Habit: tree, shrub
Important diagnostics: aromatic oil
Taxon group: dicots
Leaf: position: opposite, alternate
Leaf: blade: margin: entire
Leaf: other characters: with pellucid or glandular dots or lines
Leaf: stipules: absent
Flowers: inflorescence: solitary
Flowers: sexuality: bisexual, polygamous
Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic
Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 4, 5, 6, 7+
Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 0, 4, 5
Flowers: petal nature: imbricate
Stamen: arrangement: antepetalous
Stamen: anthers: opening by longitudinal slits, opening by apical pores
Pistil: carpel: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6+
Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed, 2-loculed, 3-loculed, 4-loculed, 5-loculed, 6-loculed, 7+ loculed
Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule, 2 per locule, 3 per locule, 4+ per locule
Pistil: pistil: ovules parietal placentation, ovules axillary placentation
Ovary: position: half-inferior, inferior
Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.), a nut (incl. achene, caryopsis, schizocarp, pyrene, etc.), fleshy (berry, drupe, pome)
Fruit: seed: 1 seed, 2 seeds, 3 seeds, 4+ seeds
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Dictionary of The Families & Genera of Chinese Seed Plants: Link
Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link
