e-Key v3 - Key to <span id="jodit_selection_marker_1706707867897_912813874320662" data-jodit_selection_marker="start" style="line-height: 0; display: none;"></span>Solanaceae<span id="jodit_selection_marker_1706707867897_2718489716375869" data-jodit_selection_marker="end" style="line-height: 0; display: none;"></span> 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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  • Calyx becoming enlarged, bladdery and enclosing fruit
 002
b
  • Calyx not inflated
 002
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  • Calyx lobes with wings down the back
 *Nicandra
b
  • Calyx lobes not winged
 002
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  • Flowers fascicled
 Withania
b
  • Flowers solitary
 *Physalis
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  • Fruit a berry
 002
b
  • Fruit a capsule
 002
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  • Stamens arising in corolla mouth or throat
  • Anthers dehiscing by pores or slits
 Solanum
b
  • Stamens arising near base of corolla tube
  • Anthers dehiscing by slits
 002
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  • Herbaceous annuals or perennials
  • Corolla subrotate, lobes valvate
 *Capsicum
b
  • Shrublets, shrubs or trees
  • Corolla not as above
 002
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  • Shrubs or shrublets usually with thorn-like branchlets
  • Ovary not on stout foot within disc
 Lycium
b
  • Shrubs unarmed
  • Ovary on short, stout foot within disc
 *Cestrum
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  • Capsule armed with spines
 *Datura
b
  • Capsule unarmed
 Nicotiana

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