e-Key v3 - Ke<span id="jodit_selection_marker_1706517659070_6718210220728313" data-jodit_selection_marker="start" style="line-height: 0; display: none;"></span>y to Euphorbi<span id="jodit_selection_marker_1706517659070_9277731992234151" data-jodit_selection_marker="end" style="line-height: 0; display: none;"></span>aceae Subfamilies
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Interactive keys to the identification of seed plants of southern Africa using keys based on plant morphology.
Backtrack a
  • Locules of ovary each with 2 ovules
  • Pollen grains binucleate
 002
b
  • Locules of ovary each with 1 ovule
  • Pollen grains binucleate or trinucleate
 002
Backtrack a
  • Leaves usually alternate, simple
  • Petals present or 0
  • Pollen grains not spiny
 Phyllanthoideae
b
  • Leaves often opposite, compound
  • Petals 0
  • Pollen grains spiny
 Oldfieldioideae
Backtrack a
  • Latex absent
  • Petals present or 0
  • Indumentum simple or stellate
  • Pollen grains binucleate
 Acalyphoideae
b
  • Latex present
  • Pollen grains binucleate or trinucleate
 002
Backtrack a
  • Latex reddish, yellowish or milky
  • Indumentum often stellate or lepidote
  • Petals mostly present (at least in staminate flowers)
 Crotonoideae
b
  • Latex whitish, often caustic or toxic
  • Indumentum simple or 0
  • Petals 0
 Euphorbioideae

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