1008:(A)
previous:967
Ovules 2 per locule.
next:1009
1008:(B)
Ovules 3 or more per locule.
next:1062
1009:(A)
previous:1008
Ovules erect or ascending or patent or one ascending and the other descending.
next:1010
1009:(B)
Ovules pendulous or descending.
next:1026
1010:(A)
previous:1009
Filaments more or less connate.
next:1011
1010:(B)
Filaments free.
next:1015
1011:(A)
previous:1010
Disk extra-staminal.
next:1012
1011:(B)
Disk intra-staminal.
next:1013
1012:(A)
previous:1011
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, usually pinnately compound. Petals imbricate. Endosperm absent. (Dodonaeoideae)
1012:(B)
Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite or in whorls, simple. Petals contort. Endosperm present. Chile, S. Brazil. (Vivianiaceae)
Vivianiaceae
1013:(A)
previous:1011
Leaves glandular-punctate. Ovary deeply lobed, rarely terete, but then leaves 1 - 3-foliolate.
1013:(B)
Leaves pinnately compound or simple, rarely 1 - 3 foliolate, but then not glandular-punctate. Ovary terete or only slightly lobed.
next:1014
1014:(A)
previous:1013
Flowers zygomorphic. Stigma simple, punctiform. Capsule inflated, membranous, loculicide. S. Africa. (Aitoniaceae)
Aitoniaceae
1014:(B)
Flowers actinomorphic. Stigma not both simple and punctiform. Fruits otherwise.
1015:(A)
previous:1010
Fertile stamens as many as the sepals, or more, 3 -10.
next:1016
1015:(B)
Fertile stamens less than the sepals, 2 or 3. Leaves usually opposite. Ovary 3-locular. Style 1. (also in Celastraceae)
1016:(A)
previous:1015
Flowers bisexual. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Stamens 6, unequally long. Ovary 2-locular. Herbs or undershrubs.
1016:(B)
Stamens 3 - 5 or 7 - 10, rarely 6, but then either petals 3 or 6, or flowers unisexual or polygamous or stamens equally long.
next:1017
1017:(A)
previous:1016
Disk extrastaminal. Flowers unisexual or polygamous.
next:1018
1017:(B)
Stamens inserted outside the disk or on it (near the margin)
next:1020
1018:(A)
previous:1017
Leaves alternate.
1018:(B)
Leaves opposite.
next:1019
1019:(A)
previous:1018
Flowers actinomorphic. Stamens twice as many as sepals, rarely as many and episepalous. Ovary 2-locular. Stigmas 2.
1019:(B)
Flowers zygomorphic. Stamens more than sepals, but less than twice as many, rarely as many but then alternisepalous. Ovary 3-locular. Stigma 1. Leaves compound.
1020:(A)
previous:1017
Stamens as many as petals and epipetalous. Leaves alternate. Stipules present. Corolla valvate.
1020:(B)
Stamens as many as petals, alternipetalous, or more.
next:1021
1021:(A)
previous:1020
Stamens as many as petals, or petals 4 and stamens 5 or 6. Leaves simple, not glandular-punctate.
next:1022
1021:(B)
Stamens twice as many as petals, rarely as many, but then leaves glandular-punctate 1.
next:1023
1022:(A)
previous:1021
Stamens as many as petals. Ovules usually collateral, basal, rarely superposed and one ascending and the other descending (Maytenus), but then stipules present and fruit a capsule. Not wild in New Zealand.
1022:(B)
Stipules absent. Petals 4. Stamens 4-6. Ovules superposed, one ascending, the other descending. Fruit a berry. New Zealand. (Aristotelia)
1023:(A)
previous:1021
Stipules present.
next:1024
1023:(B)
Stipules absent.
next:1025
1024:(A)
previous:1023
Leaves simple. Sepals valvate. Anthers with terminal pores.
1024:(B)
Leaves simple or 3-partite. Sepals imbricate. Anthers with 2 longitudinal slits. (Fagonia)
1025:(A)
previous:1023
Leaves glandular-punctate.
1025:(B)
Leaves not glandular-punctate. Leaves opposite. Flowers unisexual or polygamous. Stigmas 2.
1026:(A)
previous:1009
Stipules present.
next:1027
1026:(B)
Stipules absent.
next:1043
1027:(A)
previous:1026
Leaves opposite.
next:1028
1027:(B)
Leaves alternate, rarely (Geraniaceae) opposite, but then filaments connate at base and styles or stigmas 2-5.
next:1032
1028:(A)
previous:1027
Stamens 5 or less.
next:1029
1028:(B)
Stamens 8 - 10.
next:1030
1029:(A)
previous:1028
Stamens 2 or 3. (also in Celastraceae)
1029:(B)
Stamens 4 or 5.
1030:(A)
previous:1028
Filaments free. Seeds not winged.
next:1031
1030:(B)
Filaments connate. Seeds winged. Large trees. Sepals and petals valvate. Fruit a capsule. W. Africa. (Anopyxis)
1031:(A)
previous:1030
Woody plants. Leaves simple. Sepals and petals valvate. Filaments inappendiculate. Fruit a berry. New Guinea. (Sericolea)
1031:(B)
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves pinnately compound, rarely simple, plant then a succulent annual with valvate sepals and apert, trifid petals (Augea), otherwise sepals and petals imbricate. Filaments appendiculate. Fruit a capsule or a schizocarp.
1032:(A)
previous:1027
Flowers bisexual. Fruit dry.
next:1033
1032:(B)
Flowers unisexual., rarely bisexual or polygamous, then fruit a drupe and stamens usually free.
next:1039
1033:(A)
previous:1032
Styles or stigmas 2-5.
next:1034
1033:(B)
Style 1. Stigma 1, entire or lobed.
next:1036
1034:(A)
previous:1033
Herbs or woody perennials. Stamens 5-10. Filaments connate at base. Disk extra-staminal. (Geranieae)
1034:(B)
Stem woody. Stamens 10, free.
next:1035
1035:(A)
previous:1034
Calyx valvate. Disk intra-staminal.
1035:(B)
Calyx imbricate. Disk extra-staminal. Sepals 3. Madagascar. (Leptolaena)
1036:(A)
previous:1033
Stamens 6, free.
1036:(B)
Stamens 8 - 10, free or connate.
next:1037
1037:(A)
previous:1036
Stipules free. Sepals usually 5, subequal.
next:1038
1037:(B)
Stipules intra-petiolarily connate. Sepals 8-10, very unequal. Stamens 10, filaments free. New Caledonia.
1038:(A)
previous:1037
Filaments more or less connate.
1038:(B)
Filaments free. Flowers solitary, terminal. Petals bright yellow. Somalia. (Kelleronia)
1039:(A)
previous:1032
Leaves undivided or unifoliolate, then flowers 5-merous.
next:1040
1039:(B)
Leaves pinnately compound. Flowers 3- or (Garuga) 5-merous.
1040:(A)
previous:1039
Sepals 5, imbricate. Fruit a drupe. Endosperm absent. Stamens 5. Stigmas 2 or 3.
1040:(B)
Fruit a capsule, rarely a berry or a drupe, but then calyx valvate. Endosperm usually copious.
next:1041
1041:(A)
previous:1040
Leaves simple, pedicel not articulated, stipels absent. Disk extrastaminal.
next:1042
1041:(B)
Leaves unifoliolate, pedicel articulated, stipel 1, early fugacious (scar!) Disk intra-staminal. Flowers unisexual. Ovule and seed with a caruncle. Ovules collateral. Fruit a capsule. Nigeria to Congo.
1042:(A)
previous:1041
Flowers unisexual. Ovules collateral. Caruncle present on ovules and seeds. (Phyllanthoideae, incl. Centroplacus, generally included in Pandaceae)
1042:(B)
Flowers bisexual or polygamous. Ovules more or less serial. Caruncle absent. Fruit a drupe.
1043:(A)
previous:1026
Stamens less than petals and alternipetalous.
next:1044
1043:(B)
Stamens as many as petals or more, or less and then epipetalous.
next:1045
1044:(A)
previous:1043
Petals 4. Stamens 2.
1044:(B)
Petals 5. Stamens 3, rarely 2 or 4. (also in Celastraceae)
1045:(A)
previous:1043
Stamens as many as petals and epipetalous (some stamens sometimes sterile) or less (and then epipetalous)
next:1046
1045:(B)
Stamens as many as petals and alternipetalous, or more.
next:1048
1046:(A)
previous:1045
Flowers unisexual. Petals alternating with the sepals or calyx-lobes. Stamens in the male flowers all fertile. Leaves pinnately compound. (Picramnia)
1046:(B)
Flowers bisexual or polygamous. Petals opposed to the sepals. Stamens either all fertile and then leaves simple, or stamens 5, only 2 or 3 of which fertile, then leaves simple or pinnately compound.
next:1047
1047:(A)
previous:1046
Fertile stamens 2 or 3. Staminodes 3 or 2. Leaves simple or pinnately compound. (Meliosma, Ophiocaryon, also placed in Meliosmaceae)
Meliosmaceae
1047:(B)
Fertile stamens 5. (Sabia)
1048:(A)
previous:1045
Filaments connate at least at base. Leaves pinnately compound or undivided, rarely 1-3-foliolate then not glandular-punctate.
next:1049
1048:(B)
Stamens free or inserted on the disk, rarely filaments connate at base, then either. leaves 1-3-foliolate and glandular-punctate, or ovary deeply lobed.
next:1050
1049:(A)
previous:1048
Bark of twigs and petioles with a light-coloured, wavy, sclerenchymatic band and with resin ducts between this and the wood cylinder. Filaments connate at base only. (Canarium, Scutinanthe)
1049:(B)
Bark of twigs and petioles without such a band and not resinous. Filaments connate into a tube for most of their length. (Melioideae)
1050:(A)
previous:1048
Stamens 6, rarely 4, then, as usual, herbs with non-glandularpunctate leaves. Sepals 4, free. Petals 4.
1050:(B)
Stamens as many as or (nearly) twice as many as the petals. Shrubs or trees, rarely herbs, then either leaves glandular punctate, or flowers 5-merous.
next:1051
1051:(A)
previous:1050
Stamens 3 or 4. Leaves alternate, simple, translucent-glandularpunctate. Peduncle adnate to the petiole of its bract. Flowers bi-sexual, solitary, or in cymes, axillary. Petals 3 or 4, imbricate. Style 1. Stigmas 3 or 4. Schizocarp dehiscing into 3 or 4 drupelets, columella persistent. Endosperm fleshy. Embryo horse-shoe-shaped,.
1051:(B)
Stamens 5 - 1 0, if 3 or 4 plant not as above.
next:1052
1052:(A)
previous:1051
Leaves opposite, not punctate.
next:1053
1052:(B)
Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, but then translucent-glandularpunctate.
next:1056
1053:(A)
previous:1052
Flowers unisexual or polygamous. Fruit dehiscent into 2 samaras. Endosperm absent. Stigmas 2.
1053:(B)
Flowers bisexual. Style simple with 1 stigma or with 2 branches with 1 stigma each. Endosperm present.
next:1054
1054:(A)
previous:1053
Stamens 5. Fruit a drupe. Corolla imbricate.
1054:(B)
Stamens 10. Fruit a capsule.
next:1055
1055:(A)
previous:1054
Shrubs. Corolla induplicative-valvate. Australia.
1055:(B)
Trees. Corolla imbricate. Tropical Africa and Asia. (Ctenolophon, also in Olacaceae or Ctenolophonaceae)
1056:(A)
previous:1052
Leaves not translucent-glandular-punctate, alternate.
next:1057
1056:(B)
Leaves translucent-glandular-punctate. Bark resinous. Fruit sometimes a drupe, then either leaves opposite, or endosperm present.
1057:(A)
previous:1056
Bark resinous (also in the twigs) Leaves usually compound. Stigma 1. Fruit drupaceous, but sometimes dehiscent. Endosperm absent.
1057:(B)
Bark not resinous.
next:1058
1058:(A)
previous:1057
Leaves undivided. Endosperm present 1.
next:1059
1058:(B)
Leaves compound. Endosperm absent. Stigma 1.
next:1060
1059:(A)
previous:1058
Fruit a capsule. Stamens 5. Stigmas 2 or 3.
1059:(B)
Fruit a drupe or dry and indehiscent. Stamens 4 or 5. Stigmas 1 or 4 or 5.
next:1061
1060:(A)
previous:1058
Petals 4 or 5. Stamens 8 - 10. Disk intra-staminal. Fruit a capsule or a berry.
1060:(B)
Stamens 5 - 8, less than twice as many as petals. Disk extrastaminal. Fruit a capsule.
1061:(A)
previous:1059
Erect woody plants, or lianas rarely with tendrils (Iodeae), then stigma simple to indistinctly lobed, or twining herbs. Base of leaves without warty fields. Ovary 1-locular, sometimes also 2 abortive locules present. Fruit usually drupaceous, not winged.
1061:(B)
Lianas with tendrils. Base of leaves with warty fields. Ovary (4- or) 5-lobed. Fruit indehiscent, winged. S.E. Asia, W. Pacific.