Table 7. The list of uniform qualitative characters of Cormus endocarps within groups, subgenera, and species.

Character	Group	Subgenus		Species
SSH	CC – spherical	Cornus – spherical	CC	C. walteri – spherical	BW
		Cynoxylon – spherical	BB	C. mas – spherical	CC
		Syncarpea – irregular		C. officinalis –spherical
				C. florida – spherical	BB
				C. kousa – irregular
				C. nuttalii – spherical
				C. canadensis – spherical	DW
				C. suecica - flattened
ASH	CC – rounded or truncate	Mesomora – rounded or truncate	BW	C. alternifolia – rounded or truncate	BW
		Cornus – rounded or truncate	CC	C. controversa – rounded or truncate
				C. macrophylla – rounded or truncate
				C. mas – rounded or truncate	CC
				C. officinalis – rounded or truncate
				C. canadensis – acuminate	DW
BSH	-	-		C. macrophylla – rounded	BW
				C. officinalis – rounded	CC
				C. canadensis – rounded	DW
SSF	CC – smooth	Cornus – smooth	CC	C. alba – smooth	BW
	DW - smooth	Cynoxylon – smooth	BB	C. alternifolia – smooth
		Arctocrania – smooth	DW	C. bretschneideri – smooth
				C. drummondii – smooth
				C. foemina – smooth
				C. macrophylla – smooth
				C. obliqua – rough
				C. occidentalis – smooth
				C. racemosa – smooth
				C. sericea – smooth	BW
				C. walteri – smooth
				C. mas – smooth	CC
				C. officinalis – smooth
				C. florida – smooth	BB
				C. nuttalii – smooth
				C. canadensis – smooth	DW
				C. suecica - smooth
VBP	DW – flat	Mesomora – sunken	BW	C. alternifolia – sunken	BW
		Syncarpea – sunken	BB	C. amomum – raised
		Arctocrania – flat	DW	C. bretschneideri – flat
				C. controversa – sunken
				C. drummondii – flat
				C. foemina – flat
				C. macrophylla – flat
				C. obliqua – raised
				C. occidentalis – flat
				C. sanguinea – flat
				C. sericea – flat	BW
				C. walteri – flat
				C. officinalis – flat	CC
				C. kousa – sunken	BB
				C. nuttalii – flat
				C. canadensis – flat	DW
				C. suecica – flat
FV	BB – unforked	Mesomora – forked	BW	C. controversa – forked	BW
	DW – unforked	Cynoxylon – unforked	BB	C. mas – unforked	CC
		Arctocrania – unforked	DW	C. florida – unforked	BB
				C. canadensis – unforked	DW
				C. suecica - unforked
DF	CC – absence	Cornus – absence	CC	C. alternifolia – absence	BW
				C. foemina – absence	BW
				C. racemosa – absence
				C. walteri – absence
				C. mas – absence	CC
				C. officinalis – absence
				C. florida – presence	BB
				C. suecica – absence	DW