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Vascular plant groups
Club mosses
Ferns
Vegetative key to families
Gymnosperms
Flowering plants
Genera
Families
Apocynaceae
Styles
connate
above; plants with white yellow or orange latex ( latex exudes in a globule on top of the broken stem or stalk; ordinary sap does not form a globule) (includes Asclepiadaceae)
Apocynaceae
consider the other alternative
Pollen consolidated into sac like pollinia, two pollina per
anther
;
corona
present
consider the other alternative
Corolla
and
corona
not blue
consider the other alternative
Erect shrubs or herbs
choose this alternative
reject this alternative
Corolla
not reflexed at anthesis; up to 6 mm diam.
Follicle
smooth
ovoid
to elongated. Leaves with glands at base of midvein
Marsdenia
choose this alternative
reject this alternative
Corolla
reflexed at anthesis; more than 8 mm diam.
Follicle
smooth and elongated or
ovoid
and with spines. Leaves without glands at base of midvein