A DICHOTOMOUS KEY

1. a. Plant with flower ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to 5

b. Plant without flower --------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to 2
2. a. Plant with seeds -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to 3
b. Plant without seeds ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to 4
3. a. Shape of the cone is cylindrical ----------------------------------------------- Pinus insularis
b. Shape of the one is spherical ------------------------------------------ Cycad revoluta thunb.
4. a. Having tree as habit of growth ------------------------------ Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
b. Having shrub as habit of growth ---------------------------Cyatheacea (Cyathea) australis
5. a. Flower is arranged in an inflorescence ------------------------------------------------ Go to 6
b. Flower is solitary ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to 7
6. a. With entire leaf margin ----------------------------------------------------------------- Go to 12
b. With oblique leaf margin ------------------------------------------------------ Plumeria rubra
7. a. Direction of growth is erect ------------------------------------------------------------- Go to 8
b. Direction of growth is ascending ------------------------------------------------------- Go to 9
8. a. Plant with leaves ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Go to 10
b. Plant without leaves ------------------------------------------------------ Opuntia microdasys
9. a. Leaf arrangement is alternate ---------------------------------------------------------- Go to 11
b. Leaf arrangement is opposite -------------------------------------------------- Bellis perennis
10. a. Leaf venation is reticulate ---------------------------------------------------------- Rosa indica
b. Leaf venation is dichotomous ---------------------------------------------- Helianthus annus
11. a. Stem texture is suffrutescent ----------------------------------------- Hibuscus rosa-sinensis
b. Stem texture is herbaceous ---------------------------------------- Lilium longiflorum thunb.
12. a. Sagitate leaf base ------------------------------------------------------------ Vanda sanderiana
b. Alternate leaf base ------------------------------------------------------- Alamanda cathartica