*SHOW Cotoneaster - character list. 19 December 2000.

*CHARACTER LIST
#1. plant: habit/
       1. shrubs/
       2. small trees/

#2. leaf: persistence/
       1. deciduous/
       2. semi-evergreen/
       3. evergreen/

#3. stem: posture/
       1. erect/
       2. decumbent/
       3. prostrate/
       4. tufted/

#4. plant: height [cm]/
       cm tall/

#5. stem: branching/
       1. irregularly branched/
       2. distichously branched/
       3. branches spreading/
       4. branches horizontally spreading/
       5. branches ascending/
       6. much branched/
       7. branches arching/
       8. sparsely branched/

#6. branches: color/
       1. red/
       2. green/
       3. brown/
       4. black/
       5. gray/
       6. purple/

#7. branches: indumentum/
       1. tomentose/
       2. yellow tomentose/
       3. white tomentose/
       4. strigose/
       5. yellowish strigose/
       6. whitish strigose/
       7. villous/
       8. yellowish villous/
       9. whitish villous/
       10. pilose/
       11. puberulous/
       12. glabrescent/
       13. subglabrous/
       14. glabrous/
       15. verruculose/
       16. yellow-gray appressed-tomentose/

#8. branchlets: color/
       1. red/
       2. green/
       3. brown/
       4. black/
       5. gray/
       6. purple/

#9. branchlets: indumentum/
       1. tomentose/
       2. yellow tomentose/
       3. white tomentose/
       4. strigose/
       5. yellowish strigose/
       6. whitish strigose/
       7. villous/
       8. yellowish villous/
       9. whitish villous/
       10. pilose/
       11. puberulous/
       12. glabrescent/
       13. subglabrous/
       14. glabrous/
       15. verruculose/
       16. yellow-gray appressed tomentose/
       17. gray tomentose/
       18. yellow pubescent/
       19. appressed pubescent/
       20. red-brown pubescent/
       21. white pubescent/
       22. pubescent/
       23. gray-yellow appressed villous/
       24. greenish gray appressed tomentose/
       25. gray villous/
       26. yellowish appressed pilose/
       27. accumbent strigose/
       28. appressed villous/
       29. gray-yellow strigose-villous/
       30. brownish yellow strigose/

#10. stipule: length [mm]/
       mm/

#11. stipule: persistence/
       1. persistent/
       2. caducous/

#12. petiole: length [mm]/
       mm/

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

#14. leaf blade: length [cm]/
       cm long/

#15. leaf blade: width [cm]/
       cm wide/

#16. leaf: texture/
       1. leathery/
       2. papery/
       3. herbaceous/
       4. bullate/
       5. rugose/
       6. shiny/
       7. deeply rugose/
       8. membranous/

#17. leaf: abaxial surface: indumentum/
       1. tomentose/
       2. yellow tomentose/
       3. white tomentose/
       4. strigose/
       5. yellowish strigose/
       6. whitish strigose/
       7. villous/
       8. yellowish villous/
       9. whitish villous/
       10. pilose/
       11. puberulous/
       12. glabrescent/
       13. subglabrous/
       14. glabrous/
       15. gray tomentose/
       16. with bloom/
       17. pubescent/
       18. gray appressed-tomentose/
       19. silvery tomentose/
       20. yellow-gray tomentose/
       21. greenish gray tomentose/
       22. appressed pilose/
       23. gray pubescent/
       24. white pubescent/
       25. yellow-gray appressed villous/
       26. accumbent pubescent/
       27. appressed strigose-villous/
       28. appressed villous/
       29. hirtellous/
       30. appressed strigose-pilose/

#18. leaf: adaxial surface: indumentum/
       1. tomentose/
       2. yellow tomentose/
       3. white tomentose/
       4. strigose/
       5. yellowish strigose/
       6. whitish strigose/
       7. villous/
       8. yellowish villous/
       9. whitish villous/
       10. pilose/
       11. puberulous/
       12. glabrescent/
       13. subglabrous/
       14. glabrous/
       15. gray tomentose/
       16. with bloom/
       17. with few hairs/
       18. lucid/
       19. pubescent/
       20. appressed pubescent/
       21. appressed tomentose/
       22. appressed pilose/
       23. appressed strigose-villous/
       24. appressed villous/
       25. hirtellous/
       26. yellowish pilose/

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

#20. leaf blade: margin/
       1. undulate/
       2. revolute/
       3. not undulate/
       4. not revolute/
       5. entire/

#21. leaf blade: apex/
       1. mucronate/
       2. mucronulate/
       3. acuminate/
       4. acute/
       5. obtuse/
       6. rounded/
       7. emarginate/
       8. apiculate/

#22. leaf blade: lateral veins: number of pairs/

#23. leaf blade: abaxial veins/
       1. raised/
       2. prominently raised/
       3. conspicuous/
       4. inconspicuous/

#24. leaf blade: adaxial veins/
       1. deeply impressed/
       2. impressed/
       3. conspicuous/
       4. inconspicuous/

#25. inflorescence: position/
       1. terminal/
       2. axillary/

#26. inflorescence: type/
       1. cymose/
       2. corymbose/
       3. flowers fascicled/
       4. flower solitary/
       5. compound/
       6. racemose/

#27. inflorescence: flowers: number/

#28. inflorescence: rachis: indumentum/
       1. tomentose/
       2. yellow tomentose/
       3. white tomentose/
       4. strigose/
       5. yellowish strigose/
       6. whitish strigose/
       7. villous/
       8. yellowish villous/
       9. whitish villous/
       10. pilose/
       11. puberulous/
       12. glabrescent/
       13. subglabrous/
       14. glabrous/
       15. gray tomentose/
       16. with bloom/
       17. pubescent/
       18. yellowish pubescent/
       19. whitish pubescent/
       20. appressed villous/
       21. hirsute/

#29. pedicel: indumentum/
       1. tomentose/
       2. yellow tomentose/
       3. white tomentose/
       4. strigose/
       5. yellowish strigose/
       6. whitish strigose/
       7. villous/
       8. yellowish villous/
       9. whitish villous/
       10. pilose/
       11. puberulous/
       12. glabrescent/
       13. subglabrous/
       14. glabrous/
       15. gray tomentose/
       16. with bloom/
       17. pubescent/
       18. yellowish pubescent/
       19. whitish pubescent/
       20. appressed villous/
       21. hirsute/

#30. hypanthium: indumentum/
       1. tomentose/
       2. yellow tomentose/
       3. white tomentose/
       4. strigose/
       5. yellowish strigose/
       6. whitish strigose/
       7. villous/
       8. yellowish villous/
       9. whitish villous/
       10. pilose/
       11. puberulous/
       12. glabrescent/
       13. subglabrous/
       14. glabrous/
       15. gray tomentose/
       16. with bloom/
       17. pubescent/
       18. appressed villous/
       19. appressed hairy/
       20. gray pubescent/
       21. white pubescent/

#31. calyx tube: shape/
       1. campanulate/
       2. turbinate/
       3. cylindric/

#32. petals: color/
       1. red/
       2. pink/
       3. white/
       4. brown/

#33. petals: orientation/
       1. spreading/
       2. erect/
       3. divaricate/

#34. stamens: number/

#35. anthers: color/
       1. purple/
       2. red/
       3. yellow/
       4. white/
       5. pink/

#36. styles: number/

#37. carpels: number/

#38. fruit: color/
       1. red/
       2. dark red/
       3. bright red/
       4. orange/
       5. brown/
       6. black/
       7. purple/
       8. yellow/
       9. blue/

#39. fruit: shape/
       1. globose/
       2. subglobose/
       3. ovoid/
       4. obovoid/
       5. oblong/
       6. pyriform/
       7. ellipsoid/
       8. turbinate/

#40. pyrenes: number/

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

#42. fruiting/
       1. May/
       2. Jun/
       3. Jul/
       4. Aug/
       5. Sep/
       6. Oct/
       7. Nov/
       8. Dec/

#43. distribution: habitat/

#44. distribution: elevation [m]/
       m/

#45. distribution: provinces/
       1. Anhui/
       2. Fujian/
       3. Gansu/
       4. Guangdong/
       5. Guangxi/
       6. Guizhou/
       7. Hainan/
       8. Hebei/
       9. Heilongjiang/
       10. Henan/
       11. Hubei/
       12. Hunan/
       13. Jiangsu/
       14. Jiangxi/
       15. Jilin/
       16. Liaoning/
       17. Nei Mongol/
       18. Ningxia/
       19. Qinghai/
       20. Shaanxi/
       21. Shandong/
       22. Shanxi/
       23. Sichuan/
       24. Taiwan/
       25. Xinjiang/
       26. Xizang/
       27. Yunnan/
       28. Zhejiang/

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

#47. distribution: general regions/
       1. Asia/
       2. Europe/
       3. North America/

#48. pedicel: length/
       mm/

#49. branches: presence or absence of hairs/
       1. glabrous/
       2. pubescent/

#50. branchlets: presence or absence of hairs/
       1. glabrous/
       2. pubescent/

#51. leaf blade: adaxial surface: without or with hairs/
       1. glabrous/
       2. pubescent/

#52. leaf blade: abaxial surface: without or with hairs/
       1. glabrous/
       2. pubescent/

#53. inflorescence: rachis: without or with hairs/
       1. glabrous/
       2. pubescent/

#54. pedicel: without or with hairs/
       1. glabrous/
       2. pubescent/

#55. hypanthium: without or with hairs/
       1. glabrous/
       2. pubescent/

#56. branch: indumentum type/
       1. tomentose/
       2. strigose/
       3. villous/
       4. pilose/
       5. puberulous/
       6. verruculose/

#57. branchlet: indumentum type/
       1. tomentose/
       2. strigose/
       3. villous/
       4. pilose/
       5. puberulous/
       6. verruculose/

#58. leaf: abaxial surface: indumentum type/
       1. tomentose/
       2. strigose/
       3. villous/
       4. pilose/
       5. puberulous/
       6. verruculose/
       7. hirtellous/

#59. leaf: adaxial surface: indumentum type/
       1. tomentose/
       2. strigose/
       3. villous/
       4. pilose/
       5. puberulous/
       6. verruculose/
       7. hirtellous/

#60. inflorescence: rachis: indumentum type/
       1. tomentose/
       2. strigose/
       3. villous/
       4. pilose/
       5. puberulous/
       6. verruculose/
       7. hirsute/

#61. hypanthium: indumentum type/
       1. tomentose/
       2. strigose/
       3. villous/
       4. pilose/
       5. puberulous/
       6. verruculose/

#62. fruit: diam. [mm]/
       mm in diam./

#63. leaf blade: length: width ratio/

#64. pedicel: indumentum: type/
       1. glabrescent/
       2. glabrous/
       3. hirsute/
       4. pilose/
       5. puberulous/
       6. pubescent/
       7. strigose/
       8. subglabrous/
       9. tomentose/
       10. appressed villous/
       11. villous/
       12. with bloom/

#65. pedicel: indumentum: color/
       1. gray/
       2. white/
       3. yellow/

#66. branchlet: indumentum: color/
       1. brown/
       2. gray/
       3. green/
       4. red/
       5. white/
       6. yellow/

#67. leaf: abaxial surface: indumentum: color/
       1. gray/
       2. green/
       3. silvery/
       4. white/
       5. yellow/

#68. leaf: adaxial surface: indumentum: color/
       1. gray/
       2. white/
       3. yellow/

#69. inflorescence: rachis: indumentum: color/
       1. gray/
       2. white/
       3. yellow/

#70. hypanthium: indumentum: color/
       1. gray/
       2. white/
       3. yellow/