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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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- Panax
Panax
See list of 2 species in this genus-
1a. Leaflets mostly 6–15 cm long, with long petiolules, acuminate at the apex; plants 2–6 dm tall, in anthesis in July; flowers mostly bisexual; drupe red; root elongate and fusiform
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1b. Leaflets mostly 4–8 cm long, sessile or nearly so, obtuse to acute at the apex; plants 1–2 dm tall, in anthesis from late May through mid-June; flowers often unisexual and staminate; drupe yellow; root globular
Show photos of: Each photo represents one species in this genus.