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- Group 1Lycophytes, Monilophytes
- Group 2Gymnosperms
- Group 3Monocots
- Group 4Woody angiosperms with opposite or whorled leaves
- Group 5Woody angiosperms with alternate leaves
- Group 6Herbaceous angiosperms with inferior ovaries
- Group 7Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries and zygomorphic flowers
- Group 8Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, and 2 or more distinct carpels
- Group 9Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, connate petals, and a solitary carpel or 2 or more connate carpels
- Group 10Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, distinct petals or the petals lacking, and 2 or more connate carpels
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Aconitum
See list of 2 species in this genus-
1a. Leaf blades compound or lobed with very deep sinuses, usually with less than 2 (–4) mm of tissue from the base of the sinus to the base of the blade, the central leaflet or lobe lobed again with sinuses extending more than ½ the distance to the midrib of the lobe; stems erect; seeds winged on the angles and rugose on the faces, but without thin plates and ridge segments
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1b. Leaf blades lobed with moderately deep sinuses, usually with more than 2 mm of tissue from the base of the sinus to the base of the blade, the central lobe toothed or lobed with sinuses extending less than ½ the distance to the midrib of the lobe; stems erect, reclining, or climbing; seeds ornamented with thin plates and ridge segments
Show photos of: Each photo represents one species in this genus.