770:(A)
previous:720
Ovule 1 per carpel.
next:771
770:(B)
Ovules 2-more per carpel.
next:786
771:(A)
previous:770
Ovule ascending, basal.
next:772
771:(B)
Ovule descending.
next:778
772:(A)
previous:771
Herbs.
next:773
772:(B)
Woody plants. Anthers introrse or latrorse. Endosperm copious.
next:775
773:(A)
previous:772
Leaves alternate or radical. Carpels indehiscent.
next:774
773:(B)
Leaves usually opposite. Carpels dehiscent. Anthers dorsifix, introrse. Carpels 3-9. Endosperm scanty.
774:(A)
previous:773
Anthers introrse. Carpels 3 - 5. Endosperm absent. Leaves incised or compound. Sepals and petals 3 - 5. Anthers versatile.
774:(B)
Anthers extrorse or latrorse. Carpels numerous. Endosperm copious. (Ranunculoideae)
775:(A)
previous:772
Petals up to 6.
next:776
775:(B)
Petals many. Anthers introrse or latrorse.
next:777
776:(A)
previous:775
Ovaries in a whorl, 5-20. Fruit consisting of ventrally dehiscing follicles. (also in Magnoliaceae)
776:(B)
Ovaries in a spiral, many. Fruit either indehiscent, or consisting of dorsally dehiscing follicles.
777:(A)
previous:775
Petals 6. Anthers extrorse. Carpels rarely dehiscent. Sepals 3. Anthers adnate.
777:(B)
Petals 3-5. Anthers introrse or latrorse. Carpels dehiscent. (Didesmandra, Hibbertia)
778:(A)
previous:771
Flowers unisexual. Leaves alternate.
next:779
778:(B)
Flowers bisexual or polygamous.
next:781
779:(A)
previous:778
Leaves simple.
next:780
779:(B)
Leaves pinnately compound. Tree. Stipules absent. Flowers in panicles. Stamens epipetalous, as many as the petals, free, 4(-7) Fruit a drupe. Peru, Brazil. (Picrolemma)
780:(A)
previous:779
Shrubs, rarely herbs or undershrubs. Stipules absent. Flowers not in globose capitules. Stamens epipetalous, rarely less or more than the petals. Mericarps drupaceous.
780:(B)
Trees. Stipules present. Flowers in globose capitules. Stamens alternipetalous, nearly free, 3 - 8. Carpels 3 - 8, nut-like.
781:(A)
previous:778
Leaves alternate or radical. Stipules absent. Ovaries free. Endosperm present.
next:782
781:(B)
Leaves opposite or in whorls.
next:784
782:(A)
previous:781
Climbers or herbs. Leaves not terminally tufted.
next:783
782:(B)
Trees. Leaves terminally tufted. Stamens, staminodes, ovaries 5. Indomalesia. (Eurycoma)
783:(A)
previous:782
Woody climbers. Anthers introrse. Ovaries 3-12. Sepals and petals 6. Stamens 6-8. (Parabaena, Tiliacora)
783:(B)
Herbs. Anthers extrorse or latrorse. Ovaries many. (Ranunculoideae)
784:(A)
previous:781
Stipules absent. Filaments free. Anthers extrorse.
next:785
784:(B)
Stipules present. Filaments connate. Woody plants. Petals 5. Carpels 3. Endosperm absent.
785:(A)
previous:784
Shrubs. Petals 5, greenish. Stamens 10. Mericarps nut-like. Anthers introrse. Carpels 5 - 1 0.
785:(B)
Herbs. Petals 3-9, coloured. Stamens 3-9. Carpels follicular. Carpels 3-9. Endosperm scanty.
786:(A)
previous:770
Ovules 2 per carpel.
next:787
786:(B)
Ovules 3 - more per carpel.
next:796
787:(A)
previous:786
Herbs. Flowers 3 - 5-merous.
next:788
787:(B)
Trees or shrubs, rarely undershrubs. Leaves alternate, rarely in whorls.
next:789
788:(A)
previous:787
Terrestrial plants. Leaves opposite.
788:(B)
Aquatics. Leaves alternate, the floating leaves peltate, submerged leaves dissected. (Cabomba: Cabombaceae)
Cabombaceae
789:(A)
previous:787
Ovules descending.
next:790
789:(B)
Ovules ascending.
next:793
790:(A)
previous:789
Sepals connate.
next:791
790:(B)
Sepals free. Endosperm present.
next:792
791:(A)
previous:790
Leaves translucent-glandular-punctate, usually compound. Stamens 3-5, as many as the petals. Carpels 2-5. Endosperm present. Embryo straight.
791:(B)
Leaves not translucent-glandular-punctate, undivided. Stamens 10, at least twice the number of the petals. Carpels 5. Endosperm absent. Embryo curved. Flowers bisexual. Fruits drupaceous. (also in Simaroubaceae)
792:(A)
previous:790
Leaves pinnately compound. Flowers in panicles, polygamous. Filaments free. Carpels 5-15. Fruit a dry follicle. (Helleboraceae: Xanthorrhiza)
792:(B)
Leaves simple. Flowers solitary, unisexual. Filaments connate or coherent at base. Carpels many. Fruit drupe-like. (Schisandraceae)
Schisandraceae
793:(A)
previous:789
Leaves simple, undivided, sometimes absent. Ovules anatropous.
next:794
793:(B)
Leaves compound. Ovules atropous, collateral.
794:(A)
previous:793
Anthers adnate. Endosperm copious.
next:795
794:(B)
Anthers versatile. Endosperm absent. (also in Simaroubaceae)
795:(A)
previous:794
Sepals 3. Petals 6. Anthers extrorse.
795:(B)
Sepals 5. Petals 3 - 5. Anthers extrorse or latrorse.
796:(A)
previous:786
Anthers adnate or basifix, extrorse, rarely introrse or latrorse.
next:797
796:(B)
Anthers dorsoversatile or basiversatile, introrse.
next:802
797:(A)
previous:796
Leaves compound. Flowers unisexual or polygamous. Stamens 6.
797:(B)
Leaves simple.
next:798
798:(A)
previous:797
Style(s) present 1.
next:799
798:(B)
Stigma subsessile.
next:801
799:(A)
previous:798
Petals 6. Endosperm ruminate.
799:(B)
Petals 3 - 5.
next:800
800:(A)
previous:799
Ovules 3 - 15 per locule. Aril present. (Hibbertia)
800:(B)
Ovules many per locule. Aril absent. Tasmania. (Tetracarpaeaceae)
Tetracarpaeaceae
801:(A)
previous:798
Wood with vessels. Twigs on cross-section with a regular pattern of radial medullary rays, dilating in the bark. Leaves hairy or glabrous. Calyx either with distinct lobes or sepals free. Endosperm ruminate.
801:(B)
Wood without vessels. Twigs without such medullary rays. Leaves glabrous. Calyx either calyptrate and caducous, or persistent, then cup- or saucer-shaped, entire or ruptured into more or less irregular 'lobes'. Endosperm not ruminate. (Drymis, Pseudowintera)
802:(A)
previous:796
Stipules absent. Anthers with 2 longitudinal slits. Carpels dehiscent.
next:803
802:(B)
Stipules present.
next:804
803:(A)
previous:802
Filaments free. Endosperm scanty or absent.
803:(B)
Filaments connate at base. Endosperm copious. Calyx 5-partite. Brazil. (Eichleria)
804:(A)
previous:802
Calyx spatha-like. Anthers with 1 longitudinal slit. Staminodes corolloid.
804:(B)
Sepals 5. free. Anthers with 2 longitudinal slits. Staminodes absent.