Habit: shrub
Important diagnostics: scale-like leaves, spiny stems or leaves
Taxon group: dicots
Leaf: position: alternate, tufted
Leaf: nature: simple
Leaf: blade: margin: lobed, cleft, parted or divided
Leaf: stipules: absent
Flowers: inflorescence: solitary, raceme
Flowers: sexuality: bisexual, unisexual
Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 4, 5
Stamen: number: 4, 5
Stamen: arrangement: alternate or antesepalous, same number as petals or sepals
Pistil: style: styles more than 1
Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed
Pistil: pistil: ovules parietal placentation
Ovary: position: inferior
Fruit: types and characters: fleshy (berry, drupe, pome)
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Dictionary of The Families & Genera of Chinese Seed Plants: Link
Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link
