Leaves entire | Leaves not entire | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leaves opposite |
Leavesr not so |
Leaves opposite |
Leaves not so |
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Flowers small |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Flowers with 2-4 petals |
- | - | 95 | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Flowers with 5 petals |
- | - | - | - | - | 309 | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Flowers with more than 5 petals |
- | - | - | 178 | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | 217 | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 297 | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Flowers in umbels |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Flowers irregular |
- | - | 114 | - | - | 311 | - | - |
- | - | - | 221 | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | 235 | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Flowers daisy-like or dandelion-like |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 363 | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 480 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Flowers different |
- | - | 121 | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | 223 | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | 149 | 239 | - | - | - | - | |
- | 91 | - | - | - | - | - | 506 |
Using only the following four criteria
- colour of flower
- form of flower
- positioning of leaves
- type of leaf margin
a simple table permits access to 256 different groups of plants. They separate the species in a way that allows plant identification directly or with only a few subsequent steps on the page number shown in the table.