae 398 "Woody plants." 399 398 Herbs. 420 399 "Leaves with oil dots, leaves aromatic when crushed." 400 399 "Leaves without oil dots, not distinctly aromatic when crushed." 401 400 "Fruit a capsule or berry; flowers >3 mm long: disc present between stamens and ovary; oil dots relatively large." Rutaceae 400 "Fruit drupaceous; flowers 1–2 mm long; disc absent; oil dots minute." Lauraceae 401 "Disc present between the stamens and the ovary." 402 401 "Disc absent." 403 402 "Stamens 8–12." Simaroubaceae 402 "Stamens 4 or 5." Celastraceae 403 "All flowers unisexual." 404 403 "Either all flowers bisexual or rarely some unisexual." 405 404 "Leaves either entire or toothed to crenate, if teeth spinose then leaves not glossy and fruit a capsule; fruit usually capsular, rarely drupaceous or a berry." Euphorbiaceae 404 "Leaves with spinose teeth and glossy; fruit drupaceous." Aquifoliaceae 405 "Stamens 2." Oleaceae 405 "Stamens >2." 406 406 "Stamens hypogynous." 407 406 "Stamens perigynous." 418 407 "Anthers dehiscing by terminal pores or valves." 408 407 "Anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits." 410 408 "Stems with 3-branched spines." Berberidaceae 408 "Stems without spines." 409 409 "Small shrubs; leaves <2 cm long." Elaeocarpaceae 409 "Trees or tall shrubs; leaves >4 cm long." Lauraceae 410 "Stamens 4 or 5." 411 410 "Stamens 8 or 10." 414 411 "Stamens alternating with staminodes." 412 411 "Staminodes absent." 413 412 "Leaves stellate-hairy; fruit a capsule." Malvaceae 412 "Leaves glabrous; fruit a drupe." Corynocarpaceae 413 "Anthers with a terminal appendage; shrubs with stout spines; flowers slightly zygomorphic." Violaceae 413 "Appendages absent; trees or spinose shrubs, spines fine; flowers actinomorphic." Pittosporaceae 414 "Leaves opposite." 415 414 "Leaves alternate." 416 415 "Interpetiolar stipules present; leaves not lobed, margins toothed." Cunoniaceae 415 "Stipules absent; leaves palmately lobed, otherwise margins entire." Aceraceae 416 "Leaves covered with appressed hairs; western species." Nitrariaceae 416 "Leaves glabrous; rainforest species." 417 417 "Leaves usually <3.5 cm long; fruit red, <9 mm long; petals white." Erythroxylaceae 417 "Leaves usually >3.5 cm long; fruit black, >9 mm long; petals yellow." Surianaceae 418 "Stamens alternating with the sepal lobes; stipules present." Rhamnaceae 418 "Stamens alternating with the petals; stipules absent." 419 419 "Ovary 1–2-locular." Escalloniaceae 419 "Ovary 4–5-locular." Rousseaceae 420 "Sepals 2 or 3." 421 420 "Sepals or outer perianth segments 4 or more." 422 421 "Sepals 2." Portulacaceae 421 "Sepals 3." Elatinaceae 422 "Flowers with tubular hypanthium bearing 4–6 sepals, 4–6 appendages and 4–6 petals." Lythraceae 422 "Flowers without hypanthium." 423 423 "Flowers unisexual." Euphorbiaceae 423 "Flowers bisexual." 424 424 "Leaves dotted with oil glands." Rutaceae 424 "Leaves without oil dots." 425 425 "Fruit a schizocarp splitting into awned mericarps." Geraniaceae 425 "Fruit a siliqua, silicula or capsule." 426 426 "Leaves opposite (sometimes apparently whorled)." 427 426 "Leaves alternate." 429 427 "Ovary 2–5-locular; leaves Y-shaped." Zygophyllaceae 427 "Ovary 1-locular; leaves not Y-shaped." 428 428 "Placentation free-central; mostly herbs, rarely dwarf shrubs; leaves generally green, or if greyish then not salt encrusted." Caryophyllaceae 428 "Placentation parietal; dwarf shrubs; leaves generally greyish because of salt encrusted on surface." Frankeniaceae 429 "Ovary 1-locular; leaves and stems with mixed glandular and non-glandular hairs." Capparaceae 429 "Ovary with 2 or more loculi; plants either glabrous or hairy but hairs not glandular." 430 430 "Sepals 4 and petals 4, stamens usually 6; fruit a siliqua or silicula." Brassicaceae 430 "Sepals and petals 5 or perianth in whorls of 5, stamens 5 or 8; fruit capsular." 431 431 "Ovary 5-locular; flowers blue or yellow; leaves mostly cauline." Linaceae 431 "Ovary 3-locular; flowers white or pinkish; leaves mostly basal." Aizoaceae 432 "Leaves alternate or all basal." 433 432 "Leaves opposite." 460 433 "Stamens epipetalous." 434 433 "Stamens not epipetalous." 451 434 "Stylar cup around the stigma; anthers fused to each other around style." Goodeniaceae 434 "Cup absent; anthers not fused to each other." 435 435 "Flowers unisexual." Ebenaceae 435 "Flowers bisexual." 436 436 "Milky latex exudes from broken stems or petioles." Apocynaceae 436 "Milky latex absent." 437 437 "Shrubs with leaves longitudinally veined; leaves scleromorphic. (STYPHELIOIDEAE)" Ericaceae 437 "Either leaves not longitudinally veined, or if leaves with >1 longitudinal vein then leaves herbaceous." 438 438 "Style more or less gynobasic, the ovary lobed; either hairs tubercular, or plants glabrous and succulent; inflorescence cymose." Boraginaceae 438 "Style terminal; tubercular hairs absent and plants not succulent; inflorescence not cymose." 439 439 "Fertile stamens 5, opposite the corolla lobes; 5 staminodes sometimes present also." 440 439 "Stamens 5 or fewer, alternating with the corolla lobes." 442 440 "Staminodes 5, alternating with 5 stamens." Sapotaceae 440 "Staminodes absent." 441 441 "Herbs or scandent shrubs, if the latter then calyx glandular and flowers >10 mm long." Plumbaginaceae 441 "Trees or shrubs, if shrubs then glandular hairs absent and flowers <10 mm long." Myrsinaceae 442 "Ovary 1-locular; ± semi-aquatic herbs either with radical leaves with long petiole and cordate to sagittate lamina, or underground dissected leaves with insect-trapping bladders." 443 442 "Ovary with 2 or more loculi; leaves not dissected or underground leaves with insect-trapping bladders, plants not aquatic." 444 443 "Flowers actinomorphic; stamens 5; bladders absent." Menyanthaceae 443 "Corolla 2-lipped; stamens 2; leaves with bladders." Lentibulariaceae 444 "Flowers in compact spikes." 445 444 "Inflorescence otherwise." 446 445 "Herbs with leaves in basal rosettes; dense inflorescence solitary on long leafless scapes." Plantaginaceae 445 "Subshrubs with alternate leaves on branches; inflorescences often clustered near ends of branches." Selaginaceae 446 "Ovary (placenta) oblique in the flower; flowers usually actinomorphic or almost so." Solanaceae 446 "Ovary and placenta straight; flowers actinomorphic or zygomorphic." 447 447 "Herbs, sometimes woody at base." 448 447 "Shrubs or trees." 450 448 "Stamens 4; flowers zygomorphic, corolla usually 2-lipped (stamens 5 in Verbascum and the corolla yellow and the lobes slightly unequal)." Scrophulariaceae 448 "Stamens 5; flowers actinomorphic." 449 449 "Flowers <15 mm long, solitary or in small axillary clusters." Convolvulaceae 449 "Flowers >20 mm long, in many-flowered terminal inflorescences." Polemoniaceae 450 "Stamens 4, sometimes with 1 staminode; corolla 2-lipped or flower ± actinomorphic." Scrophulariaceae 450 "Stamens 5; flowers actinomorphic." Boraginaceae 451 Herbs. 452 451 "Woody plants." 455 452 "Flowers zygomorphic." 453 452 "Flowers actinomorphic." 454 453 "Stamens 5; stylar cup present; fruit a small capsule, <2 cm long, not horned." Goodeniaceae 453 "Fertile stamens 2 or 4; stylar cup absent; fruit a horned capsule, >2 cm long." Martyniaceae 454 "Petals shortly united into a basal tube; cymes few-flowered; prostrate plants." Portulacaceae 454 "Petals free at the base, fused above; either flowers in many-flowered spikes or racemes, or rarely flowers solitary and then plant prostrate; plants usually erect." Stackhousiaceae 455 "Flowers unisexual." Ebenaceae 455 "Flowers bisexual or polygamous." 456 456 "Stamens 10, anthers dehiscing by terminal pores; calyx enlarging in fruit." Ericaceae 456 "Stamens 5 or 10, anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits; calyx not enlarging in fruit." 457 457 "Ovary usually 5-locular; stamens 10; stems and leaves covered with peltate scales." Rutaceae 457 "Ovary 1- or 2-locular; stamens 5." 458 458 "Ovary incompletely 2-locular, ovules several; fruit dehiscing by 2 valves." Pittosporaceae 458 "Ovary 1-locular, ovules 2; fruit an indehiscent drupe." 459 459 "Domatia pit-like, mostly in forks of secondary veins; inflorescences corymbose panicles; anthers versatile; seed not grooved." Pennantiaceae 459 "Domatia pocket-like, usually confined to axils along primary veins; inflorescences thyrsoid; anthers not versatile; seed grooved" Cardiopteridacea 460 "Style gynobasic or at least style arising between the 4 lobes of the ovary; fruit consisting of 4 nutlets." Lamiaceae 460 "Style terminal on the ovary; fruit variable, rarely of 4 nutlets." 461 461 "Corolla tube split to base on one side." Portulacaceae 461 "Corolla tube not split to base." 462 462 "Stamens fewer than the corolla lobes." 463 462 "Stamens equal in number to the corolla lobes or more numerous." 469 463 "Stamens 2 and the flowers actinomorphic." Oleaceae 463 "Stamens more than 2 or if 2 the flowers zygomorphic." 464 464 "Ovary with 1 or 2 basal ovules per loculus; fruit either of 4 nutlets each with or without a succulent layer, or drupaceous." 465 464 "Ovules numerous in each loculus; fruit dry." 466 465 "Plants either glabrous or hairy and then hairs simple or T-shaped." Verbenaceae 465 "Plants usually densely hairy; hairs much-branched." Lamiaceae 466 "Leaves with glandular hairs; fruit prominently hardened." 467 466 "Leaves without glandular hairs; fruit not hardened." 468 467 "Fruit indehiscent, without horns, <2 cm long." Pedaliaceae 467 "Fruit dehiscent, horned, >2 cm long." Martyniaceae 468 "Seeds attached to placentas by hooked processes." Acanthaceae 468 "Seeds not attached by hooked processes." Scrophulariaceae 469 "Milky or yellowish latex exudes from cut or broken stems or petioles." 470 469 "Milky or yellowish latex usually absent." 471 470 "Pollen aggregated into 2–4 pollinia; fruit always a pair of dehiscent, green to brownish follicles (sometimes only 1 develops)." Apocynaceae 470 "Pollen granular, not aggregated into pollinia; fruit a black or brightly coloured capsule, berry or drupe, rarely a pair of tardily dehiscent follicles." Apocynaceae 471 "Stamens free, 8." Rutaceae 471 "Stamens epipetalous, 4–6." 472 472 "Stamens opposite the corolla lobes." Myrsinaceae 472 "Stamens alternating with the corolla lobes." 473 473 "Corolla zygomorphic (sometimes only slightly so); stems often angular." 474 473 "Corolla actinomorphic; stems rarely angular." 475 474 "Stamens 4, in pairs, filaments of unequal length; plants either glabrous or hairy and then hairs simple or T-shaped." Verbenaceae 474 "Stamens 4–6, all similar; plants usually densely hairy; hairs much-branched." Lamiaceae 475 "Petiole bases connected by a raised line or flap of tissue." Loganiaceae 475 "Connection between petiole bases absent." Gentianaceae 476 "Style terminated by a cup that surrounds the stigma; petals usually with a thickened strip on the back." Goodeniaceae 476 "Stylar cup absent; petals without a thickened strip." 477 477 "Tendrils present on stems." Cucurbitaceae 477 "Tendrils absent." 478 478 "Either anthers fused around the style, or the anthers sessile and fused to the style." 479 478 "Anthers free from one another and free from the style." 481 479 "Anthers 2, sessile, fused to the style." Stylidiaceae 479 "Stamens 3–5, the anthers fused around the style." 480 480 "Flowers in heads and surrounded by an involucre of bracts, bracts sometimes fused and then forming a burr in fruit." Asteraceae 480 "Flowers neither in heads nor surrounded by involucral bracts; burrs not formed." Lobeliaceae 481 "Leaves opposite and with interpetiolar stipules." 482 481 "Either leaves alternate or if leaves opposite then stipules absent or not interpetiolar." 483 482 "Petals fused into a tube; margins of leaves entire." Rubiaceae 482 "Petals free; margins of leaves toothed." Cunoniaceae 483 "Flowers aggregated in either heads or head-like umbels with an involucre of bracts." 484 483 "Flowers neither in heads nor in head-like umbels with an involucre of bracts." 486 484 "Leaves succulent." Portulacaceae 484 "Leaves not succulent." 485 485 "Leaves opposite or ± whorled." Dipsacaceae 485 "Leaves alternate." Apiaceae 486 "Leaves succulent or semisucculent; herbs or shrubs." 487 486 "Leaves non-succulent; herbs, shrubs or trees." 489 487 "Corolla not differentiated, perianth present in 1 or 2 whorls, staminodes absent or more often numerous and petaloid." Aizoaceae 487 "Corolla present, 4–6-lobed." 488 488 "Staminodes 5, not petaloid; flowers in terminal racemes." Myrsinaceae 488 "Staminodes absent; flowers in few-flowered terminal or axillary cymes." Portulacaceae 489 "Either stamens >5 or if 5 then oil dots prominent in leaves (leaves usually aromatic when crushed)." 490 489 "Stamens 5 or fewer and oil dots absent from leaves." 500 490 "Leaves dotted with oil glands; sepals and/or petals sometimes formed into a calyptra." 491 490 "Leaves without obvious oil glands; calyptra usually not formed (except in some Myrtaceae)." 492 491 "Stamens 5–numerous, all similar, staminodes absent." Myrtaceae 491 "Stamens numerous, inner stamens sterile, petaloid, outer stamens fertile." Eupomatiaceae 492 "Flowers unisexual; vegetative buds scaly, sharply pointed; stipules present." Nothofagaceae 492 "Flowers bisexual; vegetative buds generally not scaly; stipules absent." 493 493 "Styles free, 2 or more." 494 493 "Style simple." 495 494 "Styles usually 5; leaves alternate; fruit usually fleshy." Malaceae 494 "Styles 2; leaves opposite or apparently whorled; fruit dry." Cunoniaceae 495 "Stamens >10; shrubs or trees, various habitats." 496 495 "Stamens 10 or fewer; herbs or trees, not in rainforest." 498 496 "Fruit dry, capsular; trees, rarely in rainforest." Myrtaceae 496 "Fruit ± succulent, drupaceous or a berry; shrubs or trees in rainforest." 497 497 "Leaves alternate, toothed." Symplocaceae 497 "Leaves opposite, entire." Myrtaceae 498 "Stamens not all similar, 5 larger, filaments articulated." Melastomataceae 498 "Stamens all similar, filaments not jointed." 499 499 "Herbs; calyx and corolla present; fruit a capsule." Onagraceae 499 "Shrubs; perianth in 1 whorl; fruit a berry." Loranthaceae 500 "Flowers in umbels (sometimes 2-flowered in Xanthosia); carpels usually 2." 501 500 "Flowers not in umbels; carpels variable." 502 501 "Epigynous disc usually swelling at the base of the styles on the fruit; mostly herbs, occasionally small shrubs; glabrous, or if pubescent not stellate-pubescent." Apiaceae 501 "Epigynous disc not swelling; shrubs or trees, stellate-pubescent." Araliaceae 502 "Flowers minute (1–2 mm long), in leaf axils." Haloragaceae 502 "Flowers larger and in expanded inflorescences or solitary and terminal." 503 503 "Herbs or subshrubs; corolla blue to purple or red." 504 503 "Shrubs or trees; corolla neither blue to purple nor red." 505 504 "Flowers ± solitary, blue, calyx not pappus-like; widespread, native species." Campanulaceae 504 "Flowers in dense terminal clusters, calyx pappus-like, flowers red or white; cultivated plants, rarely naturalized." Valerianaceae 505 "Leaves palmately lobed; stout, curved spines present at most nodes." Grossulariaceae 505 "Leaves not palmately lobed; spines absent." 506 506 "Stamens alternating with the sepals (or perianth segments if only 1 whorl present)." 507 506 "Stamens opposite the sepals." 508 507 "Stipules present (sometimes minute); leaves alternate, hairy, hairs often stellate; fruit a capsule." Rhamnaceae 507 "Stipules absent; leaves opposite or subopposite, glabrous or almost so; fruit a drupe." Santalaceae 508 "Domatia numerous; ovary 1-locular." Cornaceae 508 "Domatia absent; ovary mostly 2–5-locular, rarely 1-locular." 509 509 "Shrubs (sometimes single-stemmed) with stellate hairs; ovary usually 2-locular." Araliaceae 509 "Shrubs or trees, glabrous or pubescent with simple or T-shaped hairs; ovary 1–5-locular." 510 510 "Native rainforest species; leaves alternate or opposite with toothed margins; flowers <5 mm long." 511 510 "Garden escapes, not in rainforest; leaves opposite with margins entire or toothed; flowers >8 mm long." 513 511 "Leaves alternate, sparsely hairy on lower surface; fruit red, 1-locular and 1-seeded." Argophyllaceae 511 "Leaves opposite or alternate, glabrous or silvery-hairy on lower surface; fruit blackish, 2–5-locular and many-seeded or if 1-locular and 1-seeded then leaves opposite." 512 512 "Leaves silvery-hairy on lower surface." Argophyllaceae 512 "Leaves opposite or alternate, glabrous on lower surface." Escalloniaceae 513 "Fruit 2–5-locular, many-seeded; leaves either entire or lobed, or if toothed then flowers enclosed by coloured bracts >10 mm long." Caprifoliaceae 513 "Fruit 1-locular, 1-seeded; leaves toothed but flowers not enclosed by bracts." Adoxaceae 514 "Leaves usually with an open sheath that surrounds the stem and a ligule usually present at the top of the sheath although often much reduced; flowers enclosed by a palea and lemma and variously arranged into spikelets." Poaceae 514 "Leaves lacking a sheath and ligule; flowers not enclosed by a palea and lemma and arranged into spikelets." 515 515 "Leaves on adult plants reduced to open sheaths on the aerial stems (sheath sometimes bears a small ± linear lamina)." Restionaceae 515 "Leaves on adult plants not reduced to open sheaths on the aerial stems." 516 516 "Plants arborescent." 517 516 "Plants herbaceous." 523 517 "Leaves compound." Arecaceae 517 "Leaves simple." 518 518 "Stems branched several times; plants with stilt roots." Pandanaceae 518 "Stems unbranched, or if branched then stilt roots absent." 519 519 "Leaf bases persistent on the stem." Xanthorrhoeaceae 519 "Leaf bases not persistent on the stem." 520 520 "Perianth segments <2 cm long; ovary superior; leaves not succulent and spinescent." Asteliaceae 520 "Perianth segments >2 cm long; ovary inferior or rarely superior; leaves often succulent and/or spinescent." 521 521 "Inflorescence capitate or racemose; perianth red or bright pink; leaves entire, apex not spinose but with a drip tip." Doryanthaceae 521 "Inflorescence paniculate, spreading; perianth white to yellowish or rarely red; leaves with margins toothed, often spinose and apex spinose." 522 522 "Scape usually >1.5 m high; flowers white to yellowish." Agavaceae 522 "Scape <1 m high; flowers red." Asphodelaceae 523 "Leaves with reticulate venation; main veins often longitudinal." 524 523 "Leaves with parallel venation." 526 524 "Leaves with petiole shorter than the lamina." Orchidaceae 524 "Leaves with petiole as long as or longer than the lamina." 525 525 "Flowers in dense cylindrical spikes surrounded by a spathe." Araceae 525 "Flowers in loose panicles or racemes." Alismataceae 526 "Leaves 4–10 cm wide." 527 526 "Leaves <4 cm wide." 531 527 "Inflorescence borne among, or slightly exceeding, the leaves; leaves cauline, differentiated into a circular open sheath that surrounds the stem and the lamina, midrib present; stamen 1." 528 527 "Inflorescence borne on a scape much longer than the leaves, often 1–3 m high; leaves radical, without a circular sheath, dilated at the base; stamens 6." 529 528 "Leaves 2-ranked and with a ligule at junction of sheath and lamina, lateral veins almost parallel to the midrib; anthers with 2 fertile loculi." Zingiberaceae 528 "Leaves not 2-ranked, ligule absent, lateral veins pinnate; anthers with 1 fertile loculus." Cannaceae 529 "Inflorescence paniculate, spreading; leaves with margins and apex spinose." Agavaceae 529 "Inflorescence capitate or racemose; leaves entire, not spinose." 530 530 "Flowers actinomorphic, perianth red or bright pink." Doryanthaceae 530 "Flowers zygomorphic, perianth white to yellowish, sometimes with darker markings." Orchidaceae 531 "Leaves well developed, green and scattered along the aerial stem and branches; flowers usually axillary or in small terminal inflorescences; underground stems generally not well developed." 532 531 "Leaves all or mostly basal or reduced and bract-like along the aerial stems; flowers commonly borne on a ± leafless scape; underground stems well developed, usually modified into bulbs, corms, tubers or rhizomes." 541 532 "Mat-forming perennials of damp alpine flats." Anthericaceae 532 "Plants not forming mats in alpine areas." 533 533 "Stamen 1, fused to the style and stigma to form the column; staminodes sometimes present; one petal (labellum) different from, and more conspicuous than the others." Orchidaceae 533 "Stamens 3–6; stamens not fused to the style and stigma to form the column; and flowers not modified with one petal different from others." 534 534 "Leaves with a closed basal sheath that encircles the stem; lamina herbaceous, semi-succulent or scleromorphic; ovary superior." 535 534 "Closed sheath absent; leaves scleromorphic or herbaceous; ovary superior or inferior." 536 535 "Fruit usually a capsule, sometimes a nut but then not suspended by filaments; petals coloured; leaves herbaceous or semisucculent, ligule absent." Commelinaceae 535 "Fruit a nut, may be suspended by persistent anther filaments; petals not differentiated; leaves scleromorphic, scabrous and often ligulate." Cyperaceae 536 "Leaves with petiole twisted 180°, >10 mm long; ovary inferior." Alstroemeriaceae 536 "Leaves with petiole <10 mm long or lamina sessile, petiole not conspicuously twisted; ovary superior." 537 537 "Flowers unisexual; leaves scleromorphic." Lomandraceae 537 "Flowers bisexual (rarely unisexual and then the leaves herbaceous); leaves usually herbaceous, rarely scleromorphic." 538 538 "Filaments densely bearded or with a conspicuous swelling below the anthers; perianth commonly blue, rarely cream; plants >30 cm high." Phormiaceae 538 "Filaments neither bearded nor with a conspicuous swelling below the anthers; perianth usually cream or lilac; plants usually <30 cm high." 539 539 "Fruit a berry; flowers solitary, axillary, stalked." Luzuriagaceae 539 "Fruit a capsule; flowers in few-flowered cymes or umbels or if solitary then flowers sessile or terminal, rarely axillary and stalked." 540 540 "Plants with a corm; leaves either with apex tendril-like or with a tubular sheath encircling the stem and broadening of the basal part of the lamina." Colchicaceae 540 "Plants rhizomatous; leaves not with apex tendril-like or with a tubular sheath." Uvulariaceae 541 "Either flowers unisexual and in dense spikes (male above, female below), or flowers covered by glume-like bracts." 542 541 "Flowers not unisexual and in dense spikes (male above, female below), or flowers not covered by glume-like bracts." 548 542 "Flowers unisexual and in dense elongated or globose heads; individual flower pedicels not visible; inflorescence axis visible between clusters but not between individual flowers; individual flowers <5 mm diam." 543 542 "Flowers not unisexual and in dense elongated or globose heads; individual flower pedicels visible; inflorescence axis visible between individual flowers; individual flowers >5 mm diam." 544 543 "Inflorescence dense spike-like; male flowers above, female flowers below, ± separated by a portion of stem." Typhaceae 543 "Inflorescence of dense globose clusters arranged along the axis; upper clusters male, lower clusters female." Sparganiaceae 544 "Petals 3, yellow, conspicuous when expanded but short-lived; sepals 3; flowers subtended by wide imbricate bracts, massed into a globose head; leaf bases dilated and mostly dark red-brown or blackish." Xyridaceae 544 "Perianth segments all similar; inflorescence and leaf bases not as above." 545 545 "Perianth segments >4 mm long; fruit a berry; at least bases of leaves silvery-hairy." Asteliaceae 545 "Perianth segments <3 mm long, membranous or chaffy or perianth lacking; fruit a capsule or a nut; leaf bases green." 546 546 "Perianth members 4 or 6; flowers arranged in dense, convex, button-like heads 6–8 mm diam. on a scape; fruit a capsule." Eriocaulaceae 546 "Perianth lacking or represented by hairs or scales; inflorescence not as above; fruit a capsule or nut." 547 547 "Fruit a dehiscent capsule; tufted annuals with filiform leaves dilated at the base." Centrolepidaceae 547 "Fruit an indehiscent nut; habit rarely as above, if similar, then the leaves with closed sheaths encircling the stem." Cyperaceae 548 "Ovary superior." 549 548 "Ovary inferior or half-inferior." 564 549 "Perianth of 4 segments; inflorescence spicate." 550 549 "Perianth of 6 segments in 2 whorls, fused or free; inflorescence variable." 551 550 "Stamen 1; flowers zygomorphic, yellow or white, >1 cm long; inflorescence > 20 cm long, flowers spread along axis." Philydraceae 550 "Stamens 4; flowers actinomorphic, greenish, <3 mm long; inflorescence c. 15 cm long, flowers crowded at end of peduncle c. 1–2 m long." Araceae 551 "Bulbs present." 552 551 "Bulbs absent, rootstock often a rhizome, tuber or corm." 554 552 "Either plants smelling like onions, or inflorescence umbellate." Alliaceae 552 "Plants not smelling like onions, inflorescence racemose." 553 553 "Scape with one or more leaves; perianth >9 cm long; bulb >5 cm diam." Liliaceae 553 "Scape leafless or only leafy at the base; perianth <6 cm long; bulbs <3 cm diam." Hyacinthaceae 554 "All flowers unisexual, arranged in branched cymes, spikes or semi-globose heads." Xanthorrhoeaceae 554 "Flowers bisexual, rarely some unisexual flowers present." 555 555 "Carpel solitary." Lilaeaceae 555 "Carpels 3, fused." 556 556 "Perianth greenish to dark red-brown, usually 1–2 mm long; flowers generally in compound cymes or heads; leaves cylindrical, flat or reduced to sheaths." Juncaceae 556 "Perianth white or brightly coloured, >2 mm long; inflorescences and leaves not as above." 557 557 "Style divided into 3 or 6 distinct segments." 558 557 "Style simple, sometimes the stigma shallowly lobed." 559 558 "Style divided into 3 segments; inflorescence umbellate on a scape above the basal leaves; leaves <30 cm long; fruit a 3-lobed capsule." Colchicaceae 558 "Style divided into 6 segments; inflorescence racemose, ± among the leaves; leaves >40 cm long; fruit a 6-lobed berry." Asteliaceae 559 "Perianth segments fused to form a tube longer than the lobes; flowers usually >2.5 cm long." Blandfordiaceae 559 "Perianth segments ± free; flowers generally <2.5 cm long." 560 560 "Flowers terminal, solitary and sessile; plants forming mats in damp alpine flats." Anthericaceae 560 "Flowers axillary or if terminal then not solitary and sessile; plants not alpine." 561 561 "Flowers either pedicellate in terminal umbels, or in dense clusters on scapes, or in ± sessile heads (perianth often spirally twisted after flowering)." Anthericaceae 561 "Inflorescence racemose, commonly unbranched, flowers, or at least some of them separated, at nodes along the inflorescence axes." 562 562 "Filaments dorsifixed, anthers versatile; either leaves fleshy and with spinose teeth, or leaves ± terete, sometimes channelled above." Asphodelaceae 562 "Filaments attached at or near the base of the anthers, anthers not versatile; leaves flat." 563 563 "Anthers dehiscing by apical pores." Phormiaceae 563 "Anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits." Anthericaceae 564 "Stamens 6." 565 564 "Stamens 3 or fewer." 566 565 "Inflorescence umbellate, rarely flowers solitary on leafless scape; bulbs present." Amaryllidaceae 565 "Inflorescence shortly racemose, spicate or the flowers solitary; corms or rhizomes present." Hypoxidaceae 566 "Stamen 1, fused to the style and stigma to form the column; staminodes sometimes present; one petal (labellum) usually different from, and more conspicuous than the others." Orchidaceae 566 "Stamens 3, free from the style; perianth variable, but not as below." 567 567 "Ovary half-inferior; perianth not petaloid, purple-black; underground parts of the plant usually orange or reddish." Haemodoraceae 567 "Ovary inferior; perianth petaloid, generally not purple-black; underground parts of the plant not conspicuously orange or reddish." 568 568 "Ovary and fruit winged; flowers on one side of a once-forked cyme; flowers actinomorphic, perianth blue; leaves often <5 cm long." Burmanniaceae 568 "Ovary and fruit not winged; inflorescence spicate or racemose, rarely cymose or flowers solitary; flowers zygomorphic or actinomorphic, perianth variously coloured, occasionally blue; leaves >5 cm long." Iridaceae