*SHOW Chloranthus - character list. 5 September 1994.

*CHARACTER LIST
#1. plant: habit/
       1. herbs/
       2. subshrubs/

#2. plant: height/
       cm high/

#3. leaves: arrangement/
       1. opposite/
       2. verticillate <whorled>/

#4. leaves: number/

#5. leaves: sessile or petiolate/
       1. sessile/
       2. petiolate/

#6. petiole: length/
       mm/

#7. leaf blade: shape/
       1. linear/
       2. linear-lanceolate/
       3. lanceolate/
       4. oblanceolate/
       5. ovate-lanceolate/
       6. ovate/
       7. obovate/
       8. obovate-elliptic/
       9. ovate-elliptic/
       10. elliptic/
       11. oblong/
       12. rhombic/
       13. orbicular/

#8. leaf blade: length/
       cm long/

#9. leaf blade: width/
       cm wide/

#10. leaf blade: indumentum/
       1. glabrous/
       2. pubescent adaxially/
       3. pubescent abaxially/
       4. pubescent on both surfaces/

#11. leaf blade: base/
       1. cuneate/
       2. broadly cuneate/
       3. rounded/
       4. obtuse/
       5. acute/

#12. leaf blade: margin/
       1. crenate/
       2. serrate/
       3. sharply serrate/
       4. serrulate/
       5. irregularly denticulate/
       6. entire/

#13. leaf blade: apex/
       1. acute/
       2. obtuse/
       3. gradually narrowed/
       4. caudate/
       5. acuminate/
       6. long acuminate/

#14. leaf blade: lateral veins: number/

#15. inflorescences: number/
       1. solitary/
       2. more than 1/

#16. inflorescences: position/
       1. terminal/
       2. axillary/
       3. terminal and axillary/

#17. peduncle: length/
       cm/

#18. bract: shape/
       1. triangular/
       2. ovate/
       3. suborbicular/
       4. obovate/
       5. flabellate/

#19. flower: color/
       1. white/
       2. yellowish green/

#20. stamens: number/
       1. 1/
       2. 2/
       3. 3/

#21. connective: attachment/
       1. free and connected/
       2. confluent/
       3. connate at base/
       4. overlapped at base/
       5. with a short appendage at apex/

#22. connective: shape/
       1. ovoid/
       2. oblong/
       3. elliptic/
       4. linear/
       5. lanceolate/

#23. connective: size/
       1. more than 5 X as long as thecae/
       2. 2-4 X as long as thecae/
       3. as long as thecae/

#24. anthers: number of cells/
       1. 1-celled/
       2. 2-celled/
       3. 3-celled/
       4. heterogeneous/

#25. style: presence/
       1. absent/
       2. present/

#26. stigma: margin/
       1. not parted/
       2. parted/
       3. absent/

#27. drupe: shape/
       1. globose/
       2. obovoid/
       3. ovoid/
       4. pyriform/
       5. subellipsoid-trigonous/

#28. drupe: size/
       cm long/

#29. flowering/
       1. Oct/
       2. Nov/
       3. Dec/
       4. Jan/
       5. Feb/
       6. Mar/
       7. Apr/
       8. May/
       9. Jun/
       10. Jul/

#30. fruiting/
       1. Jan/
       2. Feb/
       3. Mar/
       4. Apr/
       5. May/
       6. Jun/
       7. Jul/
       8. Aug/
       9. Sep/
       10. Oct/
       11. Nov/
       12. Dec/

#31. chromosome number: 2n/

#32. distribution: elevation/
       m/

#33. uses/

#34. distribution: province/
       1. Anhui/
       2. Beijing/
       3. Chongqing/
       4. Fujian/
       5. Gansu/
       6. Guangdong/
       7. Guangxi/
       8. Guizhou/
       9. Hainan/
       10. Hebei/
       11. Heilongjiang/
       12. Henan/
       13. Hong Kong/
       14. Hubei/
       15. Hunan/
       16. Jiangsu/
       17. Jiangxi/
       18. Jilin/
       19. Liaoning/
       20. Macao/
       21. Nei Mongol/
       22. Ningxia/
       23. Qinghai/
       24. Shaanxi/
       25. Shandong/
       26. Shanghai/
       27. Shanxi/
       28. Sichuan/
       29. Taiwan/
       30. Tianjin/
       31. Xinjiang/
       32. Xizang/
       33. Yunnan/
       34. Zhejiang/

#35. distribution: adjacent country/
       1. Afghanistan/
       2. Bangladesh/
       3. Bhutan/
       4. Indonesia/
       5. India/
       6. Japan/
       7. Kazakhstan/
       8. Kygyzstan/
       9. Cambodia/
       10. Laos/
       11. Sri Lanka/
       12. Myanmar/
       13. Mongolia/
       14. Malaysia/
       15. Nepal/
       16. Pakistan/
       17. Philippines/
       18. Russia/
       19. Singapore/
       20. Thailand/
       21. Tajikistan/
       22. Uzbekistan/
       23. Vietnam/
       24. Korea/
       25. Sikkim/
       26. Kashmir/

#36. leaf blade: length: width ratio/