*SHOW Saururaceae - character list. 14 November 1994.

*CHARACTER LIST
#1. plant: posture/
       1. erect/
       2. ascending/
       3. prostrate/

#2. plant: height/
       cm high/

#3. plant: clonal type/
       1. rhizomatous/
       2. stoloniferous/

#4. stipule: length/
       cm/

#5. petiole: length/
       cm/

#6. petiole: relative size/
       1. nearly as long as leaf blade/
       2. longer than leaf blade/
       3. shorter than leaf blade/

#7. leaf blade: shape/
       1. elliptic-oblong/
       2. ovate-lanceolate/
       3. ovate/
       4. broadly ovate/
       5. ovate-cordate/
       6. reniform-cordate/
       7. cordate/

#8. leaf: length/
       cm/

#9. leaf: width/
       cm/

#10. leaf: glands/
       1. densely glandular/
       2. more or less glandular/

#11. leaf: base/
       1. rounded/
       2. cordate/
       3. oblique-cordate/
       4. auriculate/
       5. deeply auriculate/

#12. leaf: apex/
       1. acuminate/
       2. short acuminate/
       3. acute/
       4. broadly acute/
       5. rounded/

#13. leaf: number of veins/

#14. apical leaves: color at anthesis/
       1. petal-like, white at anthesis/
       2. not white at anthesis/

#15. inflorescence: type/
       1. racemes/
       2. spikes/

#16. inflorescence: length/
       cm/

#17. peduncle: length/
       cm/

#18. bract beneath each flower: shape/
       1. orbicular/
       2. navicular/
       3. spatulate/
       4. oblanceolate/
       5. oblong/
       6. obovate/
       7. obovate-oblong/
       8. nearly ligulate/
       9. ovate/
       10. linear and terete/

#19. bracts at base of inflorescence: presence/
       1. present/
       2. absent/

#20. stamens: number/

#21. stamens: relative length/
       1. shorter than styles/
       2. longer than styles/

#22. filament: relative size/
       1. shorter than anthers/
       2. ca. as long as anthers/
       3. slightly longer than anthers/
       4. ca. 3 X as long as anthers/

#23. pistils: number/

#24. carpels: number/

#25. ovary: position/
       1. superior/
       2. inferior/

#26. ovary: locules: number/

#27. ovary: placentae: number/

#28. styles: number/

#29. fruit: type/
       1. 3 or 4 schizocarps/
       2. dehiscent capsules/

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

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

#32. distribution: elevation/
       m/

#33. distribution: province/
       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/

#34. 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/

#35. distribution: general regions/
       1. Asia/
       2. W North America/
       3. E North America/
       4. Africa (Madagascar)/
       5. North America/
       6. Pacific Islands/

#36. leaf blade: length: width ratio/