Habit: herb
Important diagnostics: with milky juice, spathaceous
Taxon group: monocots
Stem: rhizome, tuberous
Leaf: position: alternate, distichous, ensiform, basal, cauline
Leaf: blade: margin: entire, lobed, cleft, parted or divided
Flowers: inflorescence: spadix
Flowers: sexuality: bisexual, unisexual
Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic
Flowers: perianth number: 0
Flower: bract: absent
Stamen: number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10+
Stamen: filaments: connate into 1 tube or bundle
Pistil: carpel: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6+
Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule, 2 per locule, 3 per locule, 4+ per locule
Fruit: types and characters: fleshy (berry, drupe, pome)
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