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<<<Flowers>Ovary>Stigma>Stigma number

2-31
1. 004-003-003-001

<<<Flowers>Stamens>Anthers>Locule number

4-locular2
2. 004-002-003-001

<<<Flowers>Stamens>Filaments>Relative distance

expanded below and united for less than 1/2 their length in a staminal cup3
3. 004-002-002-001

<<Flowers>Ovary>Ovary number

(1-)2- to multi-ovulate4
4. 004-003-001

<<Flowers>Ovary>Stigma

stigmas .5
5. 004-003-003

<<Flowers>Ovary>Style

style short or long,6
6. 004-003-002

<<Flowers>Stamens>Anthers

anthers , introrse,7
7. 004-002-003

<<Flowers>Stamens>Filaments

filaments , rarely alternating with short teeth,8
8. 004-002-002

<<Flowers>Stamens>Pseudostaminodes

pseudostaminodia minute or absent;9
9. 004-002-004

<<Flowers>Stamens>Stamen number

510
10. 004-002-001

<<Flowers>Tepals>Tepal number

511
11. 004-001-001

<<Fruits>Seeds>Embryo

embryo annular.12
12. 005-001-003

<<Fruits>Seeds>Seed number

2 or more13
13. 005-001-001

<<Fruits>Seeds>Shape

orbicular or subovoid14
14. 005-001-002

<<Inflorescences>Bracts and bracteoles>Bract number

115
15. 003-002-001

<<Inflorescences>Bracts and bracteoles>Bracteole number

216
16. 003-002-002

<<Leaves>Stipular leaves>Shape

lanceolate or falcate17
17. 002-001-001

<Flowers>Ovary

ovary ,18
18. 004-003

<Flowers>Stamens

stamens ,19
19. 004-002

<Flowers>Tepals

tepals , free, scarious, striate;20
20. 004-001

<Fruits>Seeds

seeds , sometimes strongly compressed, , reticulate, shining, exarillate,21
21. 005-001

<Inflorescences>Bracts and bracteoles

bract and bracteoles , persistent.22
22. 003-002

<Inflorescences>Position

terminal or axillary23
23. 003-001

<Leaves>Stipular leaves

"stipular" leaves sometimes present in axils of normal leaves, .24
24. 002-001

Description

Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, sometimes climbing. Leaves alternate, entire or lobed, subsessile or petiolate; "stipular" leaves sometimes present in axils of normal leaves, lanceolate or falcate. Inflorescence of lax or dense terminal or axillary spikes, thyrses or panicles, in cultivars the spikes sometimes fasciated; bract 1 and bracteoles 2, persistent. Flowers bisexual, not aggregated into glomerules; tepals 5, free, scarious, striate; stamens 5, filaments expanded below and united for less than 1/2 their length in a staminal cup, rarely alternating with short teeth, anthers 4-locular, introrse, pseudostaminodia minute or absent; ovary (1-)2- to multi-ovulate, style short or long, stigmas 2-3. Fruit a circumscissile capsule (sometimes referred to as a utricle), sometimes thickened above; seeds 2 or more, sometimes strongly compressed, orbicular or subovoid, reticulate, shining, exarillate, embryo annular.

Distribution

Guianas present, temperate and tropical zones present
Approximately 50 species in the world's temperate and tropical zones; 1 species in the Guianas.

Flowers

Flowers bisexual, not aggregated into glomerules;25
25. 004

Fruits

Fruit a circumscissile capsule (sometimes referred to as a utricle), sometimes thickened above;26
26. 005

Habit

Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, sometimes climbing.27
27. 001

Inflorescences

Inflorescence of lax or dense spikes, thyrses or panicles, in cultivars the spikes sometimes fasciated;28
28. 003

Leaves

Leaves alternate, entire or lobed, subsessile or petiolate;29
29. 002