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- Group 1Lycophytes, Monilophytes
- Group 2Gymnosperms
- Group 3Monocots
- Group 4Woody angiosperms with opposite or whorled leaves
- Group 5Woody angiosperms with alternate leaves
- Group 6Herbaceous angiosperms with inferior ovaries
- Group 7Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries and zygomorphic flowers
- Group 8Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, and 2 or more distinct carpels
- Group 9Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, connate petals, and a solitary carpel or 2 or more connate carpels
- Group 10Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, distinct petals or the petals lacking, and 2 or more connate carpels
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- Celastraceae
Celastraceae
See list of 2 genera in this family-
1a. Leaves alternate; perianth 5-merous; fruit an orange or orange-yellow capsule; some of the flowers unisexual; plants lianas by means of twining stems with terete branchlets
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1b. Leaves opposite [Fig. 582]; perianth 4-merous; fruit a pink or purple capsule; flowers bisexual; plants upright shrubs (liana usually by means of aerial roots in 1 species) often with quadrangular or 4-winged branchlets
Show photos of: Each photo represents one genus in this family.