The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

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Key to CELASTRACEAE

N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.

  1. Leaves alternate, entire; inflorescence terminal, many-flowered; petals white
 MORTONIA (no key)
  1' Leaves opposite, ± toothed; inflorescence axillary, 1–5-flowered; petals ± reddish
 
    2. Deciduous shrub or small tree, 2–6 m; leaf 3–14 cm; flower parts in 5's
 EUONYMUS (no key)
    2' Evergreen shrub, < 1 m; leaf 1–3 cm; flower parts in 4's
 PAXISTIMA (no key)

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