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Plantes herbacées annuelles ou vivaces, plus rarement arbustes ou petits arbres; indument, si présent, à piols simples ou ramifiés, parfois glanduleux. Feuilles généralement spiralées, parfois en rosettes basales, rarement opposées, non stipulées; limbe simple, marge entière à dentée. Fleurs hermaphrodites, en types d'inflorescence divers, parfois solitaires; calice gamosépale, à (3)5 lobes ou en anneau réduit; corolle gamopétale, 5-mère, généralement irrégulière et alors souvent bilabiée, le tube souvent fendu dorsalement, les lobes souvent ailés; étamines 5, à filets libres,anthères parfois soudés, 2-loculaires, à déhiscence longitudinale; ovaire infère, semi-infère ou rarement supère, (1-)2- ou rarement 4-loculaire, à 1-plusieurs ovules par loge; style 1, simple ou 2-4-fide, le sommet cupuliforme et embrassant le stigmate. Fruit capsulaire, drupacé ou une noix, à calice persistant. Graines albuminées ou non, comprimées.

Ovary mostly inferior, 1-4-celled; stigma indusiate at the top Ovules 1 or more in each cell, erect or ascending Corolla gamopetalous, bilabiate or rarely 1-lipped, lobes valvate, often induplicate Stamens 5, alternate with the corolla-lobes, free or rarely shortly adnate to the corolla; anthers 2-celled, free or connivent around the style Fruit drupaceous or nut-like, or capsular Seeds small, with straight embryo in the middle of copious endosperm Flowers zygomorphic Calyx tubular, adnate to the ovary, rarely free Herbs or undershrubs Leaves alternate or rarely opposite; stipules absent Ovules 1 or more in each cell, erect or ascending Corolla gamopetalous, bilabiate or rarely 1-lipped, lobes valvate, often induplicate Stamens 5, alternate with the corolla-lobes, free or rarely shortly adnate to the corolla; anthers 2-celled, free or connivent around the style Fruit drupaceous or nut-like, or capsular Seeds small, with straight embryo in the middle of copious endosperm Flowers zygomorphic Calyx tubular, adnate to the ovary, rarely free Herbs or undershrubs Leaves alternate or rarely opposite; stipules absent

Stamens 5, alternating with the corolla–lobes and inserted at the base of the corolla, usually free but sometimes joined with the anthers; anthers 2–thecous, with the theca parallel and opening longitudinally Disc sometimes present Ovary mostly inferior, 1–2 (–4)–locular; ovules 1–several, erect or ascending Style simple or rarely divided, emerging laterally from the split corolla–tube; stigma truncate or bilobed, with an apical indusium Fruit a drupe, capsule or nutlike Seeds with endosperm, small, flat, with a thin or thick and often crustaceous testa Leaves usually alternate, rarely opposite, sometimes all radical, entire, simple, exstipulate Flowers sometimes solitary and axillary but more often arranged in a spike, raceme or panicle, hermaphrodite, protandrous Herbs, small shrubs or rarely shrubs or small trees without latex, rarely spinescent Lobes valvate, subequal Calyx tubular, adnate to the ovary or very rarely free; limb consisting of 5 persistent lobes, rarely entire Corolla sympetalous, 5–merous, bilabiate or very rarely 1–lipped; tube long, often villous inside Disc sometimes present Ovary mostly inferior, 1–2 (–4)–locular; ovules 1–several, erect or ascending Style simple or rarely divided, emerging laterally from the split corolla–tube; stigma truncate or bilobed, with an apical indusium Fruit a drupe, capsule or nutlike Seeds with endosperm, small, flat, with a thin or thick and often crustaceous testa Leaves usually alternate, rarely opposite, sometimes all radical, entire, simple, exstipulate Flowers sometimes solitary and axillary but more often arranged in a spike, raceme or panicle, hermaphrodite, protandrous Herbs, small shrubs or rarely shrubs or small trees without latex, rarely spinescent Lobes valvate, subequal Calyx tubular, adnate to the ovary or very rarely free; limb consisting of 5 persistent lobes, rarely entire Corolla sympetalous, 5–merous, bilabiate or very rarely 1–lipped; tube long, often villous inside

Herbs, shrubs, or rarely small trees [or vines], without laticifers. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite or whorled, simple. Inflorescences a cyme, raceme, head, or sometimes single flowered in axils. Flowers perfect, protandrous. Calyx epigynous, tubular, mostly (3-)5-lobed. Corolla sympetalous, irregular, 2-lipped or sometimes 1-labiate due to 2-segmentation of posterior lip to base; lobes 5, valvate, often induplicate. Stamens 5, alternate with corolla lobes, free from corolla or adnate to base of corolla tube; anthers 4-sporangiate and dithecal, introrse, longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary inferior, semi-inferior [or rarely (Velleia Smith) essentially superior], (1 or)2-locular [occasionally 4-locular (Scaevola porocarya F. Mueller)]; ovules 1 to many per locule, on axile or basal-axile placentas, anatropous. Fruit usually a capsule, less often a drupe or a small nut, often with persistent calyx. Seeds with a straight embryo embedded in copious endosperm.

Seeds with endosperm Ovary superior to inferior, 1–2-locular, each containing 1 or several ovules; style emerging laterally from the split corolla-tube, bearing a cup-shaped ciliate indusium around the simple or bifid stigma Fruit a capsule or drupe Stamens 5, from the base of the corolla, free or occasionally joined at the anthers; anthers dehiscing introrsely Corolla with a long tube split for part or all of its length and a limb divided into 5 subequal lobes Calyx adnate to the ovary basally, distally free as a 5-toothed or entire limb Flowers hermaphrodite, protandrous, irregular Inflorescence cymose or reduced to solitary axillary flowers Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, or radical, exstipulate, simple, often obovate to spathulate Trees, shrubs or herbs, without latex Ovary superior to inferior, 1–2-locular, each containing 1 or several ovules; style emerging laterally from the split corolla-tube, bearing a cup-shaped ciliate indusium around the simple or bifid stigma Fruit a capsule or drupe Stamens 5, from the base of the corolla, free or occasionally joined at the anthers; anthers dehiscing introrsely Corolla with a long tube split for part or all of its length and a limb divided into 5 subequal lobes Calyx adnate to the ovary basally, distally free as a 5-toothed or entire limb Flowers hermaphrodite, protandrous, irregular Inflorescence cymose or reduced to solitary axillary flowers Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, or radical, exstipulate, simple, often obovate to spathulate Trees, shrubs or herbs, without latex