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Vines and Climbing Plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

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<strong>Vines</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Climbing</strong> <strong>Plants</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Puerto</strong> <strong>Rico</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Virgin</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s 45<br />

25a. <strong>Plants</strong> climbing by tendrils ............................................................................................................ 26<br />

25b. <strong>Plants</strong> twining or sc<strong>and</strong>ent or clambering .................................................................................... 30<br />

26a. Tendrils opposite <strong>the</strong> leaves ................................................................................................ Vitaceae<br />

26b. Tendrils axillary (or in axillary inflorescences) or lateral to <strong>the</strong> leaves ...................................... 27<br />

27a. Tendrils lateral to or subopposite <strong>the</strong> leaves, usually branched ............................. Cucurbitaceae<br />

27b. Tendrils axillary ............................................................................................................................. 28<br />

28a. Base <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> petiole forming an ocrea around <strong>the</strong> stem; tendrils representing a modification <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

distal portion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> inflorescence axis ....................................................................... Polygonaceae<br />

28b. Base <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> petiole not covering <strong>the</strong> stem to form an ocrea; tendrils not forming part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

inflorescences ................................................................................................................................... 29<br />

29a. Tendrils spiral-shaped; flowers with a corona <strong>and</strong> an <strong>and</strong>rogynophore ................ Passifloraceae<br />

29b. Tendrils spirally twisted; flowers with nei<strong>the</strong>r a corona nor an <strong>and</strong>rogynophore, stamens <strong>and</strong><br />

ovary sessile on <strong>the</strong> receptacle ....................................................................................... Rhamnaceae<br />

30a. <strong>Plants</strong> clambering or sc<strong>and</strong>ent ...................................................................................................... 31<br />

30b. <strong>Plants</strong> twining ................................................................................................................................ 37<br />

31a. Ovary inferior ................................................................................................................................. 32<br />

31a. Ovary superior................................................................................................................................ 33<br />

32a. Flowers aggregated in a head or capitulum, with a receptacle in common; fruits dry, crowned with<br />

a tuft <strong>of</strong> scales or plumose hairs ...................................................................................... Asteraceae<br />

32b. Flowers in corymbs; fruits fleshy, crowned by <strong>the</strong> calyx lobes ...................................... Ericaceae<br />

33a. Flowers apetalous or with tepals (not discernible as a calyx <strong>and</strong> corolla)................................... 34<br />

33b. Flowers with a calyx <strong>and</strong> corolla................................................................................................... 36<br />

34a. Branches <strong>and</strong> main stem with a pair <strong>of</strong> spines in <strong>the</strong> leaf axils; fruits orange when ripe .... Ulmaceae<br />

34b. Branches without spines; fruits violet or yellowish when ripe .................................................... 35<br />

35a. Perianth <strong>of</strong> 5 yellowish tepals, ovate-lanceolate, concave, with a keel along <strong>the</strong>ir dorsal portion;<br />

stigmas 2, elongate, recurved; fruits membranaceous, circumscissile, yellowish ... Amaranthaceae<br />

35b. Perianth <strong>of</strong> 4 white tepals, oblong-elliptical, without a dorsal keel; stigma sessile, capitate; fruits<br />

fleshy, indehiscent, dark purple ................................................................................ Phytolaccaceae<br />

36a. Corolla gamopetalous; stamens 5; ovary sessile on <strong>the</strong> floral receptacle; fruit an indehiscent<br />

berry...................................................................................................................... Boraginaceae<br />

36b. Corolla <strong>of</strong> free petals; stamens numerous; ovary borne on a gynophore; fruit a dehiscent follicle<br />

........................................................................................................................ Capparaceae<br />

37a. Corolla absent ................................................................................................................................ 38<br />

37b. Corolla present ............................................................................................................................... 39<br />

38a. Calyx well developed, elongate, tubular, <strong>the</strong> limb exp<strong>and</strong>ed or with a pendulous tail; flowers<br />

usually solitary ........................................................................................................ Aristolochiaceae<br />

38b. Calyx minute; flowers usually aggregated in an inflorescence with showy bracts ....... Euphorbiaceae

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