e-Key v3 - Ke<span id="jodit_selection_marker_1706777446241_4066433034244785" data-jodit_selection_marker="start" style="line-height: 0; display: none;"></span>y to Thymelae<span id="jodit_selection_marker_1706777446241_034683352520663346" data-jodit_selection_marker="end" style="line-height: 0; display: none;"></span>aceae Genera
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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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  • Ovary 2-locular
  • Flowers pedicelled in small, terminal umbels
  • Glabrous shrub
 Peddiea
b
  • Ovary 1-locular
  • Flowers sessile or subsessile
 002
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  • Petals present in the form of fleshy or membranous outgrowths from mouth of calyx tube
 002
b
  • Petals absent
 002
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  • Petals free, 4, 5, 8 or 12
  • Mainly shrublets, often ericoid
 002
b
  • Petals usually ± united at base or in pairs
  • Erect or scandent shrubs, with expanded, sometimes membranous leaves
 002
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  • Stamens 8 or 10
  • Flowers mainly in heads
 Gnidia
b
  • Stamens 4
  • Flowers mainly in axils of upper leaves
  • Stiff hairs surround base of petals
 Struthiola
Backtrack a
  • Flowers 4-merous, in ebracteate, terminal heads or spikes
 Englerodaphne
b
  • Flowers 5-merous, axillary, solitary or fascicled
 Synaptolepis
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  • Calyx tube with scales below stamen attachment
 Lachnaea
b
  • Calyx tube without scales below stamen attachment
 002
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  • Flowers 5-merous, in pedunculate, bracteate heads
  • Shrubs or small trees, with expanded, glossy leaves
 Dais
b
  • Flowers 4(5)-merous
  • Disc absent
  • Mostly shrublets, often ericoid
 002
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  • Stamens included
  • Leaves not involute, glabrous or hairy
 Gnidia
b
  • Stamens exserted
  • Leaves involute and woolly-lined
 Passerina

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