Dichotomous Key/Magnoliophyta

1: Monocot or Dicot

 * Number of cotyledons
 * One - 2
 * Two - 3

2: Liliopsida

 * Pollen apertures
 * Annulate - 5
 * Not annulate - 9

4

 * Number of ovules per carpel
 * One - 10
 * More than one - ../Arales/

5: Commelinanae

 * Stem consistency and cause
 * Woody due to fibrous sclerenchyma - ../Arecales/
 * Stem not woody, or woody due to secondary growth - 6

6

 * Seeds
 * Seeds arillate - ../Zingiberales/
 * Other - 7

7

 * Pollen apertures
 * Annulate - ../Commelinales/
 * Other - 8

8

 * Leaf shape
 * Leaves flat or involuted, 2-ranked - ../Poales/
 * Other shape - ../Dasypogonaceae/

9

 * Endosperm
 * Present -
 * Not present - ../Alismatales/

10

 * Perianth parts
 * Undifferentiated and petaloid - ../Liliales/