*SHOW Cotoneaster - character list. 19 December 2000.

*CHARACTER LIST
#1. genus/
       1. Amelanchier/
       2. Chaenomeles/
       3. Cotoneaster/
       4. Crataegus/
       5. Cydonia/
       6. Dichotomanthes/
       7. Docynia/
       8. Eriobotrya/
       9. Malus/
       10. Osteomeles/
       11. Photinia/
       12. Pyracantha/
       13. Pyrus/
       14. Rhaphiolepis/
       15. Sorbus/
       16. Stranvaesia/

#2. plant: habit/
       1. shrubs/
       2. small trees/
       3. trees/

#3. plant: height/
       cm tall/

#4. thorns: length/
       mm/

#5. bud: length/
       mm/

#6. stipule: length/
       mm/

#7. leaf: longevity/
       1. deciduous/
       2. persistent/
       3. semi-persistent/

#8. petiole: length/
       mm/

#9. leaf: division/
       1. simple/
       2. compound/

#10. pairs of leaflets: number/

#11. interval: between leaflets/
       cm/

#12. leaf or leaflet: shape/
       1. elliptic/
       2. lanceolate/
       3. linear/
       4. lorate/
       5. oblanceolate/
       6. oblong/
       7. obovate/
       8. orbicular/
       9. ovate/
       10. rhombic/
       11. spatulate/
       12. triangular/

#13. leaf or leaflet: length/
       cm/

#14. leaf or leaflet: width/
       cm/

#15. blade: length: width ratio/

#16. leaf blade: abaxial indumentum: glabrous or pubescent/
       1. glabrous/
       2. pubescent/

#17. leaf blade: abaxial indumentum: type/
       1. appressed pilose/
       2. appressed pubescent/
       3. appressed strigose/
       4. appressed tomentose/
       5. appressed villous/
       6. barbate/
       7. cottony/
       8. floccose/
       9. flocculose/
       10. hirsute/
       11. hirtellous/
       12. lanate/
       13. lanuginose/
       14. long hairy/
       15. papillose/
       16. pilose/
       17. puberulent/
       18. puberulous/
       19. soft hairy/
       20. strigose/
       21. tomentulose/
       22. tomentose/
       23. villous/
       24. with glands/

#18. leaf blade: abaxial indumentum: color/
       1. brown/
       2. gray/
       3. green/
       4. red/
       5. rusty/
       6. silvery/
       7. white/
       8. yellow/

#19. leaf blade: adaxial indumentum: glabrous or pubescent/
       1. glabrous/
       2. pubescent/

#20. leaf blade: adaxial indumentum: type/
       1. appressed pilose/
       2. appressed pubescent/
       3. appressed strigose/
       4. appressed villous/
       5. cottony/
       6. flocculose/
       7. hirtellous/
       8. lanate/
       9. lanuginose/
       10. long hairy/
       11. pilose/
       12. puberulent/
       13. puberulous/
       14. soft hairy/
       15. strigose/
       16. tomentose/
       17. tomentulose/
       18. villous/
       19. with glands/

#21. lateral veins: number of pairs/

#22. leaf or leaflet: blade: base/
       1. attenuate/
       2. cordate/
       3. cuneate/
       4. oblique/
       5. obtuse/
       6. rounded/
       7. truncate/

#23. leaf or leaflet: margin (at least in part)/
       1. crenate/
       2. crenulate/
       3. dentate/
       4. entire/
       5. incised/
       6. lobed/
       7. revolute/
       8. serrate/
       9. serrulate/
       10. spiny/
       11. undulate/

#24. teeth: number per side/

#25. leaf or leaflet: apex/
       1. acuminate/
       2. acute/
       3. apiculate/
       4. aristate/
       5. caudate/
       6. emarginate/
       7. mucronate/
       8. mucronulate/
       9. obtuse/
       10. rounded/
       11. truncate/

#26. inflorescence: length/
       mm/

#27. inflorescence: diam./
       mm/

#28. bract: length/
       mm/

#29. flowers: number per inflorescence/

#30. pedicel: length/
       mm/

#31. flower: diameter/
       mm/

#32. hypanthium: length/
       mm/

#33. sepal: length/
       mm/

#34. petal: color/
       1. red/
       2. pink/
       3. white/
       4. yellowish/
       5. brown/
       6. purplish/
       7. greenish/

#35. petal: length/
       mm/

#36. petal: width/
       mm/

#37. stamens: number/

#38. filament: length/
       mm/

#39. ovary: number of locules/

#40. ovules: number per locule/

#41. styles: number/

#42. fruit: type/
       1. berry-like with pyrenes/
       2. a pome/

#43. fruit: color/
       1. red/
       2. orange/
       3. yellow/
       4. purplish/
       5. brown/
       6. bluish/
       7. black/
       8. green/
       9. white/
       10. pinkish/

#44. fruit: length/
       mm/

#45. fruit: diam./
       mm/

#46. pyrenes: number/

#47. seeds: number/

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

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

#50. distribution: elevation/
       m/

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

#52. distribution: adjacent country/
       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/