Keys to Dicotyledon Families
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Scott A. Mori


KEY 1. ACHLOROPHYLLOUS MAGNOLIOPSIDA


1. Plants parasitic, growing within and flowering on trunks of Flacourtiaceae. Rafflesiaceae
1. Plants terrestrial, parasitic or saprophytic, never growing on tree trunks. 2
2. Plants mushroom-like. Scale-like leaves alternate. Flowers in globular capitula; petals not fused into tube; ovaries inferior. Fruits 1-seeded achenes.
Balanophoraceae
2. Plants not mushroom-like. Scale-like leaves opposite. Flowers not in globular capitula; petals fused into tube; ovaries superior. Fruits multi-seeded capsules.
Gentianaceae (Voyria & Voyriella)

Key to Keys | Key 1. Achlorophyllous Magnoliopsida | Key 2. Herbaceous Terrestrial or Aquatic Magnoliopsida | Key 3. Climbing Magnoliopsida | Key 4. Epiphytic Magnoliopsida | Key 5. Tree Magnoliopsida | Key 6. Shrub Magnoliopsida

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