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ヤマグルマ科 Trochodendraceae は常緑の小高木。葉は互生、単葉で、托葉はありません。花は頂生の短い総状花序につき、長い小花梗をもち、小型で両性、花被はありません。雄しべは多数、心皮は5～10個、1輪にならび、下部は互いに癒合...

The Proteaceae family consists entirely of evergreen plants, mostly woody, with some herbaceous. The flowers are bisexual, with a tubular perianth (without distinction between sepals and petals) that is four-lobed at the tip, each bearing a single stamen. The pistil is single, with a superior ovary, and develops into fruits such as nuts. The inflorescence is a raceme or spike...

スズカケノキ科 Platanaceae は落葉高木。北アメリカ・ヨーロッパ南東部・トルコと、ベトナム付近（1種のみ）の温帯に隔離分布します。また街路樹・公園樹などとして世界的に栽培されている種類もあります。葉は互生。花は単性で小型の風媒花で...

ハス科 Nelumbonaceae は多年生の水草。ハス属 Nelumboを含み、北米原産のキバナハス Nelumbo lutea と、アジアに広く分布するハス Nelumbo nucifera を含む唯一の現存する種です。化石種として4つ...

The family Sabiaceae consists of trees, shrubs, and sometimes climbing woody plants. Leaves are alternate, simple or pinnately compound, and lack stipules. They produce cymes or racemes, sometimes panicles. Flowers are usually bisexual, sometimes unisexual, and bilaterally symmetrical. Sepals are 2-5, sometimes fused at the base, and arranged in a tile-like pattern. Petals are 4...

The Ranunculaceae family mostly consists of perennial herbs, but some are annuals or biennials, and occasionally shrubs. Leaves can be alternate or opposite, and leaf shape varies considerably. Flowers are radially or bilaterally symmetrical, and many have sepals that resemble petals. Some petals are missing...

Berberidaceae are perennial herbs or shrubs. Their leaves are alternate and can be simple or compound. The sepals are arranged in groups of three in 3-4 whorls, or two in 4 whorls; the outer 1-2 whorls are smaller and fall off quickly during flowering, while the inner 2 whorls are larger and petal-like. The petals are 2 or...

ツヅラフジ科 Menispermaceae は常緑または落葉のつる性木本、まれに直立の低木のものがあります。葉は互生し、単葉で掌状脈があります。托葉はありません。花序は腋生するものが多い。ふつう雌雄異株。果実は核果。熱帯地方に多く71属約4...

The Lardizabalaceae family consists mainly of climbing woody plants, with shrubs being rare. The leaves are trifoliate or palmately compound with five leaflets. The flowers are unisexual, monoecious, and borne in racemes, radially symmetrical and trimeral. The sepals are petal-like. The fruit is an ellipsoidal berry with a fleshy pericarp. (Eastern Asia...).