| Indumentum |
Stellate &/or lepidote |
Simple |
| Petiolar or basilaminar glands |
Two or more glands usually conspicuous |
Glandular tissue entirely absent from leaves. |
| Inflorescence structure |
Inflorescences terminal on principal axes, bisexual, with 1-few female flowers at base of otherwise male inflorescence |
Inflorescences never present on principal axes, terminal only on spur (lateral) shoots. Male inflorescences (multiple flowers) usually separate from female inflorescences (1-flowered) |
| Flower presentation |
Flowers never concealed within bracts |
Flowers concealed within concave bracts until immediately preceding anthesis |
| Staminal filaments position within bud |
Inflexed |
Erect |
| Receptacle |
Stamens usually inserted on a raised, hairy receptacle |
Receptacle neither raised nor hairy |
