Flora of Zimbabwe: Utilities: All spot-characters search results

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Spot idSpot character
No. of records
0Succulent
219
1Climbing
221
2Trees
982
3Parasitic
141
4Myco-heterotrophic ("saprophytic")
8
5Without chlorophyll
14
6Aquatic
75
9Bearing tendrils
152
10Bearing distinctly bent hooks
2
11Bearing hardened petioles
1
13Epiphytic
154
14Lithophytic
196
16Annuals
66
17Biennials
3
18Lianes
90
19Perennials
190
20Shrub over 2 m
488
21Shrub under 2 m
183
22Terrestrial (used in the Pteridophyta and Orchidaceae only)
420
23Cushion plants
3
24Plant dioecious
22
25Plant monoecious
12
26Plant a mangrove
7
100Trunk with bark peeling off in papery pieces
3
101Trunk with large knob-like projections (which may bear thorns)
13
102Trunk or branches with corky bark
3
103Stem winged
15
104Stem square
50
105Stem absent or very short, with a basal rosette, the flowers borne on peduncles
5
109Prickles or spines on trunk or stems
196
110Forked prickles or spines on trunk, stems
1
111Trunk or branches bearing flowers (cauliflory)
15
200White sap
209
201Yellow sap
4
202Orange-brown sap
1
300Foetid
39
301Lemon-scented
8
302Aromatic? E.g. labiatae
2
400Stellate or dendritic hairs
126
401Medifixed hairs
12
403Y-shaped (or forked) hairs
1
404Stinging (urticating) hairs
14
405Hooked hairs
1
406Hairs with bulbous bases
2
408Bearing scales
10
500Stipules intrapetiolar
2
502Stipules pinnate
2
503Stipules interpetiolar
5
504Stipules (or pseudostipules) present in families generally without stipules
4
505Stipules present
124
506Stipules absent
52
507Stipules auriculate, amplexicaul or semi-amplexicaul
2
508Stipules fimbriate or laciniate
2
509Stipules bifid or with 2 lobes
7
510Stipules conspicuous
4
600Petiole channelled above
4
601Petiole (markedly) swollen at apex
2
604Petiole and/or rhachis winged
28
605Petiole and/or rhachis bearing glands
11
700Leaves reduced to scales or 0
74
701Leaves whorled
38
702Leaves both alternate and whorled or opposite on same plant
3
703Leaves alternate in families with generally opposite leaves
2
704Leaves opposite in families with generally alternate leaves
2
705Leaves anisophyllous
1
706Leaves peltate
19
707Leaves both simple and compound on the same plant
13
708Leaves 3-foliolate
80
709Leaves imparipinnate with more than 3 leaflets
64
710Leaves paripinnate with 2 leaflets only
10
711Leaves paripinnate with more than 2 leaflets
73
712Leaves digitately compound with more than 3 leaflets
48
713Leaves palmately lobed
46
714Leaves pedate
4
715Leaves pinnatifid
11
717Leaves 2(-3 or more) pinnate
111
718Leaves simple (or 1-foliolate) in predominantly compound families or genera
35
719Leaves with translucent gland dots (visible when held up to light)
33
720Leaves with translucent streaks or lines (visible when held up to light)
5
721Leaves bearing spines or prickles
14
722Leaves with domatia
72
723Leaves with markedly rough surfaces
3
724Leaves (or leaflets) consistently emarginate (i.e. excluding plants with rarely emarginate leaves)
4
725Leaves sensitive
9
726Leaves ericoid
30
728Leaves bullate
1
729Leaves plicate
9
730Leaves turning black on drying
19
731Young leaves flushing red/ reddish-brown
1
734Leaves (or leaflets in compound leaves) 3(-5)-veined from the base
23
738Leaf base sagittate
4
739Leaves opposite
107
740Leaves alternate
526
741Leaves simple
532
742Leaves basal
5
743Leaves clustered at branch ends or on short shoots
14
744Leaves amplexicaul
2
745Leaves 2 (-3 or more) pinnatifid
2
746Leaves with entire margin
320
747Leaf base cordate
30
748Leaves with auricles
4
749Leaves with black dots
5
750Leaves (or leaflets in compound leaves) with toothed margin
127
751Leaves markedly discolorous
14
752Leaves with veins markedly impressed above
4
753Leaf with (a few) special glands on the lamina
22
754Leaves with a fissure on the underside of the lamina
6
755Leaves bearing numerous (non-translucent) glands
3
756Leaf base asymmetric
2
800Inflorescence leaf-opposed
7
801Inflorescence supra-axillary
4
803Inflorescence an umbel or pseudumbel
9
804Inflorescence a cone
12
806Inflorescence partly or wholly enclosed within an involucre
1
900Dicotyledons with parts in threes
19
901Calyx accrescent
37
902Calyx with an epicalyx
55
904Corolla / petals fimbriate/2-fid
1
906Corolla / petals with a spur
10
908Corolla resupinate
1
909Flowers appearing before the leaves
9
910Staminal tube present
75
911Ovary inferior or semi-inferior
311
914Calyx winged
1
915Calyx circumscissile
11
916Ovary superior
92
917Calyx with hooked hairs or bristles
1
918Corolla hairy
1
919Calyx spathaceous
4
1000Fruits winged
127
1001Fruit prickly or spiny
22
1002Fruit with hooks or hooked bristles
14
1003Ripe fruit blue
4
1004Ripe fruit red
15
1005Ripe fruit white
3
1006Ripe fruit yellow
4
1007Ripe fruit black
5
1010Fruit like acorns
3
1011Fruit markedly ribbed
3
1013Fruit inflated
11
1015Fruit pendulous
5
1016Fruit circumscissile, opening with a lid
14
1017Fruits beaked
14
1018Fruit lobed
14
1019Fruit a capsule
76
1020Fruit a berry
3
1021Fruit covered in warts
2
1100Seeds winged
52
1101Seeds with an aril or aril-like structure
60
1102Seeds with long hairs
15
1103Seeds "red and black"
10
1104Seeds with floss (long cottony hairs)
16
1200Forest grasses
11
1201Grasses with broad leaves
9
Total
8387

Number of different spot ids found: 154



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Utilities: All spot-characters search results.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-all-spots-query.php, retrieved 28 March 2024

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