星叶草科

Habit: herb

Taxon group: dicots

Leaf: position: tufted

Leaf: blade: margin: dentate

Flowers: inflorescence: solitary

Flowers: sexuality: bisexual

Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic

Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 2

Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 0

Stamen: number: 1, 2

Pistil: carpel: 1, 2, 3

Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed

Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule

Pistil: pistil: ovules attached to the apex of the ovary

Ovary: position: superior

Fruit: types and characters: a nut (incl. achene, caryopsis, schizocarp, pyrene, etc.)

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Dictionary of The Families & Genera of Chinese Seed Plants: Link

Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link