Key to the Schisandraceae genera (applicable to Malesian taxa only)

1Androecium subglobose, composed of tightly compressed but free stamens (superficially appearing connate). Pseudostyle either subulate or enlarged distally to form subpeltate pseudostigma. Fruits aggregated in capitate head, without extension of the receptacle after fertilisation
1'Androecium either subglobose, composed of connate stamens, forming androecial mass with sessile anthers, or androecium composed of stamens with essentially free filaments, ± fused at base. Pseudostyle invariably subulate, without pseudostigma. Fruits borne on elongate axis, following extension of the receptacle after fertilisation