e-Key v3 - Key to Euphorbiaceae Subfamilies
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Interactive keys to the identification of seed plants of southern Africa using keys based on plant morphology.
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  • Locules of ovary each with 2 ovules
  • Pollen grains binucleate
b
  • Locules of ovary each with 1 ovule
  • Pollen grains binucleate or trinucleate
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  • Leaves usually alternate, simple
  • Petals present or 0
  • Pollen grains not spiny
b
  • Leaves often opposite, compound
  • Petals 0
  • Pollen grains spiny
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  • Latex absent
  • Petals present or 0
  • Indumentum simple or stellate
  • Pollen grains binucleate
b
  • Latex present
  • Pollen grains binucleate or trinucleate
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  • Latex reddish, yellowish or milky
  • Indumentum often stellate or lepidote
  • Petals mostly present (at least in staminate flowers)
b
  • Latex whitish, often caustic or toxic
  • Indumentum simple or 0
  • Petals 0