*SHOW ~ Character list. *CHARACTER LIST #1. plant: habit/ 1. shrub/ 2. small tree/ 3. epiphytic/ #2. plant: leaves: persistence/ 1. deciduous/ 2. evergreen/ 3. semi-evergreen/ #3. plant: height/ cm/ #4. branchlet: nodal spines: number/ #5. branchlet: spine: length/ mm/ #6. branchlet: internode: vestiture/ 1. spiny/ 2. prickly/ 3. unarmed/ 4. stalked glandular/ #7. branchlet: bud: length/ mm/ #8. leaves: arrangement/ 1. alternate/ 2. fascicled/ #9. leaf: petiole: length/ mm/ #10. leaf blade: shape/ 1. elliptic/ 2. lanceolate/ 3. oblong/ 4. obovate/ 5. orbicular/ 6. ovate/ 7. reniform/ 8. rhombic/ 9. triangular/ #11. leaf: blade: length/ mm/ #12. leaf: blade: width/ mm/ #13. leaf: blade: length: width ratio/ #14. leaf: blade: texture/ 1. papery/ 2. leathery/ #15. leaf blade: indumentum/ 1. appressed pubescent/ 2. bristly/ 3. ciliate/ 4. glabrous/ 5. glandular/ 6. puberulent/ 7. pubescent/ 8. spiny/ 9. tomentose/ 10. tuberculate/ 11. villous/ #16. leaf blade: base/ 1. cordate/ 2. cuneate/ 3. rounded/ 4. truncate/ #17. leaf: blade: margin/ 1. palmately lobed/ 2. not lobed/ #18. leaf blade: apex/ 1. acuminate/ 2. acute/ 3. caudate/ 4. obtuse/ #19. leaf: lobes: number/ #20. inflorescence: type/ 1. raceme/ 2. corymb/ 3. umbel/ 4. flowers clustered/ 5. flowers solitary/ #21. inflorescence: orientation/ 1. spreading/ 2. pendulous/ 3. nodding/ 4. erect/ 5. arching/ #22. inflorescence: length/ mm/ #23. inflorescence: flower: sexuality/ 1. bisexual/ 2. unisexual and shrubs dioecious/ #24. inflorescence: flowers: number/ #25. inflorescence: bract: length/ mm/ #26. inflorescence: bract: veins: number/ #27. pedicel: length/ mm/ #28. calyx: color/ 1. purple/ 2. brown/ 3. red/ 4. pink/ 5. yellow/ 6. green/ 7. white/ #29. calyx: tube: length/ mm/ #30. calyx: lobe: length/ mm/ #31. petal: color/ 1. yellow/ 2. green/ 3. white/ 4. pink/ 5. red/ 6. purple/ 7. brown/ #32. petal: length/ mm/ #33. stamen: length/ mm/ #34. fruit: color/ 1. black/ 2. purple/ 3. red/ 4. brown/ 5. yellow/ 6. green/ 7. orange/ #35. fruit: length/ mm/ #36. fruit: diam./ mm/ #37. flowering/ 1. Apr/ 2. May/ 3. Jun/ 4. Jul/ 5. Aug/ #38. fruiting/ 1. Jun/ 2. Jul/ 3. Aug/ 4. Sep/ 5. Oct/ #39. distribution: elevation/ m/ #40. distribution: provinces/ 1. Anhui/ 2. Gansu/ 3. Guangxi/ 4. Guizhou/ 5. Hebei/ 6. Heilongjiang/ 7. Henan/ 8. Hubei/ 9. Hunan/ 10. Jiangsu/ 11. Jiangxi/ 12. Jilin/ 13. Liaoning/ 14. Nei Mongol/ 15. Ningxia/ 16. Qinghai/ 17. Shaanxi/ 18. Shandong/ 19. Shanxi/ 20. Sichuan/ 21. Taiwan/ 22. Xinjiang/ 23. Xizang/ 24. Yunnan/ 25. Zhejiang/ #41. distribution: adjacent countries/ 1. Afghanistan/ 2. Bhutan/ 3. India/ 4. Japan/ 5. Kashmir/ 6. Korea/ 7. Mongolia/ 8. Myanmar/ 9. Nepal/ 10. Russia/ 11. Sikkim/