1 "Flowers with a clearly discernable perianth (petals and/or sepals, or tepals) in one or more whorls, (the perianth may be small but is clearly discernable using a hand lens)" 2 1 "Flowers without a perianth, or perianth if present very small and not clearly discernable" 1242 2 "Either one or both perianth whorls fused into a cap or slipper-like structure" 3 2 "Perianth segments not fused into a cap or slipper-like structure" 10 3 "Flowers strongly zygomorphic, slipper-like" "Emblingiaceae {Emblingia calceoliflora}" 3 "Flowers radially symmetric, not slipper-like" 4 4 "Leaves invested with peltate scales" "Himantandraceae {Galbulimima baccata}" 4 "Leaves glabrous or, if indumentum present, not of peltate scales" 5 5 "Leaves gland-dotted" Myrtaceae 5 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 6 6 "Leaf base sheathing" Ericaceae 6 "Leaf base not sheathing" 7 7 "Leaves exstipulate" "Eupomatiaceae {Eupomatia}" 7 "Leaves stipulate" 8 8 "Tendrils present" Vitaceae 8 "Tendrils absent" 9 9 "Gynophore present; leaves usually alternate" Capparaceae 9 "Gynophore absent; leaves opposite" "Cunoniaceae {Eucryphia}" 10 "Perianth segments more than 6 (counting sepals and petals if both present) or calyx cuplike and unlobed, with 5 or more petals" 11 10 "Perianth segments 6 or fewer (counting sepals and petals if both present, but not counting the bracts, scales or plumes of the pappus in Asteraceae)" 778 11 "Corolla segments (or perianth segments) quite free from one another" 12 11 "Corolla segments (or perianth segments) united with each other at least in part" 484 12 "All or most flowers unisexual" 13 12 "Most flowers bisexual" 53 13 "Ovary superior" 14 13 "Ovary inferior" 48 14 "Floating aquatics; leaves whorled, much divided" "Ceratophyllaceae {Ceratophyllum}" 14 "Land plants; leaves alternate, opposite, or absent" 15 15 "Gynoecium apocarpous" 16 15 "Gynoecium syncarpous or carpel 1" 19 16 "Climbers or ramblers" 17 16 "Non-climbers, not spreading" 18 17 "Climbers; leaves opposite" Rutaceae 17 "Climbers (or plants spreading over the ground); leaves alternate" Menispermaceae 18 "Leaves gland-dotted" Rutaceae 18 "Leaves not gland-dotted" Simaroubaceae 19 "Leaves compound" 20 19 "Leaves simple or absent" 26 20 "Petals 4" 21 20 "Petals 5" 23 21 "Leaves gland-dotted" Rutaceae 21 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 22 22 "Stamens 3-5 in male flowers" Simaroubaceae 22 "Stamens usually 8 in male flowers" Anacardiaceae 23 "Stamens 5 in male flowers" Anacardiaceae 23 "Stamens more than 5 in male flowers" 24 24 "Stamens usually 8; style 1; stigma entire or lobed" Sapindaceae 24 "Stamens 10; styles or stigmas more than 1" 25 25 "Ovary entire; stigmas glabrous" Anacardiaceae 25 "Ovary lobed; stigmas plumose" Simaroubaceae 26 "Leaves opposite" 27 26 "Leaves alternate, clustered, or absent" 29 27 "Flowers polygamous; trees usually with yellow sap" Clusiaceae 27 "Flowers strictly unisexual; shrubs or trees" 28 28 "Ovary 3-locular" Euphorbiaceae 28 "Ovary 4-5-locular" "Pentaphylacaceae {Ternstroemia}" 29 "Climbers with tendrils" Passifloraceae 29 "Tendrils absent" 30 30 "Twiners or lianes" 31 30 "Trees, shrubs or herbs, sometimes scrambling" 32 31 "Stipules absent; disc absent; petals smaller than sepals, entire, sometimes absent" Menispermaceae 31 "Stipules present; disc present; petals as long as or longer than sepals, emarginate" "Dichapetalaceae {Dichapetalum}" 32 "Latex present" 33 32 "Latex absent" 34 33 "Pachycaul small trees; male flowers tubular; stigmas 5; fruits large, many-seeded berries" "Caricaceae {Carica papaya}" 33 "Herbs, shrubs or trees, not pachycaul; male flowers not tubular; stigmas 3; fruits small, few-seeded capsules, drupes or few-seeded berries" Euphorbiaceae 34 "Styles more than 3" Malvaceae 34 "Styles 1-3 or stigmas sessile" 35 35 "Styles 3, distinct, simple or branched" 36 35 "Style 1 (may be branched above) or absent (stigma sessile)" 37 36 "Ovules 1 per loculus" Euphorbiaceae 36 "Ovules 2 per loculus" Phyllanthaceae 37 "Style 1 with 2 or more stigmas" 38 37 "Style and stigma 1 (may be lobed) or stigma sessile" 43 38 "Male flowers with staminodes" Malvaceae 38 "Male flowers without staminodes" 39 39 "Ovary 1-locular" 40 39 "Ovary more than 1-locular" 41 40 "Petals present" Achariaceae 40 "Petals absent" Salicaceae 41 "Fruit a succulent drupe; leaves succulent; seeds non-endospermic" Nitrariaceae 41 "Fruit dry; leaves not succulent though often thick; seeds endospermic" 42 42 "Carpels dry, falling entire; stamens fused into a column" Malvaceae 42 "Carpels dry, dehiscent; stamens free or solitary" Euphorbiaceae 43 "Calyx segments free" Euphorbiaceae 43 "Calyx segments united or calyx minute" 44 44 "Ovary 1-locular" 45 44 "Ovary more than 1-locular" 47 45 "Ovary stipitate" Capparaceae 45 "Ovary sessile" 46 46 "Leaves stipulate" Malvaceae 46 "Leaves exstipulate" "Pennantiaceae {Pennantia}" 47 "Flowers in axillary cymose inflorescences, rarely solitary; sepals connate at base; staminal filaments subulate" "Aquifoliaceae {Ilex}" 47 "Flowers in terminal and subterminal racemes; sepals free at base; stamens subsessile or filaments short, thick" "Paracryphiaceae {Sphenostemon lobosporus}" 48 "Climber with tendrils" Cucurbitaceae 48 Non-climbers 49 49 "Herbs or undershrubs" 50 49 Trees 51 50 "Petals 5" Apiaceae 50 "Petals 0, 2 or 4" Haloragaceae 51 "Style 1" Hernandiaceae 51 "Styles 2 or more" 52 52 "Leaves cordate, palmately veined, thin-textured, toothed" "Datiscaceae {Tetrameles nudiflora}" 52 "Leaves rounded at base, pinnately veined, thick-textured, entire" "Griseliniaceae {Griselinia littoralis}" 53 "Gynoecium apocarpous (the carpels and styles quite free from one another)" 54 53 "Gynoecium syncarpous (the carpels and/or styles clearly united) or carpel 1" 95 54 "Flowers perigynous" 55 54 "Flowers hypogynous" 59 55 "Leaves alternate or radical" 56 55 "Leaves opposite" 58 56 "Sepals 4; stamens 4 or 8" Crassulaceae 56 "Sepals 5; stamens 10-numerous" 57 57 "Stamens 10; carpels embedded in a spiny, burr-like calyx at flowering, more so in fruit" "Neuradaceae {Neurada procumbens}" 57 "Stamens usually >10; carpels not embedded in a spiny calyx in flower and fruit" Rosaceae 58 "Perianth segments numerous; carpels numerous" "Calycanthaceae {Idiospermum australiense}" 58 "Sepals 4 or 5; petals 4 or 5; carpels 4" Crassulaceae 59 "Stamens numerous" 60 59 "Stamens 10 or fewer" 71 60 "Leaves peltate" 61 60 "Leaves not peltate" 62 61 "Carpels embedded in receptacle" "Nelumbonaceae {Nelumbo nucifera}" 61 "Carpels not embedded in receptacle" Cabombaceae 62 "Style 1 with 3-5 stigmas" Ochnaceae 62 "Styles (or stigmas when styles much reduced) as many as carpels" 63 63 Climbers 64 63 Non-climbers 66 64 "Perianth of tepals; perianth segments 10-14" "Austrobaileyaceae {Austrobaileya scandens}" 64 "Perianth of distinct sepals and petals" 65 65 "Sepals 3; petals 6" Annonaceae 65 "Sepals 4 or 5; petals 3-5" Dilleniaceae 66 "Perianth segments all petaloid" Ranunculaceae 66 "One or more whorls of perianth sepaloid" 67 67 "Leaves with peltate indumentum; perianth spiral" "Himantandraceae {Galbulimima baccata}" 67 "Indumentum, if present, not peltate" 68 68 "Perianth in 3 whorls of 3 tepals" Annonaceae 68 "Sepals 5; petals 5" 69 69 "Leaves bipinnate; trees" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 69 "Leaves simple, entire to incised" 70 70 "Herbs; leaves usually much incised" Ranunculaceae 70 "Trees, shrubs, or undershrubs; leaves entire to distinctly incised" Dilleniaceae 71 "Style 1; stigmas 1 or more" 72 71 "Styles (or stigmas when styles much reduced) free from one another, as many as there are carpels" 77 72 "Leaves peltate" "Tropaeolaceae {Tropaeolum majus}" 72 "Leaves not peltate" 73 73 "Leaves gland-dotted" Rutaceae 73 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 74 74 "Leaves alternate" 75 74 "Leaves opposite" 76 75 "Stigma simple" Ochnaceae 75 "Stigmas 3 or more" Simaroubaceae 76 "Flowers 4-merous" Rutaceae 76 "Flowers 5-merous" Malpighiaceae 77 "Leaves compound" 78 77 "Leaves simple or absent" 79 78 "Leaves gland-dotted" Rutaceae 78 "Leaves not gland-dotted" Simaroubaceae 79 "Leaves opposite" 80 79 "Leaves alternate, radical, clustered, or absent" 82 80 "Sepals 4; petals 4" Crassulaceae 80 "Sepals 5; petals 5" 81 81 "Petals sessile or with short claws; leaves fleshy" Crassulaceae 81 "Petals with long claws; leaves not fleshy" Malpighiaceae 82 "Flowers 3-merous (usually sepals 6, petals 6, carpels 6 or 3)" Menispermaceae 82 "Flowers 4- or 5-merous" 83 83 "Flowers 4-merous" 84 83 "Flowers 5-merous" 85 84 "Leaves fleshy; seeds lacking endosperm" Crassulaceae 84 "Leaves not fleshy; seeds endospermic" "Haloragaceae {Tetracarpaea tasmannica}" 85 "Stamens united into one or more groups" 86 85 "Stamens free" 87 86 "Carpels 2" Dilleniaceae 86 "Carpels 3" Malpighiaceae 87 "Leaves not expanded at time of flowering" Anacardiaceae 87 "Leaves present at time of flowering" 88 88 "Leaves lobed or much dissected" Ranunculaceae 88 "Leaves entire" 89 89 "Carpels more than 5" Ranunculaceae 89 "Carpels 5 or fewer" 90 90 "Leaves fleshy" 91 90 "Leaves not fleshy" 92 91 "Leaf base sheathing" "Saxifragaceae {Bergenia x schmidtii}" 91 "Leaf base not sheathing" Crassulaceae 92 "Carpels usually 2 or 3" 93 92 "Carpels 5" 94 93 "Carpels and sepals entirely free; flowers clearly hypogynous" Dilleniaceae 93 "Carpels and sepals fused for c. 1/4 of their length; flowers somewhat perigynous" "Saxifragaceae {Bergenia x schmidtii}" 94 "Leaves stipulate; petals white" Simaroubaceae 94 "Leaves exstipulate; petals yellow" Surianaceae 95 "Petals 2-4" 96 95 "Petals 5 or more, or whole perianth petaloid or sepaloid" 185 96 "Petals 2" Polygalaceae 96 "Petals 3 or 4" 97 97 "Petals 3" 98 97 "Petals 4" 99 98 "Leaves compound" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 98 "Leaves simple" Polygalaceae 99 "Sepals 5 or 6" 100 99 "Sepals 4, rarely 2 or 3" 109 100 "Sepals 5" 101 100 "Sepals 6" 108 101 "Ovary 1- or 2-locular" 102 101 "Ovary 3-5-locular" 105 102 "Ovary adnate to one side of calyx tube" Chrysobalanaceae 102 "Ovary free" 103 103 "Fruit indehiscent, globose" "Xanthophyllaceae {Xanthophyllum}" 103 "Fruit dehiscent, a legume or capsule" 104 104 "Fruit a legume" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 104 "Fruit a capsule" Zygophyllaceae 105 "Ovary usually 3-locular" 106 105 "Ovary 4- or 5-locular" 107 106 "Style 1; ovary 3-locular" Zygophyllaceae 106 "Styles usually 2 or more (if style 1, then ovary 1-locular)" Sapindaceae 107 "Ovary 4-locular" Elaeocarpaceae 107 "Ovary 5-locular" Meliaceae 108 "Ovary open at top, with sessile stigmas" "Resedaceae {Reseda}" 108 "Ovary not open at top" Lythraceae 109 "Ovary superior" 110 109 "Ovary inferior" 170 110 "Leaves radical or alternate" 111 110 "Leaves opposite or verticillate" 144 111 "Styles more than 1, quite free from one another" Droseraceae 111 "Style 1, with 1 or more stigmas, or stigma sessile" 112 112 "Stamens 2-4" 113 112 "Stamens 6 or more" 124 113 "Stamens 2 or 3" 114 113 "Stamens 4 or 5" 116 114 "Stamens 3" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 114 "Stamens 2" 115 115 "Leaves simple, entire or much divided" Brassicaceae 115 "Leaves compound" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 116 "Stamens opposite petals" 117 116 "Stamens alternating with petals" 118 117 "Placentation basal or free-central" Primulaceae 117 "Placentation parietal" Brassicaceae 118 "Climbers with leaf-opposed tendrils" Vitaceae 118 "Plants without tendrils" 119 119 "Leaves compound" 120 119 "Leaves simple or absent" 121 120 "Annual or perennial herbs" Cleomaceae 120 "Shrubs or trees" Capparaceae 121 Herbs Brassicaceae 121 "Shrubs or trees" 122 122 "Leaves quite entire" Celastraceae 122 "Leaves with short, pointed lobes" 123 123 "Flowers in axillary cymose inflorescences, rarely solitary; sepals connate at base; staminal filaments subulate" "Aquifoliaceae {Ilex}" 123 "Flowers in terminal and subterminal racemes; sepals free at base; stamens subsessile or filaments short, thick" "Paracryphiaceae {Sphenostemon lobosporus}" 124 "Stamens 6-8" 125 124 "Stamens 10 or more" 138 125 "Stamens 6" 126 125 "Stamens 7 or 8" 129 126 "Stamens tetradynamous; leaves simple (may be deeply divided)" Brassicaceae 126 "Stamens not tetradynamous; leaves simple or compound" 127 127 "Leaves apparently cuneate and 2-lobed, in connate pairs in upper stem" "Zygophyllaceae {Zygophyllum}" 127 "Leaves palmately dissected, alternate" 128 128 "Annual or perennial herbs" Cleomaceae 128 "Shrubs or trees" Capparaceae 129 "Stamens united" Meliaceae 129 "Stamens free" 130 130 "Leaves simple or absent" 131 130 "Leaves compound" 133 131 "Leaves dissected" Sapindaceae 131 "Leaves entire or absent" 132 132 "Petals glabrous" Elaeocarpaceae 132 "Petals densely hairy inside" Olacaceae 133 "Leaves 3-foliolate or palmate" 134 133 "Leaves pinnate" 137 134 "Ovules numerous in each loculus" 135 134 "Ovules 1 or 2 in each loculus" 136 135 "Annual or perennial herbs" Cleomaceae 135 "Shrubs or trees" Capparaceae 136 "Ovules 1 in each loculus" Simaroubaceae 136 "Ovules 2 in each loculus" Burseraceae 137 "Ovules 1 in each loculus" Sapindaceae 137 "Ovules 2 in each loculus" Burseraceae 138 "Flowers in heads or spikes; heads solitary or in racemes" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 138 "Flowers not in heads or spikes" 139 139 "Ovary borne on long stalk (gynophore)" 140 139 "Ovary sessile" 141 140 "Annual or perennial herbs" Cleomaceae 140 "Shrubs or trees" Capparaceae 141 "Ovary 1-locular" Salicaceae 141 "Ovary more than 1-locular" 142 142 "Anthers opening by terminal pores; fruit a drupe or capsule" Elaeocarpaceae 142 "Anthers opening by longitudinal slits; fruit dry" 143 143 "Leaves irregularly divided into 3-several narrow-linear segments; fruit a globose, unwinged capsule" "Nitrariaceae {Peganum}" 143 "Leaves divided into 2 leaflets, or pinnate with the pinnae not narrow-linear; fruit breaking into cocci, or a winged capsule" Zygophyllaceae 144 "Leaves large, palmately lobed" "Sapindaceae {Acer}" 144 "Leaves otherwise" 145 145 "Stamens 2 or 4" 146 145 "Stamens 5 or more" 154 146 "Stamens 2" 147 146 "Stamens 4" 148 147 "Flowers in clusters, racemes, or panicles" Oleaceae 147 "Flowers solitary in leaf axils" Lythraceae 148 "Leaves gland-dotted" 149 148 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 150 149 "Style and stigma 1" Rutaceae 149 "Styles or stigmas 4" Cunoniaceae 150 "Stamens perigynous" 151 150 "Stamens hypogynous" 152 151 "Anthers opening by pores; anther-connective with sickle-shaped appendages" Melastomataceae 151 "Anthers opening longitudinally; connective without appendages" Lythraceae 152 "Styles 4" Elatinaceae 152 "Style 1" 153 153 "Trees, shrubs or climbers; leaves simple or scale-like" Celastraceae 153 "Annual herb; leaves 2-lobed" "Zygophyllaceae {Zygophyllum}" 154 "Stamens 5-8" 155 154 "Stamens 10 or numerous" 167 155 "Leaves simple or absent" 156 155 "Leaves compound" 165 156 "Leaves 2-lobed" "Zygophyllaceae {Zygophyllum}" 156 "Leaves entire, or with more than 2 lobes" 157 157 "Leaves gland-dotted" Rutaceae 157 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 158 158 "Ovary half-inferior; margins of petals fringed with long hairs" Rhizophoraceae 158 "Ovary wholly superior; petals not fringed" 159 159 "Style and stigma 1" 160 159 "Styles or stigmas more than 1" 164 160 "Perianth hypogynous" 161 160 "Perianth perigynous" 163 161 "Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4" Elaeocarpaceae 161 "Leaves in pairs, opposite" 162 162 "Fruits not winged; subshrubs, shrubs, or trees" Rutaceae 162 "Fruits winged; subshrubs" Zygophyllaceae 163 "Leaves with 2 or more conspicuous longitudinal veins besides midrib" Melastomataceae 163 "Midrib only conspicuous longitudinal vein" Lythraceae 164 "Leaves with revolute margins; style 1, with 3 branches" "Frankeniaceae {Frankenia}" 164 "Leaf margins not revolute; styles 2 or 4" Cunoniaceae 165 "Stamens united" Meliaceae 165 "Stamens free" 166 166 "Leaves gland-dotted, usually with several leaflets" Rutaceae 166 "Leaves not gland-dotted, with only 2 leaflets" "Zygophyllaceae {Zygophyllum}" 167 "Flowers hypogynous, polygamous" 168 167 "Flowers perigynous" 169 168 "Stipules absent" Clusiaceae 168 "Stipules present" Cunoniaceae 169 "Style and stigma 1" Lythraceae 169 "Styles more than 1" Cunoniaceae 170 "Leaves gland-dotted" Myrtaceae 170 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 171 171 "Stamens numerous" Lecythidaceae 171 "Stamens 10 or fewer" 172 172 "Leaves alternate or radical" 173 172 "Leaves opposite or verticillate" 179 173 "Styles several, free" Haloragaceae 173 "Style 1, with 1 or more stigmas" 174 174 "Stigmas 2 or 4" 175 174 "Stigma 1" 177 175 "Stigmas 4" Onagraceae 175 "Stigmas 2" 176 176 "Domatia numerous; young leaves with simple hairs; ovary 1-locular" "Cornaceae {Alangium}" 176 "Domation absent; young leaves with T-shaped hairs; ovary 1-5-locular" Argophyllaceae 177 "Herbs (rarely soft-wooded shrubs)" Onagraceae 177 "Woody trees or shrubs" 178 178 "Stamens twice as many as petals; indumentum if present of simple hairs" Combretaceae 178 "Stamens as many as petals; indumentum of T-shaped hairs" "Argophyllaceae {Corokia}" 179 "Styles several, free" 180 179 "Style 1, with 1 or more stigmas" 181 180 "Shrubs; flowers in large corymbs, the marginal ones sterile and with an enlarged, showy calyx" "Hydrangeaceae {Hydrangea}" 180 "Herbs, rarely shrubs; flowers not in large corymbs, without differentiated marginal ones" Haloragaceae 181 "Petals fringed with long hairs" Rhizophoraceae 181 "Petals not fringed" 182 182 "Stamens 4" "Escalloniaceae {Polyosma}" 182 "Stamens more than 4, usually 8" 183 183 "Leaves with 2 or more longitudinal veins besides midrib" Melastomataceae 183 "Midrib the only longitudinal vein" 184 184 "Ovary 1-locular" Melastomataceae 184 "Ovary 4-locular" Onagraceae 185 "Petals 5" 186 185 "Petals more than 5, or whole perianth petaloid or sepaloid, sometimes in 1 whorl" 438 186 "Calyx rudimentary" "Pennantiaceae {Pennantia}" 186 "Calyx present" 187 187 "Sepals 2 or 3" 188 187 "Sepals 4 or more" 197 188 "Sepals 2" 189 188 "Sepals 3" 193 189 "Flowers zygomorphic" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 189 "Flowers actinomorphic" 190 190 Twiners Basellaceae 190 Non-twiners 191 191 "Shrubs or trees" Lecythidaceae 191 Herbs 192 192 "Stamens 5 or fewer; perianth often scarious" Amaranthaceae 192 "Stamens usually more than 5; perianth not scarious; leaves (and often stems) fleshy" Portulacaceae 193 "Leaves compound" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 193 "Leaves simple or absent" 194 194 "Leaf venation palmate" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 194 "Leaf venation not palmate" 195 195 "Stamens 5" Hamamelidaceae 195 "Stamens 8 or more" 196 196 "Stamens 8" Polygalaceae 196 "Stamens numerous" Lecythidaceae 197 "Sepals 4" 198 197 "Sepals 5 or more, or calyx cup-like with indistinct lobes, or entire in bud" 199 198 "Stamens 8-10, free or united" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 198 "Stamens numerous, united" Lecythidaceae 199 "Ovary superior" 200 199 "Ovary inferior or semi-inferior" 397 200 "Style 1 with simple stigma, or stigma sessile" 201 200 "Styles or stigmas more than 1" 318 201 "Leaves opposite or verticillate (rarely absent at flowering in some introduced deciduous species)" 202 201 "Leaves alternate, radical, or absent" 224 202 "Leaves gland-dotted" 203 202 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 205 203 "Leaves compound" Rutaceae 203 "Leaves simple" 204 204 "Flowers hypogynous" Rutaceae 204 "Flowers perigynous or epigynous" Myrtaceae 205 "Leaves simple" 206 205 "Leaves compound" 221 206 "Leaves 2-lobed, ±succulent with obscure venation" "Zygophyllaceae {Zygophyllum}" 206 "Leaves not 2-lobed, with at least midrib apparent" 207 207 "Leaves with 2 or more conspicuous longitudinal veins besides midrib" Melastomataceae 207 "Midrib only conspicuous longitudinal vein, side-veins if present branching from the midrib (pinnate)" 208 208 "Stamens 10 or fewer" 209 208 "Stamens numerous" 219 209 "Flowers actinomorphic" 210 209 "Flowers zygomorphic" 217 210 "Flowers perigynous" Lythraceae 210 "Flowers not perigynous" 211 211 "Stamens 3" Celastraceae 211 "Stamens 5 or more" 212 212 "Stamens 5" Celastraceae 212 "Stamens usually 10" 213 213 "Ovary half-inferior" Rhizophoraceae 213 "Ovary quite superior" 214 214 "Petals with narrow, pointed lobes" Rhizophoraceae 214 "Petals entire" 215 215 "Petals clawed; stamens unequal, usually united at base" Malpighiaceae 215 "Petals sessile, stamens equal or unequal, free or united at base" 216 216 "Petals shorter than sepals" Rhizophoraceae 216 "Petals longer than sepals" Elaeocarpaceae 217 "Stamens 5, united; anthers connate around ovary" Violaceae 217 "Stamens 10" 218 218 "Ovary 1-locular; ovules 2 or more" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae}" 218 "Ovary 2- or 3-locular; 1 ovule in each loculus" Malpighiaceae 219 "Flowers perigynous" Lythraceae 219 "Flowers hypogynous" 220 220 "Ovary 1-locular" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 220 "Ovary 2 or more-locular" Elaeocarpaceae 221 "Stamens 5" Meliaceae 221 "Stamens more than 5" 222 222 "Stamens united" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae}" 222 "Stamens free" 223 223 "Ovary 1-locular" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae}" 223 "Ovary 2- or more-locular" Zygophyllaceae 224 "Stamens 1-5" 225 224 "Stamens 6 or more" 264 225 "Stamen 1" 226 225 "Stamens 2-5" 227 226 "Leaves deeply notched and palmately veined" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 226 "Leaves entire and pinnately veined" Anacardiaceae 227 "Stamens 2-4" 228 227 "Stamens 5" 231 228 "Leaves simple" 229 228 "Leaves pinnate or bipinnate" 230 229 "Leaf venation well-marked and palmate" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 229 "Leaf venation inconspicuous, or leaves absent" Olacaceae 230 "Stipules present; calyx oblique, of 5 segments; ovary 4- or 5-locular; fruit a capsule" "Melianthaceae {Melianthus}" 230 "Stipules absent; calyx not oblique, of 5 free sepals; ovary 1-locular; fruit a legume" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 231 "Leaves simple or absent" 232 231 "Leaves compound" 255 232 "Leaves bifid; venation palmate" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 232 "Leaves not bifid" 233 233 Herbs 234 233 "Shrubs, trees or woody climbers" 237 234 Twiners 235 234 "Plants ±erect, not twining" 236 235 "Sap milky" "Cardiopteridaceae {Cardiopteris moluccana}" 235 "Sap not milky" Pittosporaceae 236 "Flowers actinomorphic" "Byblidaceae {Byblis}" 236 "Flowers zygomorphic" Violaceae 237 "Small shrubs; flowers zygomorphic" Violaceae 237 "Shrubs, trees or woody climbers; flowers actinomorphic or nearly so" 238 238 Climbers 239 238 "Non-climbers, ±erect" 240 239 Twiners Pittosporaceae 239 "Climbers with leaf-opposed tendrils" Vitaceae 240 "Stamens opposite petals or tepals" 241 240 "Stamens alternate with petals or tepals" 243 241 "Each stamen ±enclosed by small hood-shaped petal" Rhamnaceae 241 "Stamens not enclosed by petals" 242 242 "Fruit dehiscent (a capsule, follicle, samara or schizocarp), usually many-seeded (1 seed in Waltheria); ovules 2 per carpel" Malvaceae 242 "Fruit a 1-seeded drupe; ovule 1 per carpel" Opiliaceae 243 "Leaves gland-dotted" Rutaceae 243 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 244 244 "Base of calyx covered by several imbricate sepaloid bracteoles" Ericaceae 244 "Bracteoles absent or not covering base of calyx" 245 245 "Sepals free" 246 245 "Sepals united" 250 246 "Ovary 3- or 5-locular" 247 246 "Ovary 1- or 2-locular" 248 247 "Ovary 3-locular" Celastraceae 247 "Ovary 5-locular" "Rousseaceae {Abrophyllum ornans}" 248 "Ovules 1 per loculus" "Corynocarpaceae {Corynocarpus}" 248 "Ovules 2-several per loculus" 249 249 "Ovary 1- or 2-locular; ovules few to many per loculus" Pittosporaceae 249 "Ovary 1-locular; ovules 2" Icacinaceae 250 "Ovules 1 per ovary" Icacinaceae 250 "Ovules 2 or more per ovary" 251 251 "Ovary 1-locular" 252 251 "Ovary 2- or more-locular" 253 252 "Fruit 1-seeded" Icacinaceae 252 "Fruit with 2-numerous seeds" Proteaceae 253 "Ovary subtended by nectar-secreting disc" Celastraceae 253 "Ovary not subtended by nectar-secreting disc" 254 254 "Ovary 1-2-locular" Pittosporaceae 254 "Ovary 4-5-locular" Rousseaceae 255 "Climbers with leaf-opposed tendrils" Vitaceae 255 "Non-climbers or, if climbing, tendrils not leaf-opposed or tendrils absent" 256 256 "Leaves gland-dotted" Rutaceae 256 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 257 257 "Stamens 5, staminodes 5" 258 257 "Stamens 5, staminodes absent" 260 258 "Herbs; leaves 2-foliolate or pinnate; ovary with axile placentas; fruit usually with 2 or more seeds" Zygophyllaceae 258 "Trees or woody climbers" 259 259 "Trees; leaves pinnate; ovary with 3 parietal placentas; fruit a long 3-angled capsule" "Moringaceae {Moringa oleifera}" 259 "Woody climbers; leaves imparipinnate; ovary with 2 collateral ovules; fruit 1-seeded" Connaraceae 260 "Stamens free" 261 260 "Stamens united" 263 261 "Ovary 1-locular; leaves bipinnate" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 261 "Ovary 3-5-locular; leaves pinnate" 262 262 "Leaves exstipulate" Meliaceae 262 "Leaves stipulate" Zygophyllaceae 263 "Leaves pinnate" Meliaceae 263 "Leaves bi- or tripinnate" Vitaceae 264 "Stamens 10 or more" 265 264 "Stamens 6-9 (rarely 5-10)" 309 265 "Stamens 10" 266 265 "Stamens numerous" 290 266 "Flowers zygomorphic" 267 266 "Flowers actinomorphic or nearly so" 268 267 "Posterior petal enclosed by the remainder in bud, or absent" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 267 "Posterior petal enclosing the remainder in bud" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae}" 268 "Stamens united" 269 268 "Stamens free" 274 269 Climbers Connaraceae 269 Non-climbers 270 270 "Leaves 1-3-pinnate" 271 270 "Leaves simple" 272 271 "Ovary 5-locular; leaves pinnate, bipinnate or tripinnate" Meliaceae 271 "Ovary 1-locular; leaves bipinnate" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 272 "Staminal tube long and narrow, surrounding style" Meliaceae 272 "Staminal tube short, open" 273 273 "Ovary free; stipules persistent" Malvaceae 273 "Ovary adnate to one side of throat of calyx; stipules caducous" Chrysobalanaceae 274 "Leaves simple or unifoliolate" 275 274 "Leaves compound" 282 275 "Leaves gland-dotted" Rutaceae 275 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 276 276 "Style inserted near base of ovary, hairy" Simaroubaceae 276 "Style terminal" 277 277 "Ovary and back of petals covered with scales; flowers in heads or clusters at end of branchlets" Rutaceae 277 "Not as above" 278 278 "Flowers perigynous; ovary enclosed in hypanthium; stamens borne on hypanthium, sometimes near base" Lythraceae 278 "Flowers hypogynous; ovary and stamens not as above" 279 279 "Ovary usually stipitate; ovules several; sepals united" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 279 "Ovary sessile; ovule 1 or 2 per locule" 280 280 "Locules 5; stipules present" Ochnaceae 280 "Fertile locule 1 or 2; stipules absent" 281 281 "Ovary locule 1" Anacardiaceae 281 "Ovary locules 2" Elaeocarpaceae 282 "Leaves gland-dotted" Rutaceae 282 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 283 283 Herbs Zygophyllaceae 283 "Shrubs or trees" 284 284 "Leaves bipinnate" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 284 "Leaves pinnate" 285 285 "Leaflets 2; venation palmate" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 285 "Leaflets more than 2 or, if 2, venation pinnate" 286 286 "Ovary 1-locular" 287 286 "Ovary 2- or more-locular" 288 287 "Anthers often unequal, dehiscing by terminal pores; ovules more than 1" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 287 "Anthers usually equal, dehiscing by lateral slits; ovule 1" Anacardiaceae 288 "Ovary 1- or 3-locular, with 1 ovule (rarely 2) per loculus" Sapindaceae 288 "Ovary 4- or 5-locular, with 2 ovules per loculus" 289 289 "Trees or large shrubs; fruit not angular" Burseraceae 289 "Small shrubs; fruit prominently angular" Zygophyllaceae 290 "Leaves gland-dotted" 291 290 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 292 291 "Flowers hypogynous" Rutaceae 291 "Flowers perigynous or epigynous" Myrtaceae 292 "Leaves simple, reduced to phyllodes, or absent" 293 292 "Leaves compound or highly divided" 306 293 "Stamens united into discrete groups" Malvaceae 293 "Stamens free or only slightly united at base" 294 294 "Flowers small, in globular heads or obloid or cylindrical spikes; stamens much exserted" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 294 "Flowers not as above; stamens usually not exserted" 295 295 "Flowers hypogynous" 296 295 "Flowers perigynous" 304 296 "Leaves fleshy, entire; shrubs" Nitrariaceae 296 "Leaves not fleshy, entire or divided; shrubs trees or climbers" 297 297 "Small trees; leaf lamina palmately divided into 5 or 7 lobes" Bixaceae 297 "Shrubs, trees or climbers; leaf margins entire, pinnately toothed or lobed" 298 298 "Calyx caducous" Bixaceae 298 "Calyx not caducous" 299 299 "Anthers dehiscing by terminal pores or slits" Elaeocarpaceae 299 "Anthers dehiscing longitudinally" 300 300 "Ovary 2- or more-locular" 301 300 "Ovary 1-locular" 302 301 "Stigmas undulate on a shortly cone-shaped extension of the ovary" Muntingiaceae 301 "Stigmas not as above" Malvaceae 302 "Petals yellow, large" Dilleniaceae 302 "Petals not yellow, small" 303 303 "Twining liane; flowers single, rarely paired; stipules absent" "Berberidopsidaceae {Berberidopsis beckleri}" 303 "Shrubs or trees; flowers in spikes, racemes or panicles; stipules present, often minute" Salicaceae 304 "Ovary adnate to one side of throat of calyx" Chrysobalanaceae 304 "Ovary free or completely adnate to calyx" 305 305 "Stamens inserted with petals at rim of hypanthium; ovules 1 or 2 in the ovary" Rosaceae 305 "Stamens inserted on hypanthium below rim (sometimes almost at base); ovules usually numerous" Lythraceae 306 "Leaves palmate" Bixaceae 306 "Leaves pinnate or bipinnate" 307 307 "Petals valvate" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 307 "Petals imbricate" 308 308 "Fruit a legume" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 308 "Fruit a globose capsule opening loculicidally at the apex" "Nitrariaceae {Peganum}" 309 "Stamens 9, united" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae}" 309 "Stamens free" 310 310 "Leaves simple" 311 310 "Leaves compound" 315 311 "Style arising from base of ovary" Rosaceae 311 "Style terminal" 312 312 "Fruit a legume" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 312 "Fruit not a legume" 313 313 "Lianes or scandent shrubs; stamens nor enclosed in a keeled petal" "Berberidopsidaceae {Berberidopsis beckleri}" 313 "Trees or non-scandent shrubs" 314 314 "Stamens enclosed in a keeled petal" "Xanthophyllaceae {Xanthophyllum}" 314 "Stamens not enclosed in keeled petal" "Rousseaceae {Cuttsia viburnea}" 315 "Ovary 1-locular, usually with more than 2 ovules" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 315 "Ovary 2- or more-locular, with 1 or 2 ovules per loculus" 316 316 "Disc present; stamens inserted within disc" Sapindaceae 316 "Disc absent" 317 317 Trees "Akaniaceae {Akania bidwillii}" 317 "Herbs or shrubs" Zygophyllaceae 318 "Leaves simple or absent" 319 318 "Leaves compound" 384 319 "Leaves opposite or verticillate" 320 319 "Leaves alternate, radical, or absent" 342 320 "Stamens 10 or fewer" 321 320 "Stamens indefinite" 340 321 "Styles or stigmas 5" 322 321 "Styles or stigmas less than 5" 328 322 "Leaves opposite" 323 322 "Leaves verticillate" 327 323 "Leaves gland-dotted" Rutaceae 323 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 324 324 "Styles 5, free" 325 324 "Style 1, with 5 stigmas" 326 325 "Ovary 1-locular" Caryophyllaceae 325 "Ovary 2-5-locular" Elatinaceae 326 "Ovary 1-locular" Caryophyllaceae 326 "Ovary 3- or more-locular" Geraniaceae 327 "Floating aquatic plants without roots" Droseraceae 327 "Plants not aquatic" Caryophyllaceae 328 "Leaves palmately lobed" "Sapindaceae {Acer}" 328 "Leaves otherwise" 329 329 "Styles free" 330 329 "Styles united; stigmas 2 or more" 334 330 "Climbers or twiners" Malpighiaceae 330 "Non-climbers, non-twiners" 331 331 "Leaves gland-dotted" Hypericaceae 331 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 332 332 "Mostly herbs; stems usually swollen at nodes" Caryophyllaceae 332 "Shrubs or trees; nodes not swollen" 333 333 "Petals much more than 2 mm long, distinctly clawed" Malpighiaceae 333 "Petals scarcely 2 mm long, sessile or nearly so" Cunoniaceae 334 "Herbs, non-climbers, non-twiners" Caryophyllaceae 334 "Shrubs, trees, climbers or twiners" 335 335 "Stamens 3" Celastraceae 335 "Stamens 5 or more" 336 336 "Stamens 10" Malpighiaceae 336 "Stamens 5 or 6" 337 337 "Stamens opposite to and enclosed in petals" Rhamnaceae 337 "Stamens opposite sepals" 338 338 "Petals clawed, the claws cohering in an angular tube" "Frankeniaceae {Frankenia}" 338 "Petals sessile or if clawed, the claws free" 339 339 "Petals sessile; stamens 5" Celastraceae 339 "Petals clawed; stamens usually more than 5" Malpighiaceae 340 "Leaves opposite and trifoliate with sessile leaflets (appearing like whorls of six leaves)" "Cunoniaceae {Bauera}" 340 "Leaves not as above" 341 341 "Juice resinous; stipules absent" Hypericaceae 341 "Juice not resinous; stipules present" "Cistaceae {Cistus}" 342 "Stamens united, often forming a conspicuous staminal tube" 343 342 "Stamens free or arising from margin of a small disc" 355 343 "Styles 2 or more, free" 344 343 "Style 1, with 2 or more stigmas" 349 344 "Stamens 8" Aizoaceae 344 "Stamens 5, 10, or numerous" 345 345 Climbers Linaceae 345 Non-climbers 346 346 "Leaves often dentate or lobed, with stellate hairs" Malvaceae 346 "Leaves entire, glabrous" 347 347 "Stamens 4 or 5" Linaceae 347 "Stamens 8 or 10" 348 348 "Stamens 10; woody trees or shrubs" "Erythroxylaceae {Erythroxylum}" 348 "Stamens 8; soft-stemmed, small shrubs or herbs" Molluginaceae 349 "Petals attached to base of staminal tube; staminal tube usually long; stamens usually indefinite (rarely 10 or fewer); stigmas 3-5; shrubs" Malvaceae 349 "Not as above" 350 350 "Style branches (or stigmas) 2 or 3" 351 350 "Style branches (or stigmas) 5" 352 351 "Stamens numerous" "Theaceae {Camellia}" 351 "Stamens 10 or fewer" Linaceae 352 "Stamens 5 (sometimes with 5 staminodes as well)" 353 352 "Stamens 10 or more (staminodes if present 5 or less)" 354 353 "Stamens 5 usually with alternating staminodes; herbs or shrubs; leaves often with stellate hairs" Malvaceae 353 "Stamens 5; staminodes 5; glabrous herbs; leaves entire" Linaceae 354 "Stamens 10, usually 3 or 4 without anthers" Geraniaceae 354 "Stamens 10 or indefinite; staminodes sometimes present; leaves often with stellate hairs" Malvaceae 355 "Stamens 1-10" 356 355 "Stamens numerous" 378 356 "Stamens 5-10" 357 356 "Stamens 1-3" 377 357 "Stamens 5" 358 357 "Stamens 6-10" 372 358 "Climbers with axillary tendrils" 359 358 "Non-climbers, or climbers without axillary tendrils" 360 359 "Corona present within corolla" Passifloraceae 359 "No corona present" Plumbaginaceae 360 "Styles 2 or more, free" 361 360 "Style 1, with 2 or more stigmas" 367 361 "Stamens opposite petals" 362 361 "Stamens alternating with petals" 364 362 "Styles less than 5" Rhamnaceae 362 "Styles 5" 363 363 "Herbs, or shrubs with a single style" Plumbaginaceae 363 "Shrubs with 5 free or coherent styles" Malvaceae 364 "Leaves with conspicuous stalked glandular hairs, especially on the adaxial (upper) surface" Droseraceae 364 "Leaves without glandular hairs, or if present, inconspicuous, sessile and confined to the abaxial (lower) surface only" 365 365 "Leaves small, 1-2 mm long, scale-like, appressed to stem" "Tamaricaceae {Tamarix}" 365 "Leaves larger than 2 mm, with a ±distinct lamina; spreading" 366 366 "Staminodes present; fruit a capsule" Linaceae 366 "Staminodes absent; fruit a drupe" "Dichapetalaceae {Dichapetalum}" 367 "Leaves small, appressed to stem" "Tamaricaceae {Tamarix}" 367 "Leaves not appressed to stem" 368 368 "Stamens opposite petals" Rhamnaceae 368 "Stamens alternating with petals" 369 369 Herbs 370 369 "Shrubs or trees" 371 370 "Stamens 5; staminodes 5" Geraniaceae 370 "Stamens 5; staminodes absent" Celastraceae 371 "Ovary 1-locular" Icacinaceae 371 "Ovary 2- or more-locular" "Dichapetalaceae {Dichapetalum}" 372 "Leaves peltate" "Tropaeolaceae {Tropaeolum majus}" 372 "Leaves not peltate" 373 373 "Stamens 8, 6 of them attached to base of corolla" Polygalaceae 373 "Stamens all hypogynous or perigynous" 374 374 "Stamens 7-10; if 10, some without anthers" Geraniaceae 374 "Stamens 10, all with anthers" 375 375 "Shrubs or trees; styles several, free" Anacardiaceae 375 "Herbs or soft-wooded shrubs" 376 376 "Style 1, with 2 or more stigmas" Geraniaceae 376 "Styles 2, free" "Saxifragaceae {Saxifraga stolonifera}" 377 "Flowers hypogynous" Malvaceae 377 "Flowers epigynous" Stylidiaceae 378 "Flowers perigynous" Rosaceae 378 "Flowers hypogynous" 379 379 "Carnivorous herbs; leaves pitcher-traps" "Sarraceniaceae {Sarracenia leucophylla}" 379 "Non-carnivorous trees, shrubs or climbers with normal leaves" 380 380 "Sepals imbricate" 381 380 "Sepals valvate or united" 382 381 "Carpels clearly united into an unlobed to shallowly lobed ovary" Actinidiaceae 381 "Carpels deeply lobed so as to appear free or almost so (but sharing a common style)" Ochnaceae 382 "Petals deeply incised" Elaeocarpaceae 382 "Petals entire" 383 383 "Stigmas undulate on a shortly cone-shaped extension of the ovary" Muntingiaceae 383 "Stigmas not as above" Malvaceae 384 "Leaves alternate or radical" 385 384 "Leaves opposite" 394 385 "Styles or sessile stigmas, free" 386 385 "Style 1, with 2 or more stigmas" 389 386 Herbs 387 386 "Shrubs or trees" 388 387 "Stamens 5" Droseraceae 387 "Stamens 10" Oxalidaceae 388 "Styles 2; leaflets 2, occasionally 1" Sapindaceae 388 "Styles more than 2, or if 2 the leaflets more than 2" Anacardiaceae 389 "Stamens 3; staminodes 2-5; style petaloid" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 389 "Stamens 5 or more; style not petaloid" 390 390 "Stamens 5, with or without an additional 5 staminodes" 391 390 "Stamens more than 5 (if numerous, some often staminodal)" 392 391 "Stamens 5; staminodes absent" Anacardiaceae 391 "Stamens 5, alternating with 5 usually scale-like staminodes" Geraniaceae 392 "Stamens 6-9; stigmas not plumose" Sapindaceae 392 "Stamens 10-numerous; stigmas plumose or not" 393 393 "Stamens 10; staminodes absent; stigmas plumose" Simaroubaceae 393 "Stamens numerous, some often staminodal; stigmas not plumose" Malvaceae 394 "Leaves with 3 leaflets" Cunoniaceae 394 "Leaves with more than 3 leaflets" 395 395 Trees Cunoniaceae 395 "Herbs or small shrubs" 396 396 "Herbs; style simple with 1-5 sessile stigmas" Zygophyllaceae 396 "Herbs or small shrubs; style with 5 short stigmatic branches" Geraniaceae 397 "Stamens 5" 398 397 "Stamens more than 5" 416 398 "Stamens opposite petals" 399 398 "Stamens alternating with petals" 403 399 "Parasitic shrubs (mistletoes)" Loranthaceae 399 "Plants not parasitic" 400 400 "Leaves gland-dotted" Myrtaceae 400 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 401 401 "Stamens free from petals" Rhamnaceae 401 "Stamens attached to petals at their bases" 402 402 "Domatia numerous; young leaves with simple hairs; ovary 1-locular" Cornaceae 402 "Domation absent; young leaves with T-shaped hairs; ovary 1-5-locular" Argophyllaceae 403 "Leaves gland-dotted" Myrtaceae 403 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 404 404 "Herbs, non-climbing, non-twining" 405 404 "Shrubs or trees, sometimes climbing or twining" 407 405 "Style and stigma 1" Onagraceae 405 "Styles or stigmas 2" 406 406 "Flowers in umbels or heads; leaves all divided or entire, or the lowermlst divided and the uppermost entire" Apiaceae 406 "Flowers in contracted cymes; lower rosette leaves entire, stems leaves divided" "Escalloniaceae {Eremosyme pectinata}" 407 "Flowers not in umbels" 408 407 "Flowers in umbels (these sometimes arranged into compound umbels or panicles)" 414 408 "Leaves compound" Araliaceae 408 "Leaves simple" 409 409 "Indumentum of simple or glandular hairs" 410 409 "Indumentum of stellate hairs" 413 410 "Leaves palmately 3- or 5-lobed; styles 2" "Grossulariaceae {Ribes}" 410 "Leaves not palmate" 411 411 "Leaves silvery beneath" "Argophyllaceae {Argophyllum}" 411 "Leaves not silvery beneath" 412 412 "Leaves entire" "Paracryphiaceae {Quintinia}" 412 "Leaves toothed" "Escalloniaceae {Escallonia}" 413 "Flowers in subumbellate clusters" Araliaceae 413 "Flowers in elongated spikes" Hamamelidaceae 414 "Fruit a schizocarp, separating into 2 flattened mericarps when mature" Apiaceae 414 "Fruit a berry or drupe" 415 415 "Petals valvate in bud" Araliaceae 415 "Petals imbricate in bud" "Myodocarpaceae {Delarbrea}" 416 "Leaves gland-dotted" 417 416 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 420 417 "Stamens numerous" Myrtaceae 417 "Stamens 10 or fewer" 418 418 "Stamens 10, alternating with staminodes" Myrtaceae 418 "Stamens 10 or fewer; staminodes absent" 419 419 "Ovary 1-locular; ovules pendulous" Combretaceae 419 "Ovary 2- or more-locular, sometimes 1-locular and then ovules axile or rarely parietal" Myrtaceae 420 "Leaves alternate, radical, or absent" 421 420 "Leaves opposite" 431 421 "Leaves compound" 422 421 "Leaves simple" 423 422 "Stamens 2 or 3 opposite each petal" Salicaceae 422 "Stamens indefinite, not regularly opposite petals" Rosaceae 423 "Styles or stigmas more than 1" 424 423 "Style and stigma 1" 428 424 "Stamens 6, attached to petals" 425 424 "Stamens 10 or more, free from petals" 426 425 "Domatia numerous; young leaves with simple hairs; ovary 1-locular" "Cornaceae {Alangium}" 425 "Domation absent; young leaves with T-shaped hairs; ovary 1-5-locular" Argophyllaceae 426 "Stamens indefinite" Rosaceae 426 "Stamens 10" 427 427 "Flowers and fruits spiny, burr-like" "Neuradaceae {Neurada procumbens}" 427 "Flowers and fruits not spiny and burr-like" Anacardiaceae 428 "Stamens indefinite" Rosaceae 428 "Stamens 10 or fewer" 429 429 Herbs Onagraceae 429 "Shrubs (sometimes climbing) or trees" 430 430 "Ovary 1-locular" Combretaceae 430 "Ovary 2- or more-locular" "Argophyllaceae {Argophyllum}" 431 "Leaves compound" Cunoniaceae 431 "Leaves simple or absent" 432 432 "Leaves with several conspicuous longitudinal veins" Melastomataceae 432 "Midrib the only conspicuous longitudinal vein" 433 433 "Stamens indefinite" "Lythraceae {Punica granatum}" 433 "Stamens usually 10, rarely to 15" 434 434 "Style 1; stigmas 1 or 2" 435 434 "Styles 2-5" 437 435 "Leaves unequal, one of each pair much larger than other; anthers with conspicuous appendages" Melastomataceae 435 "Leaves of each pair equal; anthers without appendages" 436 436 "Ovary 1-locular" Combretaceae 436 "Ovary 2- or more-locular" Rhizophoraceae 437 "Flowers bracteolate" Malpighiaceae 437 "Flowers ebracteolate" Hydrangeaceae 438 "Flowers with 1 or more long spurs" Ranunculaceae 438 "Flowers lacking spurs" 439 439 "Sepals 2" 440 439 "Sepals more than 2, or whole perianth petaloid or sepaloid" 441 440 "Style short or absent; stigmas usually confluent" Papaveraceae 440 "Styles several, free, or style 1 with several free stigmas" Portulacaceae 441 "Ovary superior" 442 441 "Ovary inferior" 464 442 "Aquatic herbs with floating or submerged leaves" "Nymphaeaceae {Nymphaea}" 442 "Herbs (not aquatic), shrubs, or trees" 443 443 "Leaves alternate" 444 443 "Leaves opposite or verticillate" 458 444 Climbers 445 444 Non-climbers 447 445 "Tendril climbers" Passifloraceae 445 "Not tendril climbers" 446 446 "Branches spiny" Cactaceae 446 "Branches not spiny" Menispermaceae 447 "One perfect stamen (much longer than the others) and usually 4 or more imperfect stamens" Anacardiaceae 447 "Perfect stamens 5 or more" 448 448 "Leaves simple or absent" 449 448 "Leaves compound" 457 449 "Flowers perigynous" 450 449 "Flowers hypogynous" 451 450 "Stamens hypogynous or inserted low in hypanthium" Lythraceae 450 "Stamens inserted on rim of hypanthium" Rosaceae 451 Herbs 452 451 "Shrubs or trees" 453 452 "Ovary open at top, with sessile stigmas" "Resedaceae {Reseda}" 452 "Ovary closed; style present" Amaranthaceae 453 "Stamens 6-9" 454 453 "Stamens 10 or numerous" 456 454 "Plants spiny" Berberidaceae 454 "Plants without spines" 455 455 "Flowers very reduced, in catkins" Salicaceae 455 "Flowers not reduced, in racemes" "Escalloniaceae {Anopterus}" 456 "Bracteoles present, merging into sepals" "Theaceae {Camellia}" 456 "Bracteoles absent or small" Salicaceae 457 "Stamens 6" Berberidaceae 457 "Stamens 10" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 458 "Leaves compound, with 3 leaflets (each pair looking like a whorl of 6 leaves)" Cunoniaceae 458 "Leaves simple" 459 459 "Terminal flowers in inflorescence bisexual, lower flowers usually male; perianth of spirally-arranged tepals grading into opposite bracteoles outside; ovary 1(2)-locular" "Trimeniaceae {Trimenia moorei}" 459 "All flowers bisexual; perianth of distinct sepals and petals in two whorls; ovary 3-15-locular" 460 460 "Ovary 10-15-locular" "Lythraceae {Sonneratia}" 460 "Ovary 3-6-locular" 461 461 "Leaves with 5-7 conspicuous longitudinal veins" Melastomataceae 461 "Midrib the only conspicuous longitudinal vein" 462 462 "Flowers hypogynous, lacking a hypanthium" "Rousseaceae {Cuttsia viburnea}" 462 "Flowers epigynous or perigynous, with a distinct hypanthium" 463 463 "Stamens inserted on the hypanthium; anthers opening longitudinally" Lythraceae 463 "Stamens at base of hypanthium; anthers opening by terminal pores" Melastomataceae 464 "Aquatic herbs" "Nymphaeaceae {Nymphaea}" 464 "Herbs (not aquatic), shrubs, or trees" 465 465 "Leaves absent, their function taken over by fleshy photosynthetic stems" Cactaceae 465 "Leaves present" 466 466 "Leaves alternate or clustered" 467 466 "Leaves opposite" 477 467 "Branches spiny" 468 467 "Branches without spines" 469 468 "Plants fleshy, leafless" Cactaceae 468 "Plants woody, with leaves" "Lythraceae {Punica granatum}" 469 "Plants parasitic (mistletoes)" Loranthaceae 469 "Plants not parasitic" 470 470 "Leaves fleshy" Aizoaceae 470 "Leaves not fleshy" 471 471 "Leaves palmate" Araliaceae 471 "Leaves simple" 472 472 "Stamens (plus staminodes if present) indefinite" 473 472 "Stamens less than 10" 474 473 "Style 1; stigma 1" "Lythraceae {Punica granatum}" 473 "Stigmas indefinite, sessile on flat surface of ovary" "Eupomatiaceae {Eupomatia}" 474 "Stigma 1, sessile" Combretaceae 474 "Distinct style or styles present" 475 475 "Styles or stigmas 3-5" Salicaceae 475 "Style 1; stigmas 2" 476 476 "Domatia numerous; young leaves with simple hairs; ovary 1-locular" "Cornaceae {Alangium}" 476 "Domation absent; young leaves with T-shaped hairs; ovary 1-5-locular" Argophyllaceae 477 "Leaves fleshy; stigmas 5" Aizoaceae 477 "Leaves not fleshy; stigmas 1 or 2" 478 478 "Petals absent" 479 478 "Petals present" 480 479 "Leaves gland-dotted" Myrtaceae 479 "Leaves not gland-dotted" "Lythraceae {Sonneratia}" 480 "Leaves with 5-7 conspicuous longitudinal veins" Melastomataceae 480 "Midrib the only conspicuous longitudinal vein" 481 481 "Sepals and petals each numerous" Rhizophoraceae 481 "Sepals and petals each less than 10" 482 482 "Stamens 20 or more" "Lythraceae {Punica granatum}" 482 "Stamens less than 20" 483 483 "Ovary 1-locular, with c. 10 ovules" Combretaceae 483 "Ovary 2-5-locular, with 1 or 2 ovules per loculus" Rhizophoraceae 484 "Flowers unisexual" 485 484 "Flowers mostly bisexual" 499 485 "Leaves opposite" 486 485 "Leaves alternate" 489 486 "Ovary inferior" Rubiaceae 486 "Ovary superior" 487 487 "Gynoecium apocarpous" Monimiaceae 487 "Gynoecium syncarpous or carpel 1" 488 488 "Fruit a berry" "Pentaphylacaceae {Ternstroemia}" 488 "Fruit of 1-4 nutlets" Lamiaceae 489 "Perianth segments in 1 whorl" 490 489 "Perianth segments in 2 whorls" 493 490 "Ovary inferior" Araliaceae 490 "Ovary superior" 491 491 "Stamens 6 or more in regular series around a disc-like axis; perianth shallow, cup shaped, entire to slightly lobed" Gyrostemonaceae 491 "Stamens 1-many, not arranged as above; sepals evidently lobed" 492 492 "Ovules 1 per loculus" Euphorbiaceae 492 "Ovules 2 per loculus" Phyllanthaceae 493 "Sepals 4; petals 4" 494 493 "Sepals and petals each 5 or more" 495 494 Climbers Menispermaceae 494 Non-climbers "Ebenaceae {Diospyros}" 495 "Ovary superior" 496 495 "Ovary inferior" 498 496 "Stamens usually 10 in male flowers" "Ebenaceae {Diospyros}" 496 "Stamens 3-5 in male flowers" 497 497 "Fruit a capsule" Solanaceae 497 "Fruit a nut or drupe" Olacaceae 498 "Placentation parietal" Cucurbitaceae 498 "Placentation axile" Campanulaceae 499 "Ovary superior" 500 499 "Ovary inferior or half-inferior" 734 500 "Sepals 2; petals 5, pink; stems and leaves succulent" "Didiereaceae {Portulacaria afra}" 500 "Without the combination of 2 sepals, 5 pink stamens and succulent leaves and stems" 501 501 "Fertile stamens 2-4 (sometimes with additional staminodes)" 502 501 "Fertile stamens 5 or more (sometimes with additional staminodes)" 624 502 "Fertile stamens 3 or 4" 503 502 "Fertile stamens 2" 592 503 "Fertile stamens 3" Olacaceae 503 "Fertile stamens 4 (sometimes with additional staminodes)" 504 504 "Ovary apocarpous" Atherospermataceae 504 "Ovary syncarpous or carpel 1" 505 505 "Flowers actinomorphic or nearly so" 506 505 "Flowers zygomorphic" 553 506 "Leaves opposite or verticillate at least at base, or radical" 507 506 "Leaves alternate or absent in mature plants" 534 507 "Leaves radical" 508 507 "Leaves cauline" 510 508 "Sepals 4, free; petals 4, united" "Plantaginaceae {Plantago}" 508 "Sepals 5, free; petals 5, united" 509 509 "Marsh or aquatic plants; leaves palmately paralle-veined" Phrymaceae 509 "Land plants; leaves pinnately veined" Acanthaceae 510 "Ovary divided into (usually 4) separate segments" 511 510 "Ovary entire or lobed" 512 511 "Style terminal" Lamiaceae 511 "Style gynobasic, rarely terminal" Lamiaceae 512 "Sepals 4" 513 512 "Sepals 5 or more, or calyx 2-lipped or truncate" 522 513 "Ovary 1-locular, with 2 parietal placentas" Gentianaceae 513 "Ovary 2- or 4-locular" 514 514 "Ovary 4-locular" 515 514 "Ovary 2-locular" 516 515 "Bracteoles present; leaves simple; indumentum of branched hairs or peltate scales, usually dense, rarely (Cyanostegia) absent; stamens 2-8" Lamiaceae 515 "Bracteoles absent; leaves simple or compound; indumentum various but not of branched hairs or peltate scales; stamens 4" Verbenaceae 516 "Shrubs or trees" 517 516 Herbs 519 517 "Staminodes absent (except in female flowers of dioecious species)" Loganiaceae 517 "Staminode present in addition to fertile stamens (flowers bisexual)" 518 518 "Bracteoles present; leaves simple; indumentum of branched hairs or peltate scales, usually dense, rarely (Cyanostegia) absent; stamens 2-8" Lamiaceae 518 "Bracteoles absent; leaves simple or compound; indumentum various but not of branched hairs or peltate scales; stamens 4" Verbenaceae 519 "Leaves in whorls, usually of 3" Plantaginaceae 519 "Leaves opposite" 520 520 "Ovary half-inferior" Rubiaceae 520 "Ovary quite superior" 521 521 "Capsule circumscissile" "Plantaginaceae {Plantago}" 521 "Capsule septicidal" Loganiaceae 522 "Corolla 4-lobed" 523 522 "Corolla 5-lobed" 524 523 Mangroves "Acanthaceae {Avicennia}" 523 Non-mangroves Verbenaceae 524 "Leaves compound" 525 524 "Leaves simple or absent" 526 525 "Seeds winged" Bignoniaceae 525 "Seeds unwinged" Verbenaceae 526 "Bracteoles often large, ±enclosing calyx; seeds seated on distinct hooks which persist after seed dispersal; in dried specimens all green parts with cystoliths (raised white streaks or dots) visible under l0x magnification" Acanthaceae 526 "Bracteoles absent or not enclosing calyx; seeds not seated on hooks; cystoliths absent" 527 527 "Placentas parietal" Gesneriaceae 527 "Placentas axile, or ovules solitary" 528 528 "Ovary 4-locular, with 1 ovule per loculus" 529 528 "Ovary 2-locular" 530 529 "Bracteoles present; leaves simple; indumentum of branched hairs or peltate scales, usually dense, rarely (Cyanostegia) absent; stamens 2-8" Lamiaceae 529 "Bracteoles absent; leaves simple or compound; indumentum various but not of branched hairs or peltate scales; stamens 4" Verbenaceae 530 "Trees; ovary with numerous ovules per loculus" Bignoniaceae 530 "Herbs or small shrubs; ovary with one to several ovules per loculus" 531 531 "Bracteoles absent" 532 531 "Bracteoles present" 533 532 "Leaves alternate in upper parts" Scrophulariaceae 532 "Leaves all opposite or whorled" Phrymaceae 533 "Sepals free for more than half their length" Plantaginaceae 533 "Sepals fused for more than half their length (may be deeply split on one side)" Orobanchaceae 534 "Leaves bipinnate" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 534 "Leaves not bipinnate, or absent in mature plants" 535 535 "Corolla lobes 3" Polygalaceae 535 "Corolla lobes 4 or 5" 536 536 "Corolla lobes 4" 537 536 "Corolla lobes 5" 542 537 "Stamens alternating with corolla lobes" 538 537 "Stamens opposite corolla lobes" 541 538 "Prostrate or erect plants, not twining" 539 538 "Twining plants" 540 539 "Prostrate annuals" Boraginaceae 539 "Erect perennials" Solanaceae 540 "Leaves absent" "Convolvulaceae {Cuscuta}" 540 "Leaves present" "Cardiopteridaceae {Cardiopteris moluccana}" 541 "Ovary 1-locular with several ovules" Primulaceae 541 "Ovary 2-locular with 1 ovule per loculus" Sapotaceae 542 "Leaves absent" 543 542 "Leaves present" 544 543 "Twining parasite" "Convolvulaceae {Cuscuta}" 543 "Intricately branched, spinescent, non-parasitic shrub" "Solanaceae {Crenidium}" 544 "Leaves with viscid hairs" 545 544 "Leaves glabrous or hairs, if present, not viscid" 550 545 "Flowers usually actinomorphic (rarely slightly zygomorphic); all stamens fertile; seeds endospermic" 546 545 "Flowers distinctly or slightly zygomorphic; at least one stamen reduced to a vestigial, infertile staminode; seeds non-endospermic" 548 546 "Corolla tube much longer than the lobes" "Scrophulariaceae {Zaluzianskya}" 546 "Corolla tube as long as or shorter than the lobes" 547 547 "Flowers in elongate, little-branched racemes or spikes; at least some anthers transverse" Scrophulariaceae 547 "Flowers in cymes, panicles or single, not in elongate racemes or spikes; anthers longitudinal, basifixed" Solanaceae 548 "Ovary unilocular with 2 parietal placentas; fruits with two prominent, claw-like, terminal horns" Martyniaceae 548 "Ovary with 2, 4, 6 or 8 locules; fruits smooth and beaked or spiny but without claw-like terminal horns" 549 549 "Corolla tubular, the tube longer than the lobes; stamens included" Pedaliaceae 549 "Corolla totate, the tube shorter than the lobes; stamens exserted" Scrophulariaceae 550 "Anthers connivent around the style" Solanaceae 550 "Anthers not connivent" 551 551 "Fruit separating into two mericarps" Scrophulariaceae 551 "Fruit a capsule or berry" 552 552 "Corolla tube much longer than the lobes" "Scrophulariaceae {Zaluzianskya}" 552 "Corolla tube as long as or shorter than the lobes" Solanaceae 553 "Leaves varying in type on one plant" 554 553 "Leaves all of one type, either simple, compound or reduced to scales" 558 554 "Leaves mostly in whorls of 3" 555 554 "Leaves opposite, the upper ones sometimes becoming alternate" 556 555 Waterplants "Plantaginaceae {Limnophila}" 555 Landplants Bignoniaceae 556 "Leaves very variable, simple or with 3-5 leaflets; ovary 2-locular with 2 ovules per loculus" Verbenaceae 556 "Upper leaves simple, lower leaves compound or highly dissected; ovary 2- or 4-locular with 1-many ovules per loculus" 557 557 Waterplants "Plantaginaceae {Limnophila}" 557 Landplants Pedaliaceae 558 "Leaves all simple or reduced to scales" 559 558 "Leaves all compound" 590 559 "Leaves reduced to scales; plants without chlorophyll" "Orobanchaceae {Orobanche}" 559 "Leaves not reduced to scales; plants green" 560 560 "Leaves all radical or all alternate" 561 560 "Leaves at least in part opposite or verticillate" 568 561 "Leaves radical" Phrymaceae 561 "Leaves all alternate" 562 562 "Calyx of 3 outer and 2 inner sepals, all free; petals 3, united" Polygalaceae 562 "Calyx of 5 free or united sepals in 1 whorl; petals 5, united" 563 563 "Ovary 4-locular" Scrophulariaceae 563 "Ovary 2-locular" 564 564 "Herbs (sometimes climbing)" 565 564 "Shrubs or small trees" 567 565 "Corolla actinomorphic or nearly so, usually spreading" Solanaceae 565 "Corolla 2-lipped" 566 566 "Calyx not surrounding the flower; corolla with 4-lobed upper lip, lower lip lacking" Scrophulariaceae 566 "Calyx surrounding the flower, even when divided to base; corolla always lobed on lower side" Plantaginaceae 567 "Stigmas 2; fruit a capsule or berry" Solanaceae 567 "Stigma 1; fruit a drupe" Scrophulariaceae 568 "Lower leaves opposite; upper leaves alternate" 569 568 "Leaves all opposite or verticillate" 573 569 "Ovary 4-locular" Pedaliaceae 569 "Ovary 2-locular" 570 570 "Calyx spathe-like, not surrounding the flower; corolla with 4-lobed upper lip, lower lip lacking" "Scrophulariaceae {Hebenstretia}" 570 "Calyx not spathe-like, tubular at base or divided, surrounding the flower; corolla lobed on lower side" 571 571 "Bracteoles present" Orobanchaceae 571 "Bracteoles absent" 572 572 "Corolla closed at mouth by palate (bumps) on lower side; base of tube spurred or swollen on lower side" Plantaginaceae 572 "Corolla mouth open, with or without palate; base of tube straight" Scrophulariaceae 573 "Ovary divided into 4 nearly separate segments at maturity" Lamiaceae 573 "Ovary simple or lobed" 574 574 "Ovary 4- or 8-locular" 575 574 "Ovary 1- or 2-locular" 577 575 "Ovary 8-locular with 1 ovule per loculus" Pedaliaceae 575 "Ovary 4-locular with 1 ovule per loculus" 576 576 "Bracteoles present; leaves simple; indumentum of branched hairs or peltate scales, usually dense, rarely (Cyanostegia) absent; stamens 2-8" Lamiaceae 576 "Bracteoles absent; leaves simple or compound; indumentum various but not of branched hairs or peltate scales; stamens 4" Verbenaceae 577 "Ovary 1-locular; ovules numerous" Gesneriaceae 577 "Ovary 2-locular; ovules 1-numerous" 578 578 "Seeds seated on distinct hooks which persist after seed dispersal; in dried specimens (except Acanthus) all green parts with cystoliths (raised white streaks or dots) visible under l0x magnification" Acanthaceae 578 "Seeds not seated on hooks; cystoliths absent" 579 579 "Ovules 1 or 2 per loculus; undershrubs, shrubs or woody vines, rarely trees" 580 579 "Ovules 2 or more per loculus; herbs, shrubs or trees" 581 580 "Bracteoles present; leaves simple; indumentum of branched hairs or peltate scales, usually dense, rarely (Cyanostegia) absent; stamens 2-8" Lamiaceae 580 "Bracteoles absent; leaves simple or compound; indumentum various but not of branched hairs or peltate scales; stamens 4" Verbenaceae 581 "Herbs or small shrubs; ovules 2 or more per loculus; seeds winged or unwinged" 582 581 "Small or large trees; ovules numerous; seeds with papery wings" 589 582 "Bracteoles present" 583 582 "Bracteoles absent" 585 583 "Sepals fused for more than half their length (may be deeply split on one side)" Orobanchaceae 583 "Sepals free for more than half their length" 584 584 "Leaves rosetted; bracteoles alternate, borne on pedicel well below calyx; anther cells contiguous at apex" Phrymaceae 584 "Leaves cauline; bracteoles opposite, borne immediately below calyx or at very base of pedicel; anther cells separate or contiguous" Plantaginaceae 585 "Sepals free for more than half their length" 586 585 "Sepals fused for more than half their length" 587 586 "Lowermost pair of anthers spurred; capsule septifragal" Linderniaceae 586 "Lowermost pair of anthers not spurred; capsule septicidal" Scrophulariaceae 587 "Calyx equally 4-toothed" Orobanchaceae 587 "Calyx 5-toothed, or unequally (3)4-toothed" 588 588 "Upper lobes of corolla porrect; filaments of the anterior (lower) stamen pair spurred; anthers 2-celled; capsule septicidal" Linderniaceae 588 "Upper lobes of corolla reflexed, or more or less rotate; anterior stamen filaments not spurred; anthers 2- or 1-celled; capsule septifragal, loculicidal or rupturing from base" Phrymaceae 589 "Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4, ovate to obovate; flowers yellow; stamens long-exserted" "Bignoniaceae {Deplanchea tetraphylla}" 589 "Leaves opposite, broadly ovate-cordate; flowers mauve; stamens included" "Paulowniaceae {Paulownia tomentosa}" 590 "Climbers, usually woody" Bignoniaceae 590 "Shrubs or trees" 591 591 "Staminode present or absent; seeds with papery wings" Bignoniaceae 591 "Staminode absent; seeds unwinged" Verbenaceae 592 "Ovary divided into (usually 4) free or nearly free segments" Lamiaceae 592 "Ovary entire or slightly lobed" 593 593 "Flowers actinomorphic" 594 593 "Flowers zygomorphic (sometimes only slightly so)" 607 594 "Leaves compound" 595 594 "Leaves simple or absent" 597 595 "Sepals 5" Verbenaceae 595 "Sepals 4" 596 596 "Herbs to soft-wooded shrubs; fruit a many-seeded capsule" Plantaginaceae 596 "Trees, shrubs or climbers; fruit a drupe, berry or samara; ovules 1 or 2 per carpel" Oleaceae 597 "Corolla lobes 4" 598 597 "Corolla lobes 5 or more" 599 598 "Herbs to soft-wooded shrubs; fruit a many-seeded capsule" Plantaginaceae 598 "Trees, shrubs or climbers; fruit a drupe, berry or samara; ovules 1 or 2 per carpel" Oleaceae 599 "Corolla lobes more than 5" Oleaceae 599 "Corolla lobes 5" 600 600 Herbs 601 600 "Shrubs, undershrubs or climbers" 602 601 "Bracteoles present" Plantaginaceae 601 "Bracteoles absent" Phrymaceae 602 Climbers Oleaceae 602 "Shrubs or undershrubs" 603 603 "Flowers in long terminal spikes" Verbenaceae 603 "Flowers not in spikes" 604 604 "Style deeply divided into 2 branches" Verbenaceae 604 "Style undivided or minutely notched at top" 605 605 "Corolla lobes 5" Verbenaceae 605 "Corolla lobes 4" 606 606 "Herbs to soft-wooded shrubs; fruit a many-seeded capsule" Plantaginaceae 606 "Trees, shrubs or climbers; fruit a drupe, berry or samara; ovules 1 or 2 per carpel" Oleaceae 607 "Bracteoles often enclosing calyx; seeds seated on distinct hooks which persist after seed dispersal; in dried specimens (except Acanthus) all green parts with cystoliths (raised white streaks or dots) visible under l0x magnification" Acanthaceae 607 "Bracteoles absent or small; seeds not seated on hooks; cystoliths absent" 608 608 "Calyx divided into 2 lobes or segments" 609 608 "Calyx divided into more than 2 lobes or segments" 610 609 "Leaves opposite" Verbenaceae 609 "Leaves, if present, alternate or radical" "Lentibulariaceae {Utricularia}" 610 "Leaves radical or alternate" 611 610 "Leaves opposite" 612 611 "Ovary 1-locular; placentation parietal" Gesneriaceae 611 "Ovary 2-locular; placentation axile" Phrymaceae 612 "Leaves with viscid hairs" 613 612 "Leaves glabrous or hairs, if present, not viscid" 618 613 "Annual or perennial herbs" 614 613 "Shrubs or subshrubs" 617 614 "Ovary unilocular with 2 parietal placentas; fruits with two prominent, claw-like, terminal horns" Martyniaceae 614 "Ovary 2-locular; fruits without claw-like terminal horns" 615 615 "Corolla slipper-shaped, the lower lip greatly recurved above and much larger than upper" "Calceolariaceae {Calceolaria}" 615 "Corolla not slipper-shaped" 616 616 "Bracteoles present" Plantaginaceae 616 "Bracteoles absent" Linderniaceae 617 "Bracteoles present; leaves simple; indumentum of branched hairs or peltate scales, usually dense, rarely (Cyanostegia) absent; stamens 2-8" Lamiaceae 617 "Bracteoles absent; leaves simple or compound; indumentum various but not of branched hairs or peltate scales; stamens 4" Verbenaceae 618 "Ovary 1-locular" Gesneriaceae 618 "Ovary 2- or more-locular" 619 619 "Seeds flattened, 2 or 4, or up to 20 per capsule, seated on distinct hooks which persist after seed dispersal; in dried specimens (except Acanthus) all green parts with cystoliths (raised white streaks or dots) visible under 10x magnification" Acanthaceae 619 "Seeds not flattened, 1-numerous, not seated on distinct hooks; cystoliths lacking" 620 620 "Trees or shrubs" Verbenaceae 620 Herbs 621 621 "Bracteoles present" Plantaginaceae 621 "Bracteoles absent" 622 622 "Anthers 1-celled" Phrymaceae 622 "Anthers 2-celled" 623 623 "Fertile anthers with 2 separate parallel cells, not spurred. Capsule loculicidal" Plantaginaceae 623 "Fertile anthers with 2 confluent divergent cells; anterior (lower) anthers spurred. Capsule septicidal" Linderniaceae 624 "Stamens 5 (one sometimes reduced to a staminode)" 625 624 "Stamens more than 5" 715 625 "Latex present" 626 625 "Latex absent" 633 626 "Leaves opposite, verticillate or absent" Apocynaceae 626 "Leaves alternate" 627 627 Twiners 628 627 Non-twiners 629 628 "Fruits winged" "Cardiopteridaceae {Cardiopteris moluccana}" 628 "Fruits not winged" Convolvulaceae 629 "Flowers zygomorphic" Campanulaceae 629 "Flowers actinomorphic" 630 630 "Anthers connivent around or above stigma" Apocynaceae 630 "Anthers free" 631 631 "Stamens alternating with lobes or angles of corolla" Convolvulaceae 631 "Stamens opposite corolla lobes" 632 632 "Non-pachycaul shrubs or trees with entire leaves" Sapotaceae 632 "Pachycaul shrubs or trees with deeply palmately-divided leaves" "Caricaceae {Carica papaya}" 633 "Leafless parasites" "Convolvulaceae {Cuscuta}" 633 "Leafy plants" 634 634 "Gynoecium apocarpous or divided into 2 or more free segments" 635 634 "Gynoecium syncarpous, the ovary entire or lobed, or carpel 1" 639 635 "Leaves opposite, verticillate or absent" 636 635 "Leaves alternate or radical" 637 636 "Perianth segments (calyx plus corolla) 10 or fewer" Apocynaceae 636 "Perianth segments c. 15" Atherospermataceae 637 "Inflorescence a monochasial cyme, uncoiling as the flowers open" Boraginaceae 637 "Inflorescence not as above" 638 638 "Plants slender, creeping perennials, rooting at nodes" Convolvulaceae 638 "Plants ±erect" Boraginaceae 639 "Leaves alternate, in alternate pairs, or clustered" 640 639 "Leaves opposite or whorled" 691 640 "Leaves compound" 641 640 "Leaves simple" 645 641 "Leaves palmate" Convolvulaceae 641 "Leaves pinnate" 642 642 "Tendril climbers" Polemoniaceae 642 "Not tendril climbers but sometimes twiners" 643 643 "Anthers cohering in a tube around the style" Solanaceae 643 "Anthers not cohering" 644 644 "Leaves stipulate" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 644 "Leaves exstipulate" "Vitaceae {Leea}" 645 "Corolla lobes 3" 646 645 "Corolla lobes 4-7" 647 646 "Lowermost petal keeled and enclosing the 5-8 stamens; stamens with distinct filaments, the anthers not forming a cap over the ovary" Polygalaceae 646 "Lowermost petal not keeled or enclosing the 5 stamens; stamens very short with flattened filaments, the anthers forming a cap over the ovary" "Balsaminaceae {Impatiens}" 647 "Style with indusium (pollen cup surrounding stigma)" Goodeniaceae 647 "No indusium present" 648 648 "Flowers zygomorphic" 649 648 "Flowers actinomorphic" 651 649 "Flowers only slightly zygomorphic; seeds numerous in a berry or capsule" Solanaceae 649 "Flowers distinctly zygomorphic" 650 650 "Seeds 1 or 2 in 2 or 4 distinct nutlets" Boraginaceae 650 "Seeds many in explosively dehiscent capsules" "Balsaminaceae {Impatiens}" 651 "Stamens completely free from petals" 652 651 "Stamens attached to petals, sometimes only slightly so at base" 661 652 "Stigmas 3-5" 653 652 "Stigmas 1 or 2" 654 653 "Ovary 3-5-locular; fruit of 3-5 nutlets" Celastraceae 653 "Ovary of 5 carpels but unilocular; fruit a single nut" Plumbaginaceae 654 "Stamens opposite corolla lobes" 655 654 "Stamens alternating with corolla lobes" 657 655 "Nectar-secreting disc conspicuous, embedding base of ovary" Olacaceae 655 "Nectar-secreting disc absent" 656 656 "Ovary 1-locular with several ovules" Primulaceae 656 "Ovary 2- or more-locular with 1 ovule per loculus" Sapotaceae 657 Herbs 658 657 "Trees, shrubs, climbers, or twiners" 659 658 "Leaves with glandular hairs; corolla segments only united in short ring at the base" "Byblidaceae {Byblis}" 658 "Leaves not as above; corolla segments cohering to form a tube, but free at the base" Celastraceae 659 "Calyx covered at base with usually numerous imbricate sepaloid bracteoles" Ericaceae 659 "Bracteoles absent, or not covering base of calyx" 660 660 "Ovules 1 or 2 in ovary" Olacaceae 660 "Ovules >2 in ovary" Pittosporaceae 661 "Stamens almost free from but usually detached with petals" Pittosporaceae 661 "Stamens distinctly epipetalous, though sometimes attached near the base of corolla tube" 662 662 "Inflorescence a monochasial cyme" 663 662 "Inflorescence not a monochasial cyme" 665 663 "Styles 2, free" "Boraginaceae {Wigandia}" 663 "Style 1, with 1 or more stigmas" 664 664 "Fruit a capsule or berry" Solanaceae 664 "Fruit a drupe or divided into nutlets" Boraginaceae 665 "Style 1" 666 665 "Styles 2-5" 687 666 "Stigmas 3-8" 667 666 "Stigmas 1 or 2, or stigma sessile" 671 667 "Stigmas 5-8" 668 667 "Stigmas 3 or 4" 669 668 "Stigmas 5" Plumbaginaceae 668 "Stigmas 6-8" Convolvulaceae 669 "Stigmas 3" Polemoniaceae 669 "Stigmas 4" 670 670 "Usually annuals, with slender creeping or trailing stems; ovary 2-locular" Convolvulaceae 670 "Tall shrubs or trees; ovary 4-locular" Boraginaceae 671 "Stamens opposite corolla lobes" 672 671 "Stamens alternating with corolla lobes" 674 672 Herbs Primulaceae 672 "Shrubs or trees" 673 673 "Ovary 1-locular, with central placenta" Primulaceae 673 "Ovary 2- or more-locular" Sapotaceae 674 "Herbs, growing in marshes or in water" Menyanthaceae 674 "Herbs (not aquatic), shrubs or trees, sometimes climbers" 675 675 "Base of calyx ±covered by imbricate bracts and bracteoles; bracteoles sometimes only 2" Ericaceae 675 "Bracteoles absent, or not covering base of calyx" 676 676 "Climbers, twiners, or prostrate plants" 677 676 "Plants ±erect" 678 677 "Anthers connivent in cone around style, dehiscing by pores or slits; ovary 2-locular, usually with many ovules" Solanaceae 677 "Anthers not connivent; ovary 1- or 2-locular; ovules 2 or 4 per loculus" Convolvulaceae 678 "Herbs (sometimes coarse), usually annual or biennial" 679 678 "Shrubs or small trees" 681 679 "Ovules 1 per loculus" Boraginaceae 679 "Ovules 2 or more per loculus" 680 680 "Flowers in elongate, little-branched racemes or spikes; at least some anthers transverse" Scrophulariaceae 680 "Flowers in cymes, panicles or single, not in elongate racemes or spikes; anthers longitudinal, basifixed" Solanaceae 681 "Ovary 1-3-locular" 682 681 "Ovary 4- or 5-locular" 685 682 "Ovary 3-locular" Solanaceae 682 "Ovary 2-locular" 683 683 "Ovules more than 2 per loculus" Solanaceae 683 "Ovules 1 or 2 per locule" 684 684 "Ovules 1 per loculus" Scrophulariaceae 684 "Ovules 2 per loculus" Boraginaceae 685 "Ovary usually 5-locular" Ericaceae 685 "Ovary 4-locular" 686 686 "Fruit a drupe or nut; ovules 1 per loculus" Boraginaceae 686 "Fruit a berry or capsule; ovules usually more than 1 per loculus" Solanaceae 687 "Styles 5, free" Plumbaginaceae 687 "Styles 2, free" 688 688 "Each of the 2 styles divided into 2 branches" Convolvulaceae 688 "Each style simple" 689 689 "Ovary 2-locular, with 2 ovules per loculus" Convolvulaceae 689 "Ovary 2-locular, with numerous ovules" 690 690 "Stems and leaves with bristly hairs; usually dryland plants" Boraginaceae 690 "Stems and leaves glabrous; marsh plant" "Hydroleaceae {Hydrolea zeylanica}" 691 "Leaves verticillate" 692 691 "Leaves opposite" 694 692 "Floating herbs" Droseraceae 692 "Shrubs, trees or lianes" 693 693 "Corolla yellow, the tube broadly funnel-shaped; style dichotomously twice-divided at apex" "Gelsemiaceae {Gelsemium}" 693 "Corolla various colours, the tube usually salver-form; style undivided or once-divided at apex" Apocynaceae 694 "Flowers actinomorphic" 695 694 "Flowers zygomorphic" 712 695 "Leaves compound" Bignoniaceae 695 "Leaves simple" 696 696 "Style 1 with 5-many branches, or styles 5" 697 696 "Style 1 with 1-4 stigmas or branches" 698 697 "Styles or style branches 5" Plumbaginaceae 697 "Style 1, apex divided into many minute stigmatic branches" Nyctaginaceae 698 "Style 1 with 3 or 4 branches" 699 698 "Style 1 with 1 or 2 stigmas" 703 699 "Style with 4 branches" 700 699 "Style with 3 branches" 702 700 Herbs Polemoniaceae 700 Climbers 701 701 "Flowers purple; style branches arising at the same level" "Polemoniaceae {Cobaea}" 701 "Flowers yellow; style dichotomously twice-divided" "Gelsemiaceae {Gelsemium}" 702 "Stamens free from corolla" "Frankeniaceae {Frankenia}" 702 "Stamens epipetalous" Polemoniaceae 703 "Inflorescence a monochasial cyme" Boraginaceae 703 "Inflorescence not a monochasial cyme" 704 704 "Anthers cohering about style" 705 704 "Anthers quite free" 707 705 Herbs Caryophyllaceae 705 Shrubs 706 706 "Leaves opposite" Apocynaceae 706 "Leaves mostly alternate" Solanaceae 707 "Stamens opposite corolla lobes" Primulaceae 707 "Stamens alternating with corolla lobes" 708 708 "Ovary 1-locular" 709 708 "Ovary 2- or 4-locular" 710 709 "Stipules small, scarious" Caryophyllaceae 709 "Stipules absent" Gentianaceae 710 "Plants (including the inflorescence) densely covered with cottony or woolly hairs" Lamiaceae 710 "Not as above" 711 711 "Leaves all opposite, usually stipulate" Loganiaceae 711 "Leaves on non-flowering parts alternate, exstipulate" Solanaceae 712 "Leaves compound" Bignoniaceae 712 "Leaves simple" 713 713 "Ovary 1-locular; leaves with viscid hairs" Pedaliaceae 713 "Ovary 2-5-locular" 714 714 "Staminal filaments short, flattened, the anthers forming a cap over the ovary; fruit an explosively dehiscent, many-seeded capsule" "Balsaminaceae {Impatiens}" 714 "Staminal filaments not short, if flattened then anthers not forming a cap over the ovary; fruit indehiscent or comprising 2 or 4 indehiscent nutlets" Lamiaceae 715 "Latex present" 716 715 "Latex absent" 717 716 "Non-pachycaul shrubs or trees with entire leaves" Sapotaceae 716 "Pachycaul shrubs or trees with deeply palmately-divided leaves" "Caricaceae {Carica papaya}" 717 "Leaves pinnatisect or compound" 718 717 "Leaves simple or reduced to phyllodes" 722 718 "Leaves pinnatisect" Ranunculaceae 718 "Leaves compound" 719 719 "Leaves bipinnate" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 719 "Leaves pinnate or 3-foliolate" 720 720 "Gynoecium apocarpous" Crassulaceae 720 "Gynoecium syncarpous or carpel 1" 721 721 "Style 1; ovary 1-locular" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 721 "Styles 3-5; ovary 3-5-locular" Oxalidaceae 722 "Gynoecium apocarpous" 723 722 "Gynoecium syncarpous or carpel 1" 724 723 "Style 1" Rutaceae 723 "Styles as many as carpels" Crassulaceae 724 "Perfect stamens alternating with staminodes (sometimes scale-like)" Sapotaceae 724 "Stamens all perfect" 725 725 "Leaves linear, parallel-veined, not sclerophyllous" 726 725 "Leaves not linear and parallel-veined, or if so then leaves small and sclerophyllous" 727 726 "Leaves many, 3-ranked, sheathing at base with closed sheaths" "Asteliaceae {Neoastelia}" 726 "Leaves few, spiral or distichous, sheathing at base with open sheaths" "Colchicaceae {Wurmbea}" 727 "Stamens 10 or fewer" 728 727 "Stamens more than 10" 732 728 "Style 1, the apex divided into many minute stigmatic branches" Nyctaginaceae 728 "Styles or stigmas 5 or fewer, apex not as above" 729 729 "Stamens united" Polygalaceae 729 "Stamens free" 730 730 "Stamens free from corolla, hypogynous" Ericaceae 730 "Stamens epipetalous" 731 731 "Style and stigma 1" Solanaceae 731 "Styles or stigmas 2 or more" "Ebenaceae {Diospyros}" 732 "Ovary of 1 carpel, 1-locular; style and stigma 1" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 732 "Ovary syncarpous, mostly 3-5-locular; styles or stigmas 2 or more" 733 733 "Pedicel with a pair of bracts" "Theaceae {Camellia}" 733 "Pedicel lacking bracts" Actinidiaceae 734 "Leaves opposite or verticillate" 735 734 "Leaves alternate, radical, or absent" 756 735 "Petals 4" 736 735 "Petals 5 or more" 740 736 "Leaves compound" Adoxaceae 736 "Leaves simple" 737 737 "Stamens epipetalous" 738 737 "Stamens free from petals" 739 738 "Herbs with sympodial branching; flowers small, with an open throat filled with horizontal hairs which obscure the included stamens" "Tetrachondraceae {Polypremum procumbens}" 738 "Herbs, shrubs or trees; if herbs then branching not sympodial and flowers without horizontal hairs in the throat and/or with stamens exserted" Rubiaceae 739 "Ovary 1-locular" "Escalloniaceae {Polyosma}" 739 "Ovary 2-5-locular" Campanulaceae 740 "Petals 5" 741 740 "Petals more than 5" 754 741 "Stamen 1-3" 742 741 "Stamens 4 or 5" 743 742 "Corolla rotate, actinomorphic; style short, the stigma 3-5-lobed" Adoxaceae 742 "Corolla tubular or campanulate, actinomorphic or zygomorphic; style long, the stigma lobed or capitate" Caprifoliaceae 743 "Stamens 4" 744 743 "Stamens 5" 747 744 "Flowers in heads surrounded by involucre of bracts" Caprifoliaceae 744 "Flowers not in heads" 745 745 Herbs Gesneriaceae 745 Shrubs 746 746 "Corolla rotate, actinomorphic; style short, the stigma 3-5-lobed" Adoxaceae 746 "Corolla tubular or campanulate, actinomorphic or zygomorphic; style long, the stigma lobed or capitate" Caprifoliaceae 747 "Plants parasitic (mistletoes)" Loranthaceae 747 "Plants not parasitic" 748 748 "Stamens free from petals" 749 748 "Stamens epipetalous" 751 749 "Style expanded into an indusium" Goodeniaceae 749 "Style without indusium" 750 750 "Anthers connate, forming a tube around the style" Campanulaceae 750 "Anthers free from each other" Alseuosmiaceae 751 "Flowers zygomorphic" Caprifoliaceae 751 "Flowers actinomorphic" 752 752 "Leaves stipulate" Rubiaceae 752 "Leaves exstipulate" 753 753 "Corolla rotate, actinomorphic; style short, the stigma 3-5-lobed" Adoxaceae 753 "Corolla tubular or campanulate, actinomorphic or zygomorphic; style long, the stigma lobed or capitate" Caprifoliaceae 754 "Styles or stigmas 3 or 5" Rubiaceae 754 "Style 1; stigmas 1 or 2" 755 755 "Plants parasitic (mistletoes)" Loranthaceae 755 "Plants not parasitic" Rubiaceae 756 "Plants parasitic (mistletoes)" Loranthaceae 756 "Plants not parasitic" 757 757 "Stamens 1-4" 758 757 "Stamens 5 or more" 761 758 "Fertile stamen 1, sometimes petaloid (petaloid staminodes may also be present)" "Cannaceae {Canna}" 758 "Fertile stamens 2-4, not petaloid" 759 759 "Stamens 2; gynandrous" Stylidiaceae 759 "Stamens 3 or 4" 760 760 "Stamens 3" Cucurbitaceae 760 "Stamens 4" Campanulaceae 761 "Stamens 5" 762 761 "Stamens more than 5" 773 762 "Style expanded into an indusium" Goodeniaceae 762 "Style without indusium" 763 763 "Flowers zygomorphic, corolla tube usually split down one side" Campanulaceae 763 "Flowers actinomorphic" 764 764 "Prostrate plants or climbers; tendrils large" Cucurbitaceae 764 "Non-climbers; tendrils absent" 765 765 "Stamens alternating with corolla lobes" 766 765 "Stamens opposite corolla lobes" 770 766 "Ovary 1-locular" 767 766 "Ovary 2- or more-locular" 768 767 "Aquatic or marshland herbs" Menyanthaceae 767 "Terrestrial shrubs" "Escalloniaceae {Escallonia}" 768 "Stems ±succulent, hollow; flowers in dense spikes" "Sphenocleaceae {Sphenoclea zeylanica}" 768 "Stems not succulent, solid; flowers racemose or axillary" 769 769 "Fruit a capsule" Campanulaceae 769 "Fruit a berry" Alseuosmiaceae 770 Herbs Primulaceae 770 "Trees or climbers" 771 771 "Trees or climbers; stigma 1" Primulaceae 771 "Trees; stigmas 3" 772 772 "Domatia numerous; young leaves with simple hairs; ovary 1-locular" "Cornaceae {Alangium}" 772 "Domation absent; young leaves with T-shaped hairs; ovary 1-5-locular" Argophyllaceae 773 "Stamens 6" 774 773 "Stamens 10 or more" 775 774 "Domatia numerous; young leaves with simple hairs; ovary 1-locular" "Cornaceae {Alangium}" 774 "Domation absent; young leaves with T-shaped hairs; ovary 1-5-locular" Argophyllaceae 775 "Stamens 10" Ericaceae 775 "Stamens numerous" 776 776 "Leaves, if present, caducous" Cactaceae 776 "Leaves persistent" 777 777 "Leaves gland-dotted" Myrtaceae 777 "Leaves not gland-dotted" "Symplocaceae {Symplocos}" 778 "Flowers unisexual" 779 778 "Flowers mostly bisexual" 909 779 "Leafless stem parasite embedded in host; only the flowers emergent" "Apodanthaceae {Pilostyles}" 779 "Not an embedded parasite (though sometimes leafless)" 780 780 "Leaves or scales in whorls of 3 or more" 781 780 "Leaves or scales alternate, opposite, all basal, or absent" 783 781 "Shrubs or trees" Casuarinaceae 781 "Aquatic herbs" 782 782 "Ovary inferior" Haloragaceae 782 "Ovary superior" "Ceratophyllaceae {Ceratophyllum}" 783 "Latex present" 784 783 "Latex absent" 786 784 "Separate male and female flowers inside pear-shaped receptacle which opens by narrow aperture at top" Moraceae 784 "Not as above" 785 785 "Leaves stipulate; ovary 1-locular with 1 ovule" Moraceae 785 "Leaves exstipulate; ovary 2- or more-locular" Euphorbiaceae 786 "Perianth segments 2 or 3" 787 786 "Perianth segments 4 or more, or perianth obscurely lobed or truncate" 814 787 "Perianth segments 2" 788 787 "Perianth segments 3" 798 788 "Ovary superior" 789 788 "Ovary inferior" 795 789 "Terrestrial or aquatic herbs with narrow, strap-like leaves" 790 789 "Terrestrial shrubs, herbs or climbers with leaves not narrow and straplike" 792 790 "Ovules 2 or more per carpel" "Aponogetonaceae {Aponogeton}" 790 "Ovules 1 per carpel" 791 791 "Tepals, stamens and carpels each 4" Potamogetonaceae 791 "Tepals, stamens and/or carpels more or less than 4" Juncaginaceae 792 Climbers Menispermaceae 792 Non-climbers 793 793 "Ovary 2- or 3-locular; styles 2 or 3" Euphorbiaceae 793 "Ovary 1-locular; styles 2" 794 794 "Leaves stipulate" Urticaceae 794 "Leaves exstipulate" Chenopodiaceae 795 "Giant pachycaul herbs (bananas) with large, sheathing leaves; flowers unisexual, in clusters subtended by large bracts, the inflorescences pendent" "Musaceae {Musa}" 795 "Herbs or shrubs, not pachycaul; flowers unisexual or bisexual, not pendent and subtended by large bracts" 796 796 "Flowers minute, in heads, surrounded by an involucre of bracts; style 1 with bifid stigma" Asteraceae 796 "Flowers not in heads, or if in heads, lacking an involucre of bracts; styles 2 (± fused at base)" 797 797 "Leaves symmetric at base" "Gunneraceae {Gunnera cordifolia}" 797 "Leaves distinctly asymmetric at base" "Begoniaceae {Begonia}" 798 "Ovary inferior" 799 798 "Ovary superior" 801 799 "Parasitic shrubs (mistletoes)" Santalaceae 799 Herbs 800 800 Waterplants Hydrocharitaceae 800 "Terrestrial (alpine) herbs" "Gunneraceae {Gunnera cordifolia}" 801 "Succulent root parasites without chlorophyll, 5-10 cm high with scale-like leaves" "Balanophoraceae {Balanophora}" 801 "Herbs, shrubs, lianas or trees, not parasitic" 802 802 "Palms (sometimes lianoid); leaves divided or, if undivided, then large and lanceolate with parallel veins" Arecaceae 802 "Herbs, trees, shrubs or lianas; leaves undivided" 803 803 "Terrestrial or aquatic herbs with narrow, strap-like leaves" 804 803 "Terrestrial herbs, shrubs, trees or climbers; leaves not narrow and strap-like" 806 804 "Ovules 2 or more per carpel" "Aponogetonaceae {Aponogeton}" 804 "Ovules 1 per carpel" 805 805 "Tepals, stamens and carpels each 4" Potamogetonaceae 805 "Tepals, stamens and/or carpels more or less than 4" Juncaginaceae 806 "Gynoecium apocarpous (comprising several free carpels)" "Lardizabalaceae {Akebia quinata}" 806 "Gynoecium syncarpous (comprising several fused carpels) or carpel 1" 807 807 "Style or stigma 1" 808 807 "Styles or style branches 2 or more" 811 808 "Stigma penicillate" Urticaceae 808 "Stigma not penicillate" 809 809 "Leaves compound" Sapindaceae 809 "Leaves simple" 810 810 "Leaves with 7-20 primary veins on each side of midrib" Myristicaceae 810 "Midrib the only prominent vein, if any" Santalaceae 811 "Ovary 2- or 3-locular" 812 811 "Ovary 1-locular, with 1 ovule" 813 812 "Ovules 1 per loculus" Euphorbiaceae 812 "Ovules 2 per loculus" Picrodendraceae 813 "Leaves stipulate" Polygonaceae 813 "Leaves exstipulate" Amaranthaceae 814 "Perianth segments 4" 815 814 "Perianth segments 5 or more, or perianth obscurely lobed or truncate" 846 815 "Plants parasitic on roots or stems" 816 815 "Plants not parasitic" 817 816 "Leafless succulents, parasitic on roots" "Balanophoraceae {Balanophora}" 816 "Shrubs parasitic on stems (mistletoes)" Santalaceae 817 "Ovary or gynoecium superior" 818 817 "Ovary inferior" 843 818 "Gynoecium apocarpous" 819 818 "Gynoecium syncarpous or carpel 1" 822 819 "Styles 4, connate" Malvaceae 819 "Styles free" 820 820 "Leaves alternate" Phytolaccaceae 820 "Leaves opposite" 821 821 "Leaves simple" Monimiaceae 821 "Leaves compound" Ranunculaceae 822 "Leaf terminating in a tendril or pitcher provided with a lid" "Nepenthaceae {Nepenthes}" 822 "Leaf not terminating in a tendril or pitcher, or leaves absent" 823 823 "Styles or stigmas penicillate" 824 823 "Neither styles nor stigmas penicillate" 825 824 "Style 1" Urticaceae 824 "Styles 2" Cannabaceae 825 "Styles 1 or 2" 826 825 "Styles 3-6" 839 826 "Styles 2" 827 826 "Style 1" 828 827 "Fruit a samara; ovary stipitate" "Ulmaceae {Ulmus}" 827 "Fruit a drupe; ovary sessile" Cannabaceae 828 "Leaves simple or absent" 829 828 "Leaves compound" 838 829 "Leaves alternate" 830 829 "Leaves opposite" 837 830 "Leaves with stinging hairs" Urticaceae 830 "Leaves without stinging hairs, or leaves absent" 831 831 "Stamens 2-4 in male flowers" 832 831 "Stamens 6 or more in male flowers" 835 832 "Stamens 2 in male flowers" Thymelaeaceae 832 "Stamens usually 4 in male flowers" 833 833 "Leaves not expanded at time of flowering; stigma sessile" Santalaceae 833 "Leaves present at time of flowering" 834 834 "Leaves stipulate" Urticaceae 834 "Leaves exstipulate" Phytolaccaceae 835 "Stamens 6 in male flowers" Lauraceae 835 "Stamens 10 or numerous in male flowers" 836 836 "Ovary glabrous" Salicaceae 836 "Ovary with hooked bristles" Phytolaccaceae 837 "Flowers distinctly tubular, often aggregated into distinct heads surrounded by bracts" Thymelaeaceae 837 "Flowers not as above" Urticaceae 838 "Leaves stipulate" Rosaceae 838 "Leaves exstipulate" Sapindaceae 839 "Placentation parietal" Salicaceae 839 "Placentation axile" 840 840 "Ovules 1 per loculus" Euphorbiaceae 840 "Ovules 2 per loculus" 841 841 "Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, stipulate or not; petals absent; seeds often carunculate" Picrodendraceae 841 "Leaves alternate, stipulate (the stipules sometimes small); petals present or absent; seeds ecarunculate" 842 842 "Disc of male flowers inside the stamen whorl, composed of numerous glands; stigmas of female flowers sessile on the ovary; rainforest tree restricted to NE Qld" "Putranjivaceae {Drypetes}" 842 "Disc of male flowers, if present, outside the stamen whorl, annular or divided; female flowers with distinct styles; herbs, shrubs or trees, widespread" Phyllanthaceae 843 Herbs 844 843 "Shrubs or trees" 845 844 "Leaves simple, distinctly asymmetric, palmately veined" "Begoniaceae {Begonia}" 844 "Leaves simple to finely divided, not distinctly asymmetric, veinless, 1-veined or pinnately veined when simple" Haloragaceae 845 "Fruit a nut" "Nothofagaceae {Nothofagus}" 845 "Fruit a capsule" "Datiscaceae {Tetrameles nudiflora}" 846 "Ovary or gynoecium superior" 847 846 "Ovary inferior" 899 847 "Gynoecium apocarpous" 848 847 "Gynoecium syncarpous or carpel 1" 858 848 "Palms; leaves divided or, if undivided, then large and lanceolate with parallel veins" Arecaceae 848 "Herbs, trees or shrubs, not palm-like" 849 849 "Achlorophyllous, saprophytic herbs with leaves scale-like or absent" "Triuridaceae {Sciaphila}" 849 "Plant not an achlorophyllous, sparophytic herb; leaves present" 850 850 "Terrestrial or aquatic herbs with narrow, strap-like leaves" 851 850 "Terrestrial shrubs, herbs or climbers with leaves not narrow and straplike" 853 851 "Ovules 2 or more per carpel" "Aponogetonaceae {Aponogeton}" 851 "Ovules 1 per carpel" 852 852 "Tepals, stamens and carpels each 4" Potamogetonaceae 852 "Tepals, stamens and/or carpels more or less than 4" Juncaginaceae 853 "Leaves opposite" 854 853 "Leaves alternate" 855 854 "Plants bisexual or monoecious; anthers dehiscing by flap-like valves" Atherospermataceae 854 "Plants monoecious or dioecious; anthers opening by longitudinal slits" Monimiaceae 855 "Perianth segments 6" Menispermaceae 855 "Perianth segments 5" 856 856 "Leaves gland-dotted" Rutaceae 856 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 857 857 "Ovules 1 per carpel" Phytolaccaceae 857 "Ovules 2 or more per carpel" Malvaceae 858 "Leaves or leaf-scales alternate, radical, or absent" 859 858 "Leaves or leaf-scales opposite" 895 859 Climbers 860 859 Non-climbers 864 860 "Leaves pinnately compound" "Arecaceae {Calamus}" 860 "Leaves simple" 861 861 "Leaves with 3-7 convergent primary veins and prominently reticulate secondary venation" "Smilacaceae {Smilax}" 861 "Leaves without convergent primary veins and prominently retciculate secondary venation" 862 862 "Styles 3, free" Amaranthaceae 862 "Styles connate or united; stigmas 3" 863 863 "Stamens 2-5 in male flowers; plants monoecious" Euphorbiaceae 863 "Stamens c. 8 in male flowers; plants usually dioecious" Polygonaceae 864 "Perianth segments 5, or perianth obscurely lobed or truncate" 865 864 "Perianth segments 6" 884 865 "Leaves simple or absent" 866 865 "Leaves compound" 882 866 "Perianth shallow cup-shaped, scarcely lobed; stamens ±sessile" Gyrostemonaceae 866 "Perianth clearly lobed or of free parts; stamens with filaments" 867 867 "Styles or stigmas 8 or more" Phytolaccaceae 867 "Styles or stigmas 1-3 (if style 2 or 3, stigmas sometimes 4 or 6, i.e. style bifid)" 868 868 "Style and stigma 1 (stigma may be lobed)" 869 868 "Styles or stigmas usually 2 or 3" 871 869 "Ovary 3- or more-locular" Sapindaceae 869 "Ovary 1-locular" 870 870 "Style terminal; ovule 1" Euphorbiaceae 870 "Style gynobasic; ovules 2" Surianaceae 871 Herbs 872 871 "Shrubs or trees" 875 872 "Ovary 1-locular" Amaranthaceae 872 "Ovary 2- or more-locular" 873 873 "Ovules 1 per loculus" Euphorbiaceae 873 "Ovules 2 per loculus" 874 874 "Leaves alternate, stipulate (the stipules sometimes small); petals present or absent; seeds ecarunculate" Phyllanthaceae 874 "Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, stipulate or not; petals absent; seeds often carunculate" Picrodendraceae 875 "Ovary 2- or 3-locular" 876 875 "Ovary 1-locular with 1 ovule" 879 876 "Ovules 1 per loculus" Euphorbiaceae 876 "Ovules 2 per loculus" 877 877 "Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, stipulate or not; petals absent; seeds often carunculate" Picrodendraceae 877 "Leaves alternate, stipulate (the stipules sometimes small); petals present or absent; seeds ecarunculate" 878 878 "Disc of male flowers inside the stamen whorl, composed of numerous glands; stigmas of female flowers sessile on the ovary; rainforest tree restricted to NE Qld" "Putranjivaceae {Drypetes}" 878 "Disc of male flowers, if present, outside the stamen whorl, annular or divided; female flowers with distinct styles; herbs, shrubs or trees, widespread" Phyllanthaceae 879 "Leaf base sheathing" Polygonaceae 879 "Leaf base not sheathing" 880 880 "Leaves exstipulate" Chenopodiaceae 880 "Leaves stipulate" 881 881 "Fruit a samara; ovary stipitate" "Ulmaceae {Ulmus}" 881 "Fruit a drupe; ovary sessile" Cannabaceae 882 Herbs Rosaceae 882 "Shrubs or trees" 883 883 "Leaves 3-foliolate" Euphorbiaceae 883 "Leaves pinnate" Sapindaceae 884 Herbs 885 884 "Shrubs or trees" 889 885 "Leaves equitant with a sheathing base and vertically-flattened blade" Anarthriaceae 885 "Leaves not equitant, terete or flattened at right angles to the stem" 886 886 "Leaves with a well-defined petiole; venation pinnate-parallel with many cross-veins; fruit a fleshy, thick-walled, 1-3-seeded drupe" "Hanguanaceae {Hanguana malayana}" 886 "Leaves without a well-defined petiole; venation parallel, without prominent cross-veins; fruit a berry, capsule or dry and indehiscent" 887 887 "Plants covered in an indumentum of silvery-white scales; plants of alpine and cool-temperate forest habitats" "Asteliaceae {Astelia}" 887 "Plants glabrous or hairy, but not covered in silvery-white scales; plants from a wide variety of habitats including arid and semi-arid lowlands" 888 888 "Leaves 2 or 3; rootstock a corm; inflorescences ebracteate" "Colchicaceae {Wurmbea}" 888 "Leaves many; rootstock rhizomes or crowns, with or without root tubers but not cormaceous; inflorescences bracteate" Asparagaceae 889 "Palms, with a crown of pinnate leaves from an unbranched trunk" Arecaceae 889 "Trees or shrubs, not palm-like, if with pinnate leaves then not crowning an unbranched trunk" 890 890 "Perianth in 2 whorls each of 3 united segments" "Ebenaceae {Diospyros}" 890 "Perianth segments usually all free" 891 891 "Perianth segments in 1 series; style 1, entire or shortly lobed" Sapindaceae 891 "Perianth segments usually in 2 series; styles usually 3, simple or divided" 892 892 "Ovules 1 per loculus" Euphorbiaceae 892 "Ovules 2 per loculus" 893 893 "Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, stipulate or not; petals absent; seeds often carunculate" Picrodendraceae 893 "Leaves alternate, stipulate (the stipules sometimes small); petals present or absent; seeds ecarunculate" 894 894 "Disc of male flowers inside the stamen whorl, composed of numerous glands; stigmas of female flowers sessile on the ovary; rainforest tree restricted to NE Qld" "Putranjivaceae {Drypetes}" 894 "Disc of male flowers, if present, outside the stamen whorl, annular or divided; female flowers with distinct styles; herbs, shrubs or trees, widespread" Phyllanthaceae 895 "Styles 2 or more" 896 895 "Style 1, with 1 or 2 stigmas" 897 896 "Ovules 1 per loculus" Euphorbiaceae 896 "Ovules 2 per loculus" Picrodendraceae 897 "Woody climbers" Nyctaginaceae 897 "Shrubs or trees" 898 898 "Stamens 2 in male flowers" Oleaceae 898 "Stamens more than 2" Sapindaceae 899 "Leaves compound" 900 899 "Leaves simple" 901 900 "Erect herbs or shrubs, not twining" Apiaceae 900 "Twining herbs with elongate stems" "Dioscoreaceae {Dioscorea}" 901 "Giant pachycaul herbs (bananas) with large, sheathing leaves; flowers unisexual, in clusters subtended by large bracts, the inflorescences pendent" "Musaceae {Musa}" 901 "Trees, shrubs, climbers or herbs, not pachycaul" 902 902 "Twiners; leaves either cordate to hastate at base with palmate venation, or palmately compound" "Dioscoreaceae {Dioscorea}" 902 "Trees, shrubs or herbs, if twining then leaves neither cordate, hastate or palmately compound" 903 903 "Aquatics with submerged and/or floating leaves" Hydrocharitaceae 903 "Terrestrial plants, if in water then leaves emergent" 904 904 "Style and stigma 1, or stigma sessile" Combretaceae 904 "Styles and stigmas 2-8" 905 905 "Styles or stigmas 2" 906 905 "Styles or stigmas 3-8" 907 906 "Fruit indehiscent, 1-seeded (a cypsela)" Asteraceae 906 "Fruit 2-locular, breaking at maturity into 2 unicarpellate units (a schizocarp)" Apiaceae 907 "Fruit a nut" "Nothofagaceae {Nothofagus}" 907 "Fruit a capsule" 908 908 "Trees with butressed trunks; leaves symmetrically cordate at base" "Datiscaceae {Tetrameles nudiflora}" 908 "Herbs to soft-wooded shrubs; leaves asymetrically truncate to cordate at base" "Begoniaceae {Begonia}" 909 "Latex present" 910 909 "Latex absent" 914 910 "Ovary inferior" 911 910 "Ovary superior" 913 911 "Perianth small, insignificant or absent" Moraceae 911 "Perianth ±showy, petaloid" 912 912 "Perianth strongly zygomorphic" Asteraceae 912 "Perianth ±actinomorphic" Rubiaceae 913 "Flowers unisexual; ovary 3-locular" Euphorbiaceae 913 "Flowers bisexual; ovary 2-many-locular" Papaveraceae 914 "Ovary or gynoecium superior" 915 914 "Ovary inferior or half-inferior" 1165 915 "Gynoecium apocarpous (at least partially so)" 916 915 "Gynoecium syncarpous or carpel 1" 945 916 "Perianth segments 1-4" 917 916 "Perianth segments 5 or 6" 928 917 "Perianth segments 1-3" 918 917 "Perianth segments 4" 923 918 "Trees (or palms) or climbers" 919 918 "Herbs or waterplants" 920 919 "Palms; leaves divided or, if undivided, then large and lanceolate with parallel veins" Arecaceae 919 "Shrubs with undivided leaves without parallel veins" Winteraceae 920 "Palms; leaves divided or, if undivided, then large and lanceolate with parallel veins" Arecaceae 920 "Herbs, sometimes submerged" 921 921 "Ovules 2 or more per carpel" "Aponogetonaceae {Aponogeton}" 921 "Ovules 1 per carpel" 922 922 "Tepals, stamens and carpels each 4" Potamogetonaceae 922 "Tepals, stamens and/or carpels more or less than 4" Juncaginaceae 923 Climbers Ranunculaceae 923 Non-climbers 924 924 Herbs 925 924 "Shrubs or trees" 927 925 "Leaves radical" Ranunculaceae 925 "Leaves alternate" 926 926 "Submerged aquatics with submerged or floating leaves" Potamogetonaceae 926 "Land plants, if growing in water then emergent" Phytolaccaceae 927 "Perianth segments united" Malvaceae 927 "Perianth segments free" Atherospermataceae 928 "Herbs, sometimes robust" 929 928 "Trees, shrubs or climbers" 937 929 "Pitcher-plant with insect-trapping leaves" Cephalotaceae 929 "Leaves not pitcher-shaped" 930 930 "Waterplants with submerged and/or floating leaves" 931 930 "Land plants (often growing in damp places but not truly aquatic, if in standing water then with emergent leaves)" 934 931 "Floating leaves peltate or sagittate; submerged leaves if present finely divided; perianth petaloid" Cabomba 931 "Floating leaves not peltate or sagittate; submerged leaves if present strap-like; perianth greenish or coloured" 932 932 "Ovules 2 or more per carpel" "Aponogetonaceae {Aponogeton}" 932 "Ovules 1 per carpel" 933 933 "Tepals, stamens and carpels each 4" Potamogetonaceae 933 "Tepals, stamens and/or carpels more or less than 4" Juncaginaceae 934 "Leaves alternate" Phytolaccaceae 934 "Leaves radical" 935 935 "Flowers in an elongate raceme or spike" Juncaginaceae 935 "Flowers single, or in branched panicles" 936 936 "Perianth regularly 3-merous, with 3 outer sepaloid and 3 inner petaloid tepals" Alismataceae 936 "Perianth not regularly 3-merous, with 5 or 6 petaloid tepals in a single series or whorled, sometimes spurred" Ranunculaceae 937 "Leaves alternate" 938 937 "Leaves opposite or whorled" 942 938 "Palms; leaves usually compound, if simple then large and linear with parallel veins" Arecaceae 938 "Trees, shrubs or climbers, with simple leaves" 939 939 "Climbers with leaves peltate or cordate and palminerved at base" Menispermaceae 939 "Trees or shrubs, if climbing then without peltate to cordate, palminerved leaves" 940 940 "Flowers unisexual, in many-flowered racemes" Phytolaccaceae 940 "Flowers bisexual, not in many-flowered racemes" 941 941 "Stamens numerous, spirally arranged" Annonaceae 941 "Stamens determinate, as many as or twice as many as the perianth parts, whorled" Rutaceae 942 "Climber with twining petioles" "Ranunculaceae {Clematis}" 942 "Trees or shrubs, if scrambling or climbing then without twining petioles" 943 943 "Anthers opening from the base upwards by distinct flap-like valves" Atherospermataceae 943 "Anthers opening by longitudinal slits" 944 944 "Perianth tubular (the parts rarely +/- free); indumentum stellate; leaves simple; stipules absent" "Rutaceae {Correa}" 944 "Perianth not tubular; indumentum absent or simple; leaves often compound; stipules usually present, large" Cunoniaceae 945 "Perianth segments 1-3" 946 945 "Perianth segments 4-6" 959 946 "Perianth segment 1" Caryophyllaceae 946 "Perianth segments 2 or 3" 947 947 "Perianth segments 2" 948 947 "Perianth segments 3" 951 948 "Stamens 5 or fewer" 949 948 "Stamens numerous" 950 949 "Herbs with basal, linear leaves and yellow, petaloid flowers; stamen 1" Philydraceae 949 "Herbs or shrubs; leaves not basal; flowers not petaloid; stamens 1-5" Chenopodiaceae 950 "Herbs or small shrubs" Papaveraceae 950 Trees Winteraceae 951 "Leaves alternate or in a basal rosette or absent" 952 951 "Leaves opposite or verticillate" 957 952 "Palms; leaves divided or, if undivided, then large and lanceolate with parallel veins" Arecaceae 952 "Plants not palms; herbs, trees or shrubs; leaves simple" 953 953 "Leaves linear; flowers in globular or elongate heads at the end of unbranched scapes, with three petaloid, bright yellow, fugacious tepals" "Xyridaceae {Xyris}" 953 "Leaves usually not linear, or if so then flowers not in globular heads on unbranched scapes with yellow, fugacious tepals" 954 954 "Leaves absent" Chenopodiaceae 954 "Leaves alternate" 955 955 "Styles 2 or 3" Amaranthaceae 955 "Style 1" 956 956 "Tendrils present" Vitaceae 956 "Tendrils absent" Caryophyllaceae 957 "Stigma 1" Lythraceae 957 "Stigmas 3" 958 958 "Moss-like plants growing on rocks in fast-flowing streams" Podostemaceae 958 "Plants not moss-like, or if so then terrestrial and growing in soil" Elatinaceae 959 "Perianth segments 5 or 6" 960 959 "Perianth segments 4" 1104 960 "Perianth segments 5" 961 960 "Perianth segments 6" 1023 961 "Leaves alternate, radical, or absent" 962 961 "Leaves opposite or verticillate" 1007 962 "Stamens 5 or fewer" 963 962 "Stamens more than 5" 985 963 "Style and stigma 1 (stigma may be lobed)" 964 963 "Styles or stigmas more than 1" 972 964 "Climbers with leaf-opposed tendrils" Vitaceae 964 "Non-climbers, or climbers without leaf-opposed tendrils" 965 965 "Leaves compound" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 965 "Leaves simple or absent" 966 966 "Flowers in clusters of 2-4, surrounded by conspicuous coloured bracts" Nyctaginaceae 966 "Flowers not as above" 967 967 "Stamens 3 or fewer, with or without staminodes" 968 967 "Stamens 5, all with anthers" 969 968 "Stamens 2 or 3, with or without anthers, united at base into a short cup" Amaranthaceae 968 "Stamens 3; staminodes 5" Olacaceae 969 "Herbs or undershrubs" Amaranthaceae 969 "Shrubs or trees" 970 970 "Stamens opposite perianth segments" Santalaceae 970 "Stamens alternate with perianth segments" 971 971 "Ovary surrounded by nectar-secreting disc" Rhamnaceae 971 "Ovary not surrounded by nectar-secreting disc" Malvaceae 972 "Twiners or climbers" 973 972 "Not climbers or twiners" 976 973 "Tendril climbers" 974 973 "Twiners, without tendrils" 975 974 "Tendrils axillary" Passifloraceae 974 "Tendrils terminating inflorescence" Polygonaceae 975 "Perianth segments free; styles 3" Amaranthaceae 975 "Perianth segments united; style 1, with 2 short stigmas" Rhamnaceae 976 Herbs 977 976 "Shrubs or trees" 981 977 "Ovary 3-5-locular, with several ovules in each loculus" 978 977 "Ovary 1-locular, with 1-several ovules" 979 978 "Flowers hypogynous; calyx free, divided to base or nearly so" Molluginaceae 978 "Flowers perigynous; calyx entirely or partly adnate to ovary, or free but with a distinct tube" Aizoaceae 979 "Leaves with ochrea" Polygonaceae 979 "Leaves without ochrea" 980 980 "Flowers with 1 bract and usually 1 or 2 bracteoles" Amaranthaceae 980 "Flowers without bracts or bracteoles" Chenopodiaceae 981 "Stamens opposite perianth segments" 982 981 "Stamens alternating with perianth segments" 984 982 "Perianth segments united; shrubs, usually small" Chenopodiaceae 982 "Perianth segments free; tall shrubs or trees" 983 983 "Leaves simple" "Ulmaceae {Ulmus}" 983 "Leaves pinnately compound" "Sapindaceae {Acer negundo}" 984 "Stamens 5; staminodes 5; ovary 5-locular" Malvaceae 984 "Stamens 5; ovary 2- or 3-locular" Rhamnaceae 985 "Leaves simple or absent" 986 985 "Leaves compound" 1004 986 "Style 1" 987 986 "Styles 2 or more, free" 998 987 "Stigma large, peltate or mop-like" Surianaceae 987 "Stigma not as above" 988 988 "Flowers in clusters of 3-5, surrounded by 3 large coloured bracteoles" Nyctaginaceae 988 "Flowers not surrounded by conspicuous bracteoles" 989 989 "Climbers, shrubs or trees" 990 989 "Herbs, non-climbers" 996 990 Climbers Polygonaceae 990 "Shrubs or trees" 991 991 "Perianth segments united" 992 991 "Perianth segments free" 994 992 "Leaves absent; stems flat and green" Polygonaceae 992 "Leaves present" 993 993 "Stamens 10 or fewer; stigmas 2 or 3" Sapindaceae 993 "Stamens indefinite; stigma 1" Elaeocarpaceae 994 "Flowers small, in heads or spikes; stamens exserted" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 994 "Flowers not in heads or spikes; stamens usually not exserted" 995 995 "Seeds endospermic; stipules present, often caducous" Salicaceae 995 "Seeds non-endospermic; stipules absent" Lauraceae 996 "Stamens indefinite" Molluginaceae 996 "Stamens 10 or fewer" 997 997 "Flowers hypogynous" Polygonaceae 997 "Flowers perigynous" Aizoaceae 998 "Styles 2 or 3" 999 998 "Styles 5 or more" 1003 999 "Styles 2" Polygonaceae 999 "Styles 3" 1000 1000 "Ovary 1-locular; ovule 1" Polygonaceae 1000 "Ovary 3-locular; ovules several per loculus" 1001 1001 "Flowers perigynous; calyx entirely or partly adnate to ovary, or free but with a distinct tube" Aizoaceae 1001 "Flowers hypogynous; calyx free, divided to base or nearly so" 1002 1002 "Leaves alternate and/or radical or apparently absent" "Limeaceae {Macarthuria}" 1002 "Leaves opposite or in whorls or pseudo-whorls" Molluginaceae 1003 "Styles 5" Aizoaceae 1003 "Styles c. 8" Phytolaccaceae 1004 "Leaves bipinnate" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 1004 "Leaves pinnate" 1005 1005 "Stigmas 2" Sapindaceae 1005 "Stigma 1" 1006 1006 "Ovary 1-locular" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 1006 "Ovary 2- or more-locular" Sapindaceae 1007 "Style and stigma 1" 1008 1007 "Styles or style-branches more than 1" 1014 1008 "Leaves gland-dotted" Myrtaceae 1008 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 1009 1009 "Stamens free from perianth" 1010 1009 "Stamens adnate to perianth" 1012 1010 "Perianth segments free" Amaranthaceae 1010 "Perianth segments united" 1011 1011 "Ovary 1-locular" Nyctaginaceae 1011 "Ovary usually with 5 or more locules" Malvaceae 1012 "Opposite leaves unequal in size" Aizoaceae 1012 "Opposite leaves equal in size" 1013 1013 "Stamens 10" Thymelaeaceae 1013 "Stamens less than 10" Lythraceae 1014 "Stamen 1" Caryophyllaceae 1014 "Stamens 2 or more" 1015 1015 "Stamens 2-5" 1016 1015 "Stamens more than 5" 1020 1016 "Stamens adnate to perianth" Aizoaceae 1016 "Stamens free from perianth" 1017 1017 "Ovules more than 1" 1018 1017 "Ovule 1" 1019 1018 "Placentation free-central" Caryophyllaceae 1018 "Placentation axile" Molluginaceae 1019 "Perianth segments scarious" Amaranthaceae 1019 "Perianth segments herbaceous" Chenopodiaceae 1020 "Flowers perigynous; stamens borne on calyx tube" Aizoaceae 1020 "Flowers hypogynous" 1021 1021 "Shrubs or trees" Cunoniaceae 1021 Herbs 1022 1022 "Ovary 1-locular; leaves opposite or verticillate" Caryophyllaceae 1022 "Ovary 3-5-locular; leaves alternate, often clustered in axils so as to appear verticillate" Aizoaceae 1023 "Leaves alternate, radical, or absent" 1024 1023 "Leaves opposite or verticillate" 1096 1024 "Sepals 2, often caducous; petals 4" Papaveraceae 1024 "Perianth in 1 series, or if in 2 series usually of 3 + 3 segments" 1025 1025 "Palms; leaves divided or, if undivided, then large and lanceolate with parallel veins" Arecaceae 1025 "Herbs, shrubs, trees or climbers, not palm-like; leaves mostly simple" 1026 1026 "Herbs (sometimes robust and tree-like or climbing); leaf veins parallel or convergent (sometimes with reticulate venation between the parallel ones)" 1027 1026 "Trees, shrubs, climbers or herbs; leaf veins pinnate or palmate" 1079 1027 "Stamens 3 (rarely 2)" 1028 1027 "Stamens 6 (rarely 5)" 1035 1028 "Inner perianth segments clearly united, the outer segments free" "Xyridaceae {Xyris}" 1028 "All perianth segments free, or united at base into a single whorl" 1029 1029 "The two perianth whorls different in texture and/or colour" 1030 1029 "Perianth segments all similar in texture and colour" 1032 1030 "Inner perianth segments fringed" "Asparagaceae {Thysanotus}" 1030 "Inner perianth segments not fringed" 1031 1031 "Submerged, freshwater, moss-like aquatic" "Mayacaceae {Mayaca}" 1031 "Terrestrial plants, not moss-like" Commelinaceae 1032 "Perianth segments sepaloid" Juncaceae 1032 "Perianth segments petaloid" 1033 1033 "Scapes 1-flowered, the flower subtended by two opposite, scarious spathes; tepals dark purple-brown" "Iridaceae {Isophysis}" 1033 "Scapes several-flowered, not 2-spatheate; tepals pale-coloured to bright purple but not dark purple-brown" 1034 1034 "Flowers in a lax umbel" "Asparagaceae {Sowerbaea}" 1034 "Flowers in spikes, heads or contracted racemes (sometimes hidden by large bracts)" Hemerocallidaceae 1035 "Plants climbing by coiled leaf-tip tendrils" 1036 1035 "Leaf-tips not coiled, or if so then plants not climbing by them" 1037 1036 "Corolla c. 3 mm long" "Flagellariaceae {Flagellaria indica}" 1036 "Corolla > 10 mm long" "Colchicaceae {Gloriosa}" 1037 "Plant a greyish, apparently rootless epiphyte with numerous slender, contorted, greyish, pendent stems" "Bromeliaceae {Tillandsia}" 1037 "Plants not epiphytic; leaves green; stems not pendent" 1038 1038 "The two perianth whorls clearly different in texture and/or colour" 1039 1038 "Perianth segments all +/- similar in texture and colour" 1043 1039 "Much-branched leafy climbers" "Asparagaceae {Eustrephus latifolius}" 1039 "Rosetted or scrambling plants" 1040 1040 "Inflorescence spicate; glandular hairs present" Commelinaceae 1040 "Flowers solitary or inflorescence cymose; if spicate no glandular hairs" 1041 1041 "Inner perianth segments fringed" "Asparagaceae {Thysanotus}" 1041 "Inner perianth segments not fringed" 1042 1042 "Inner 2 or 3 perianth parts substantially larger than outer" Commelinaceae 1042 "Inner 3 perianth parts subequal to or shorter than outer" "Asparagaceae {Ornithogalum}" 1043 "Perianth segments petaloid" 1044 1043 "Perianth segments sepaloid" 1078 1044 "Aquatic plants, floating or rooted" Pontederiaceae 1044 "Land plants" 1045 1045 "Inflorescence a tall, unbranched woody spike" "Xanthorrhoeaceae {Xanthorrhoea}" 1045 "Inflorescence not a tall, unbranched woody spike" 1046 1046 "Leaves distichous, well-spaced, not sheathing at the base" 1047 1046 "Leaves more or less sheathing at the base, all basal, in whorls at the ends of branchlets, or spiral (rarely distichous)" 1052 1047 "Inner tepals fringed, outer entire; fruit a capsule" "Asparagaceae {Eustrephus latifolius}" 1047 "Inner tepals not fringed; fruit a berry or capsule" 1048 1048 "Styles or style-branches 3-4" 1049 1048 "Style 1, capitate or the stigma shortly lobed, or absent (the stigmas sessile)" 1050 1049 "Flowers pendent; styles separate, not forming a style basally; fruit a berry" "Luzuriagaceae {Drymophila}" 1049 "Flowers erect; styles convergent basally to form a style; fruit a capsule" Colchicaceae 1050 "Leaves with distinct reticulate secondary veins between the parallel primary veins; style short or absent; seeds brown" "Ripogonaceae {Ripogonum}" 1050 "Leaves without distinct reticulate secondary veins between the parallel veins; style filamentous; seeds black" 1051 1051 "Leaves with a conspicuous midrib" "Hemerocallidaceae {Geitonoplesium cymosum}" 1051 "True leaves reduced to scales; leaf-like cladodes without a conspicuous midrib" "Asparagaceae {Asparagus}" 1052 "Plants often with woody stems; leaves robust, leathery or fleshy, tough" 1053 1052 "Plants without woody stems; leaves not leathery, fleshy or tough" 1054 1053 "Leaves coarsely pickly-toothed" "Asphodelaceae {Aloe}" 1053 "Leaves not coarsely prickly-toothed, at most denticulate" Agavaceae 1054 "Flowers pendent in short racemes, each subtended by a bract and bracteole; perianths tubular for most of their length, red with yellow lobes (rarely all yellow)" "Blandfordiaceae {Blandfordia}" 1054 "Inflorescences various; flowers tubular or not, yellow, blue, violet or white, if red or yellow and pendent then the flowers subtended by a bract only" 1055 1055 "Ovary 3-locular with 1 ovule per loculus, or 1-locular with 3 ovules" 1056 1055 "Ovary 3-locular with 2-many ovules per loculus" 1058 1056 "Flowers red, purple or blue" Dasypogonaceae 1056 "Flowers white, pale pink or greenish" 1057 1057 "Flowers clustered at the ends of branchlets in sessile or shortly pedunculate heads, or at the ends of slender, filiform scapes" Asparagaceae 1057 "Flowers in distinct, spherical heads at the ends of robust scapes" Dasypogonaceae 1058 "Stems absent or short and contracted; leaves all or mostly basal or appearing basal, or reduced to scales, or few and reducing upwards into bracts" 1059 1058 "Leaves distinctly cauline" 1075 1059 "Perianth white, cream, yellow, red, pink or greenish" 1060 1059 "Perianth blue, purple or violet" 1072 1060 "Flower single" 1061 1060 "Flowers several in an inflorescence" 1064 1061 "Flower sessile or nearly so amongst the leaf rosette" "Hemerocallidaceae {Herpolirion}" 1061 "Flower at the end of an elongate scape" 1062 1062 "Tepals free" Colchicaceae 1062 "Tepals fused into a distinct tube at base" 1063 1063 "Scape bractless except for a scarious, split spathe below the flower" "Alliaceae {Ipheion}" 1063 "Scape with leaf-like bracts; no scarious, split spathe below the flower" "Colchicaceae {Wurmbea}" 1064 "Flowers in an umbel at the end of an unbranched scape" 1065 1064 "Flowers in panicles or racemes" 1067 1065 "Tepals fused at least half way" "Agapanthaceae {Agapanthus}" 1065 "Tepals free or fused at the very base" 1066 1066 "Bracts subtending the umbel several, often herbaceous" "Colchicaceae {Burchardia}" 1066 "Bracts subtending the umbel 2 or 1, often scarious and spatheate" Alliaceae 1067 "Leaves 3-ranked; leaf-sheaths closed at base" "Asteliaceae {Milligania}" 1067 "Leaves not distinctly 3-ranked; leaf-sheaths open" 1068 1068 "Tepals distinctly 1-nerved" Asphodelaceae 1068 "Tepals with 3 or more nerves, or nerveless" 1069 1069 "Tepals spirally twisted after flowering" 1070 1069 "Tepals not spirally twisted after flowering" 1071 1070 "Ovules 1 or 2 per locule" Hemerocallidaceae 1070 "Ovules 4-18 per locule" Asparagaceae 1071 "Flowers sessile" "Colchicaceae {Wurmbea}" 1071 "Flowers pedicellate" Asparagaceae 1072 "Inflorescence an umbel or a single, spatheate flower" 1073 1072 "Inflorescence a raceme, corymb or panicle" 1074 1073 "Bulbous herbs" Alliaceae 1073 "Rhizomatous herbs" "Agapanthaceae {Agapanthus}" 1074 "Inflorescences axis unbranched (flowers in racemes, sometimes corymbose)" Asparagaceae 1074 "Inflorescence axis branched, or flowers in heads on a branched axis, or flowers solitary" Hemerocallidaceae 1075 "Plant with a single, erect, unbranched, leafy stem to 2 m high from a bulb; tepals 10-15 cm long" "Liliaceae {Lilium}" 1075 "Plants branched; tepals <20 mm long" 1076 1076 "Flowers bright purple or blue, in branched inflorescences; leaves usually flattened, not terete, not pungent" Hemerocallidaceae 1076 "Flowers white or pale-coloured, sessile or pedicellate in a distinct head or umbel at the end of an unbranched, bracteate but leafless scape; leaves terete or nearly so, often pungent-pointed" 1077 1077 "Perianth either distinctly tubular at base or flowers long-pedicellate" Boryaceae 1077 "Tepals free; flowers sessile or very shortly pedicellate" "Asparagaceae {Laxmannia}" 1078 "Style branched; stigmas 3; inflorescence branching (sometimes congested to a head)" Juncaceae 1078 "Style 1, simple; inflorescence a tall woody spike" "Xanthorrhoeaceae {Xanthorrhoea}" 1079 "Stamens 5 or more" 1080 1079 "Stamens 3" 1094 1080 "Stamens 5 or 6, sometimes with staminodes" 1081 1080 "Stamens more than 6" 1088 1081 "Climbers with leaf-opposed tendrils" Vitaceae 1081 "Plants without tendrils" 1082 1082 "Leaves large, compound" Burseraceae 1082 "Leaves simple" 1083 1083 "Perianth segments united at least in part into a tube" 1084 1083 "Perianth segments free" 1086 1084 Shrubs "Ebenaceae {Diospyros}" 1084 Herbs 1085 1085 "Stamens 5; land plants sometimes in moist places" "Balsaminaceae {Impatiens}" 1085 "Stamens 6; emergent waterplants" Pontederiaceae 1086 "Leaves with ochrea" Polygonaceae 1086 "Leaves without ochrea" 1087 1087 "Ovules 1 per loculus" Euphorbiaceae 1087 "Ovules 2 per loculus" Phyllanthaceae 1088 "Leafless parasitic twiners" Lauraceae 1088 Non-twiners 1089 1089 "Style and stigma 1" 1090 1089 "Styles or stigmas 2 or 3" 1093 1090 "Flowers with 1 or more long spurs" Ranunculaceae 1090 "Flowers lacking spurs" 1091 1091 "Ovary 1-locular" Lauraceae 1091 "Ovary 2- or more-locular" 1092 1092 "Leaves gland-dotted" Rutaceae 1092 "Leaves not gland-dotted" Elaeocarpaceae 1093 "Perianth segments free" Polygonaceae 1093 "Perianth segments united" "Ebenaceae {Diospyros}" 1094 "Climbers with leaf-opposed tendrils" Vitaceae 1094 "Trees or shrubs" 1095 1095 "Style and stigma 1" Lauraceae 1095 "Styles 2 or 3" Euphorbiaceae 1096 "Stamens 3-6" 1097 1096 "Stamens 9 or more" 1100 1097 "Flowers zygomorphic" "Balsaminaceae {Impatiens}" 1097 "Flowers actinomorphic" 1098 1098 "Styles 3-5; fruit a 3-5-valved capsule" Elatinaceae 1098 "Style 1, capitate or the stigma shortly lobed; fruit a berry or capsule" 1099 1099 "Tall, scrambling shrubs or climbers; perianth <10 mm long; fruit a berry" "Asparagaceae {Asparagus}" 1099 "Erect herbs; perianth >100 mm long; fruit a capsule" "Liliaceae {Lilium}" 1100 "Stamens 9, usually with 3 staminodes" Lauraceae 1100 "Stamens 10 or indefinite" 1101 1101 "Leaves trifoliolate" Cunoniaceae 1101 "Leaves not trifoliolate" 1102 1102 Herbs Lythraceae 1102 "Shrubs or small trees" 1103 1103 "Carpels 2" "Paracryphiaceae {Sphenostemon lobosporus}" 1103 "Carpels 4-15" "Lythraceae {Sonneratia}" 1104 "Leaves alternate, radical, or absent" 1105 1104 "Leaves opposite or verticillate" 1148 1105 "Style and stigma 1" 1106 1105 "Styles or stigmas more than 1" 1140 1106 "Stamens (excluding staminodes) 1-3" 1107 1106 "Stamens 4 or more" 1115 1107 "Stamen 1" Philydraceae 1107 "Stamens 2 or 3" 1108 1108 "Stamens 3 (with or without additional staminodes)" 1109 1108 "Stamens 2" 1110 1109 "Stamens 3; staminodes absent" Rosaceae 1109 "Stamens 3; staminode 1" Proteaceae 1110 "Leaves simple or absent" 1111 1110 "Leaves compound" 1113 1111 "Leaves radical or absent" "Lentibulariaceae {Utricularia}" 1111 "Leaves alternate" 1112 1112 "Herbs; perianth segments free" Brassicaceae 1112 "Shrubs; perianth segments united" Thymelaeaceae 1113 "Floating aquatics" "Lentibulariaceae {Utricularia}" 1113 "Rooted land plants" 1114 1114 "Herbs; flowers strongly zygomorphic" Papaveraceae 1114 "Shrubs or herbs; flowers not strongly zygomorphic" Rosaceae 1115 "Stamens 4 or 5" 1116 1115 "Stamens 6 or more" 1132 1116 "Stamens 5" Rosaceae 1116 "Stamens 4" 1117 1117 Climbers 1118 1117 "Herbs, shrubs or trees, not climbing" 1120 1118 "Plants climbing by leaf-opposed tendrils" Vitaceae 1118 "Plants without tendrils" 1119 1119 "Flowers actinomorphic" "Stemonaceae {Stemona}" 1119 "Flowers zygomorphic" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae}" 1120 "Leaves compound" 1121 1120 "Leaves simple" 1123 1121 "Stamens adnate to perianth segments" Proteaceae 1121 "Stamens not adnate to perianth segments" 1122 1122 "Fruit an achene" Rosaceae 1122 "Fruit a legume" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 1123 "Leaves with stinging hairs" Urticaceae 1123 "Leaves without stinging hairs" 1124 1124 "Stamens distinctly adnate to perianth segments" 1125 1124 "Stamens adhering to base of perianth, or free from it" 1126 1125 "Stamens same number as and opposite perianth segments and often sessile on them" Proteaceae 1125 "Stamens same number as and alternate with perianth segments, or twice as many, on short filaments" "Elaeagnaceae {Elaeagnus}" 1126 "Flowers in axillary spikes" 1127 1126 "Flowers not in spikes" 1129 1127 "Underside of leaves white with close-set hairs" Urticaceae 1127 "Leaves glabrous or with scattered hairs" 1128 1128 "Perianth segments united into 4-lobed floral tube" Opiliaceae 1128 "Perianth segments not united" Santalaceae 1129 "Perianth petaloid" 1130 1129 "Perianth sepaloid" 1131 1130 "Stamens same number as and opposite perianth segments" Proteaceae 1130 "Stamens same number as and alternate with perianth segments or more numerous" Phytolaccaceae 1131 "Flowers ebracteate, in terminal racemes" Brassicaceae 1131 "Flowers bracteate, in clusters, cymes, or heads" Urticaceae 1132 "Stamens 6" 1133 1132 "Stamens more than 6" 1134 1133 "Fruit a berry" Lauraceae 1133 "Fruit an achene" Rosaceae 1134 "Leaves simple" 1135 1134 "Leaves compound" 1139 1135 Herbs 1136 1135 "Shrubs or trees" 1137 1136 "Sepals 2, valvate, completely enclosing bud; ovules several in each loculus" Papaveraceae 1136 "Sepals not as above; ovule 1 in each loculus" Phytolaccaceae 1137 "Stamens 10 or fewer" Thymelaeaceae 1137 "Stamens indefinite" 1138 1138 "Leaves gland-dotted" Winteraceae 1138 "Leaves not gland-dotted" Malvaceae 1139 "Shrubs or trees" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideae}" 1139 Herbs Rosaceae 1140 "Stamens 4 or fewer" 1141 1140 "Stamens 5 or more" 1144 1141 "Herbs, either aquatic or growing in wet places; leaves radical, floating or absent; sepals 2; petals united; corolla 2-lipped" "Lentibulariaceae {Utricularia}" 1141 "Plants not as above" 1142 1142 "Leaves with ochrea" Polygonaceae 1142 "Leaves without ochrea" 1143 1143 "Herbs or shrubs; leaves covered with mealy scales" Chenopodiaceae 1143 Trees "Ulmaceae {Ulmus}" 1144 "Stamens 5-10" 1145 1144 "Stamens numerous" 1147 1145 "Style 1; stigmas usually 2" Sapindaceae 1145 "Styles more than 1" 1146 1146 "Trees with irritant hairs; stipules reniform; fruit a large drupe" "Cunoniaceae {Davidsonia}" 1146 "Herbs without irritant hairs; stipules sheath-like; fruit a small nut" Polygonaceae 1147 "Ovary 3- to 5-locular" "Nymphaeaceae {Nymphaea}" 1147 "Ovary 1-locular" Papaveraceae 1148 "Style and stigma 1" 1149 1148 "Styles or stigmas more than 1" 1159 1149 "Stamens 2, 3 or 5" 1150 1149 "Stamens 4 or 8" 1153 1150 "Stamens 3 or 5" Lythraceae 1150 "Stamens 2" 1151 1151 "Stamens free from perianth, united into a cup at base" Amaranthaceae 1151 "Stamens adnate to perianth" 1152 1152 "Annual herbs, frequently in moist situations" Lythraceae 1152 "Small shrubs" Thymelaeaceae 1153 "Stamens 8" Thymelaeaceae 1153 "Stamens 4" 1154 1154 "Leaves with stinging hairs" Urticaceae 1154 "Leaves without stinging hairs" 1155 1155 "Stamens distinctly adnate to perianth" 1156 1155 "Stamens free from perianth or attached at the very base of the perianth segments" 1158 1156 Herbs Lythraceae 1156 "Shrubs or trees" 1157 1157 "Flowers with distinct corolla and (truncate) calyx" Verbenaceae 1157 "Flowers without calyx and corolla, with single whorl of tepals only" Proteaceae 1158 Herbs Amaranthaceae 1158 "Shrubs or trees" Santalaceae 1159 "Stamen 1" Caryophyllaceae 1159 "Stamens 4 or more" 1160 1160 "Stamens 4" 1161 1160 "Stamens more than 4" 1162 1161 "Stamens alternating with the perianth lobes" Aizoaceae 1161 "Stamens opposite the perianth lobes" Santalaceae 1162 "Styles 2" Cunoniaceae 1162 "Styles 4" 1163 1163 "Stamens indefinite" Aizoaceae 1163 "Stamens 8" 1164 1164 "Leaves with usually prominent stipules" Cunoniaceae 1164 "Leaves estipulate (though with minute colleters at each side of the nodes)" "Aphanopetalaceae {Aphanopetalum}" 1165 "Plants parasitic (mistletoes)" Loranthaceae 1165 "Plants not parasitic" 1166 1166 "Leaves alternate, radical, equitant or absent" 1167 1166 "Leaves opposite or verticillate" 1220 1167 "Leaves gland-dotted" 1168 1167 "Leaves not gland-dotted, or leaves absent" 1169 1168 "Stamens 10" Combretaceae 1168 "Stamens indefinite" Myrtaceae 1169 "Perianth actinomorphic or nearly so" 1170 1169 "Perianth distinctly zygomorphic" 1205 1170 "Perianth comprising a straight or sigmoid tube inflated at the base and expanded to a spreading lobe" "Aristolochiaceae {Aristolochia}" 1170 "Perianth of 3-6 segments that are free or joined into a tube at base" 1171 1171 "Perianth segments 4" 1172 1171 "Perianth segments 3, 5 or 6" 1177 1172 "Stamens 2 or 4" 1173 1172 "Stamens 5 or more" 1176 1173 "Stamens 2" "Gunneraceae {Gunnera cordifolia}" 1173 "Stamens 4" 1174 1174 "Flowers not in umbels or heads" Santalaceae 1174 "Flowers in umbels or heads" 1175 1175 "Flowers in umbels" Araliaceae 1175 "Flowers in heads surrounded by involucral bracts" Asteraceae 1176 "Stamens 5" Asteraceae 1176 "Stamens 6 or more" Aizoaceae 1177 "Stamens 5" 1178 1177 "Stamens 1,3 or 6 or more" 1183 1178 "Anthers united around style" Asteraceae 1178 "Anthers free" 1179 1179 Herbs Apiaceae 1179 "Shrubs or trees" 1180 1180 "Styles 2, free" Araliaceae 1180 "Style 1, with 1 or 2 stigmas" 1181 1181 "Stamens opposite perianth segments" Santalaceae 1181 "Stamens alternating with perianth segments" 1182 1182 "Leaves simple and entire" Rhamnaceae 1182 "Leaves compound or dissected" Araliaceae 1183 "Leaves compound or dissected" 1184 1183 "Leaves simple, undivided" 1185 1184 "Perianth 3-merous, blackish; flowers in a large head surrounded by bracts and with long, pendulous appendages" "Taccaceae {Tacca}" 1184 "Perianth 5-merous, greenish to whitish; flowers in panicles, if in heads surrounded by bracts then without long, pendulous appendages" Araliaceae 1185 Trees Combretaceae 1185 "Herbs (sometimes robust), climbers or shrubs" 1186 1186 "Perianth segments 4 or 5; leaves often succulent" Aizoaceae 1186 "Perianth segments 2, 3 or 6; leaves rarely succulent" 1187 1187 "One perianth part distinctly different from the others, forming a labellum; stamens fused with the gynoecium to form a column" Orchidaceae 1187 "Perianth parts either all +/- similar, or in two series with the parts in each series similar; stamens free from the gynoecium" 1188 1188 "Leafless, saprophytic herbs, flowering at or near ground level; inner three tepals fused into a hood-like mitre" "Thismiaceae {Thismia}" 1188 "Plants not saprophytic, if +/- leafless then flowering well above the ground; all tepals free or fused" 1189 1189 "Submerged aquatics with submerged or floating leaves" Hydrocharitaceae 1189 "Land plants" 1190 1190 Climber "Petermanniaceae {Petermannia cirrosa}" 1190 "Not climbers" 1191 1191 "Stamens 3" 1192 1191 "Stamens 6" 1195 1192 "Perianth segments united at base" 1193 1192 "Perianth segments free" 1194 1193 "Anthers with transverse dehiscence" "Burmanniaceae {Burmannia}" 1193 "Anthers with longitudinal dehiscence" Iridaceae 1194 "Ovules 1 or 2 per loculus" Haemodoraceae 1194 "Ovules usually several per loculus" Iridaceae 1195 "Leaves very tough, the margins spiny-serrate; flowers in a dense, cone-like inflorescence usually surmounted by a tuft of sterile, leafy bracts; fruit a yellow to red sessile synangium (pineapple)" "Bromeliaceae {Ananas}" 1195 "Leaves, inflorescence and fruit not as above" 1196 1196 "Perianth densely hairy outside, the hairs often branched or plumose" Haemodoraceae 1196 "Perianth more or less glabrous outside" 1197 1197 "Very robust herbs with large (>2 m), tough, often thickened, sometimes toothed herbs" 1198 1197 "Leaves soft, pliable, usually thick-textured (sometimes slightly fleshy), without toothed margins" 1199 1198 "Leaves with a hard, persistent, spiny apex; inflorescence paniculate" Asparagaceae 1198 "Leaves without a spiny apex, fragile, often eroded; inflorescence a head or compoiund raceme" Doryanthaceae 1199 "Flowers yellow or yellowish-green, at least inside" 1200 1199 "Flowers white, pink or purple" 1202 1200 "Basal leaf solitary (with one or a few others grading to bracts on the scape)" "Campynemataceae {Campynema lineare}" 1200 "Basal leaves several, with or without other leaves in the scapes" 1201 1201 "Bulbous plants; flowers in umbels or solitary, enclosed in bud by 1 or 2 large, often scarious, spathe-like bracts" Amaryllidaceae 1201 "Cormous or rhizomatous plants; flowers solitary or in cymose racemes or panicles, the flower-buds not enclosed by spathe-like bracts" Hypoxidaceae 1202 "Styles 3, free" "Campynemataceae {Campynema}" 1202 "Style 1" 1203 1203 "Plants shortly rhizomatous" "Haemodoraceae {Phlebocarya}" 1203 "Plants with a corm or bulb" 1204 1204 "Plants bulbous; flowers in umbels" Amaryllidaceae 1204 "Plants cormous; flowers in simple or branched racemes" "Tecophilaeaceae {Cyanella}" 1205 "Flowers in a capitulum (daisy-head) surrounded by short involucral bracts; stamens 5, connate around the 2-branched style" 1206 1205 "Flowers not in a capitulum, solitary, clustered, in branched inflorescences or heads; stamens not connate around a 2-branched style" 1207 1206 "Stigma enclosed within a pollen-presenting indusium" Goodeniaceae 1206 "Stigmas not enclosed within an indusium" Asteraceae 1207 "Perianth 5-merous; style surmounted by an indusium" Goodeniaceae 1207 "Perianth not 5-merous; style not surmounted by an indusium" 1208 1208 "Perianth comprising a straight or sigmoid tube inflated at the base and expanded to a spreading lobe" "Aristolochiaceae {Aristolochia}" 1208 "Perianth of 3-6 segments that are free or joined into a tube at base" 1209 1209 "Leaves with pinnate primary veins" 1210 1209 "Leaves with parallel or convergent primary veins (middle vein sometimes stronger than others), or venation obscure, or leaves scale-like" 1215 1210 "Ligule present at junction of leaf-sheath and lamina" 1211 1210 "Leaves eligulate" 1212 1211 "Leaves 2-ranked" Zingiberaceae 1211 "Leaves more than 2-ranked" Costaceae 1212 "Pulvinus present at junction of petiole (or leaf-sheath) and blade" Marantaceae 1212 "Pulvinus absent" 1213 1213 "Fertile stamen 1" "Cannaceae {Canna}" 1213 "Fertile stamens 5" 1214 1214 "Flowers subtended by one or more firm, rigid, closely inrolled bracts held more or less at right angles to the stem; stamens tightly clasped within two arrowhead-like inner perianth segments" "Strelitziaceae {Strelitzia}" 1214 "Flowers in a spike subtended by distichous, well-spaced, boat-shaped bracts; stamens not tightly clasped by arrowhead-like perianth segments" "Heliconiaceae {Heliconia}" 1215 "Stamens 3 (one sometimes infertile)" Iridaceae 1215 "Stamens 6" 1216 1216 "Plant a colourless saprophyte" "Corsiaceae {Corsia dispar}" 1216 "Plant chlorophyllous" 1217 1217 "Perianth densely hairy outside, the hairs often branched or plumose" Haemodoraceae 1217 "Perianth more or less glabrous outside" 1218 1218 "Leaves cauline" "Alstroemeriaceae {Alstroemeria}" 1218 "Leaves all basal" 1219 1219 "Inflorescence an umbel" "Amaryllidaceae {Amaryllis}" 1219 "Inflorescence a raceme" "Tecophilaeaceae {Cyanella}" 1220 "Leaves gland-dotted" Myrtaceae 1220 "Leaves not gland-dotted" 1221 1221 "Perianth segments 3 or 4" 1222 1221 "Perianth segments 5 or 6" 1232 1222 "Perianth segments 3" Rubiaceae 1222 "Perianth segments 4" 1223 1223 "Stamens 2-5" 1224 1223 "Stamens 8 or more" 1230 1224 "Stamens 2" Thymelaeaceae 1224 "Stamens 4 or 5" 1225 1225 "Stamens 4 or 5; anthers fused together (syngenesious)" Asteraceae 1225 "Stamens 4; anthers not syngenesious" 1226 1226 "Aquatic herbs" Haloragaceae 1226 "Plants not aquatic" 1227 1227 "Leaves in whorls of 4-8" Rubiaceae 1227 "Leaves opposite" 1228 1228 "Stamens opposite perianth segments" Santalaceae 1228 "Stamens alternating with perianth segments" 1229 1229 "Stipules present, often interpetiolar" Rubiaceae 1229 "Stipules absent" "Cornaceae {Cornus}" 1230 "Stamens 8" "Aphanopetalaceae {Aphanopetalum}" 1230 "Stamens numerous" 1231 1231 "Leaves simple" Myrtaceae 1231 "Leaves compound or unifoliolate" Salicaceae 1232 "Perianth segments 5" 1233 1232 "Perianth segments 6" 1238 1233 "Stamen 1-3" 1234 1233 "Stamens 5 or more" 1235 1234 "Corolla rotate, actinomorphic; style short, the stigma 3-5-lobed" Adoxaceae 1234 "Corolla tubular or campanulate, actinomorphic or zygomorphic; style long, the stigma lobed or capitate" Caprifoliaceae 1235 "Stamens indefinite" Aizoaceae 1235 "Stamens 5" 1236 1236 "Anthers syngenesious" Asteraceae 1236 "Anthers free" 1237 1237 "Anthers opposite perianth segments" Santalaceae 1237 "Anthers alternating with perianth segments" Rubiaceae 1238 "Leaves compound" Adoxaceae 1238 "Leaves simple" 1239 1239 "Fertile stamen 1 (petaloid staminodes may be present)" Zingiberaceae 1239 "Fertile stamens 3 or more" 1240 1240 "Stamens 3" Rubiaceae 1240 "Stamens 10 or more" 1241 1241 "Stamens 10" Portulacaceae 1241 "Stamens numerous" "Lythraceae {Sonneratia}" 1242 "Leaves present" 1243 1242 "Leaves absent, reduced to scales, or indistinct" 1291 1243 "Marine or brackish aquatics (sea-grasses), with submerged leaves and flowering underwater" 1244 1243 "Plants terrestrial or occurring in fresh water, sometimes in brackish water but then with floating leaves and flowering above the water surface" 1249 1244 "Leaves ligulate" 1245 1244 "Leaves eligulate" 1246 1245 "Leaf blade and sheath shed leaving a circular scar" Cymodoceaceae 1245 "Leaf blade shed but sheath persistent and fibrous" "Posidoniaceae {Posidonia}" 1246 "Leaves with 7 or more longitudinal veins" Hydrocharitaceae 1246 "Leaves with 1-5 longitudinal veins" 1247 1247 "Leaves 1-3 per shoot" Hydrocharitaceae 1247 "Leaves 4 or more per shoot" 1248 1248 "Carpel solitary; stigmas 2, filiform" Zosteraceae 1248 "Carpels 4-8; stigma 1, peltate" "Ruppiaceae {Ruppia}" 1249 "Moss-like plants growing on rocks in fast-flowing streams" Podostemaceae 1249 "Plants not moss-like, or if so then terrestrial and growing in soil" 1250 1250 "Aquatic plants with submerged and/or floating leaves" 1251 1250 "Terrestrial plants, or aquatics with emergent leaves" 1258 1251 "Flowers enclosed within an elongate spathe, often with an elongate hypanthium" Hydrocharitaceae 1251 "Flowers not enclosed within a spathe, without a hypanthium" 1252 1252 "Flowers in distinct spikelets" Cyperaceae 1252 "Flowers in spikes, racemes or heads" 1253 1253 "Flowers in heads" 1254 1253 "Flowers in spikes (sometimes forked) or racemes" 1256 1254 "Tiny annuals usually less than 5 cm high; flowerheads not whitish" "Hydatellaceae {Trithuria}" 1254 "Annuals to perennials, usually more than 5 cm high; flowerheads whitish" 1255 1255 "Leaves wsith a well-developed sheathing base, with free or fused stipules often forming an ochrea" Potamogetonaceae 1255 "Leaves without a well-differentiated basal sheath, exstipulate" "Eriocaulaceae {Eriocaulon}" 1256 "Ovules 2 or more per carpel" "Aponogetonaceae {Aponogeton}" 1256 "Ovules 1 per carpel" 1257 1257 "Tepals, stamens and carpels each 4" Potamogetonaceae 1257 "Tepals, stamens and/or carpels more or less than 4" Juncaginaceae 1258 "Leaves linear, grass- or sedge-like (may be thickened and tough); herbs (sometimes rubust and tree-like)" 1259 1258 "Leaves not linear or, if sometimes linear, then shrubs with fleshy leaves" 1269 1259 "Flowers in distinct spikelets, the florets subtended by and hidden within glumes" 1260 1259 "Flowers not in spikelets" 1262 1260 "Individual flowers each subtended by two specialised bracts (lemma and palea)" Poaceae 1260 "Individual flowers each subtended by a single bract, or surrounded by several unspecialised bracts" 1261 1261 "Leaves with closed sheaths; anthers basifixed, 2-celled" Cyperaceae 1261 "Leaves with open sheaths; anthers dorsifixed, 1-celled" Centrolepidaceae 1262 "Robust lianes or prop-rooted trees with leaves in distinct spirals" Pandanaceae 1262 "Annual or perennial herbs, or (Xanthorrhoea) robust and woody but then leaves not distinctly spiralled" 1263 1263 "Flowers in elongate racemes or spikes" 1264 1263 "Flowers in heads, either single or arranged in panicles" 1267 1264 "Spikes branched" "Araceae {Gymnostachys}" 1264 "Spikes unbranched" 1265 1265 "Flowers distant on a slender inflorescence axis" Juncaginaceae 1265 "Flowers densely packed on a robust inflorescence axis" 1266 1266 "Marsh plants; flowers thread-like, unisexual, in 2-part spikes (the lower part female, the upper part male); fruits indehiscent, wind-dispersed, light and fluffy, shed as the spike disintegrates" "Typhaceae {Typha}" 1266 "Dryland plants; flowers not thread-like, bisexual; fruits capsular, persistent on the spike" "Xanthorrhoeaceae {Xanthorrhoea}" 1267 "Flowerheads monoecious, arranged in branched inflorescences" "Sparganiaceae {Sparganium}" 1267 "Flowerheads bisexual, solitary and terminal on unbranched scapes" 1268 1268 "Tiny annuals usually less than 5 cm high; flowerheads not whitish" "Hydatellaceae {Trithuria}" 1268 "Annuals to perennials, usually more than 5 cm high; flowerheads whitish" "Eriocaulaceae {Eriocaulon}" 1269 "Leaves palmately compound or lobed" 1270 1269 "Leaves simple, or pinnately compound or lobed" 1271 1270 "Robust herbs or climbers; flowers in elongate spikes or catkins" Cannabaceae 1270 "Deciduous trees; flowers and fruits forming globular heads" "Platanaceae {Platanus}" 1271 "Herbs of moist places, sometimes aquatic, with opposite, entire leaves; flowers axillary, males comprising a single anther, females comprising a naked ovary" "Plantaginaceae {Callitriche}" 1271 "Shrubs or trees, or if herbaceous then not as above" 1272 1272 "Winter-deciduous trees; flowers in catkins, small cymes, or globular heads" 1273 1272 "Evergreen shrubs, trees or herbs, not winter-deciduous; flowers not in catkins" 1278 1273 "Male and female flowers 1-3 together in very short catkins; fruits hidden within a lobed, hardened cupule" "Nothofagaceae {Nothofagus}" 1273 "Male and/or female flowers in elongate catkins or globular heads with many flowers; fruits not hidden within a cupule (a scaly cupule cupping the nut base in Quercus)" 1274 1274 "Male flowers in elongate catkins, the female flowers solitary or a few together; fruits large (acorns) cupped at base by a scaly cupule" 1275 1274 "Both male and female flowers in elongate catkins or globular heads; fruits small, not cupped at base by a scaly cupule" 1276 1275 "Leaves simple" Fagaceae 1275 "Leaves pinnately compound" Juglandaceae 1276 "Flowers in globular heads; leaves with palmate primary venation" "Platanaceae {Platanus}" 1276 "Flowers in elongate catkins; leaves with pinnate primary venation" 1277 1277 "Fruit a capsule splitting to release minute seeds with fine hairs" Salicaceae 1277 "Fruits indehiscent, papery-winged or nut-like" Betulaceae 1278 "Latex present" 1279 1278 "Latex absent" 1280 1279 "Styles or stigmas 3 or more" Euphorbiaceae 1279 "Style or stigma 1" Moraceae 1280 "Flowers mostly unisexual" 1281 1280 "Flowers mostly bisexual" 1289 1281 "Climbers or twiners" Piperaceae 1281 Non-climbers 1282 1282 "Leaves opposite" "Bataceae {Batis argillicola}" 1282 "Leaves alternate" 1283 1283 "Plants monoecious" 1284 1283 "Plants dioecious" 1288 1284 "Herbs or undershrubs; flowers in heads" Asteraceae 1284 "Trees; flowers otherwise" 1285 1285 "Trees with distichous leaves; fruit a nut surrounded by a hardened cupule" "Nothofagaceae {Nothofagus}" 1285 "Trees, shrubs or herbs; leaves usually not distichouse; fruit a capsule, drupe or berry, not surrounded by a hardened cupule" 1286 1286 "Ovules 2 per loculus" Picrodendraceae 1286 "Ovule 1 per loculus" 1287 1287 "Ovary 3-carpellate; styles or stigmas 3" Euphorbiaceae 1287 "Ovary 2-carpellate; styles 2" Cannabaceae 1288 "Male flowers in catkins; female flowers with involucre of bracts but no perianth" "Balanopaceae {Balanops australiana}" 1288 "Male flowers solitary or in open spikes; perianth shallow cup-shaped, inconspicuous" Gyrostemonaceae 1289 "Stamens 10 or fewer, usually 2 or 3" Piperaceae 1289 "Stamens indefinite" 1290 1290 "Ovary inferior; fruit a capsule; perianth deciduous as a cap" Myrtaceae 1290 "Ovary superior; fruit a legume; perianth not deciduous as a cap" "Fabaceae {Fabaceae subfam. Mimosoideae}" 1291 "Moss-like plants growing on rocks in fast-flowing streams" Podostemaceae 1291 "Plants not moss-like, or if so then terrestrial and growing in soil" 1292 1292 "Rush- or sedge-like plants with flowers in spikelets" 1293 1292 "Trees, shrubs or herbs, not rush- or sedge-like; flowers not in spikelets" 1295 1293 "Leaves with closed sheaths" Cyperaceae 1293 "Leaves with open sheaths" 1294 1294 "Spikes unisexual (plants mostly dioecious); stamens 3" Restionaceae 1294 "Spikes bisexual (male and female flowers in successive rings); stamens 4-6" Ecdeiocoleaceae 1295 "Free-floating aquatic herbs" Araceae 1295 "Terrestrial trees, shrubs or herbs" 1296 1296 "Fleshy, achlorophyllous, fungus-like herbs" "Balanophoraceae {Balanophora}" 1296 "Trees or shrubs, not fleshy and achlorophyllous" 1297 1297 "Trees; branchlets jointed, with whorls or scale-leaves at each joint" Casuarinaceae 1297 "Trees, shrubs or herbs without jointed branchlets" Euphorbiaceae