5. Flowers usually ± showy and insect or bird pollinated, usually
perfect, with perianth of a calyx and usually sympetalous corolla,
the stigma truncate to ± capitate, rarely cup-shaped or
funnel-shaped;leaves ericoid to broad and flat. . . . . . . . . . .6 6. Anthers bisporangiate, monothecal; leaves usually ± parallel veined;
stamens equaling the number of corolla lobes. . . .Styphelioideae. .7
7. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8.Leaf bases broadly sheathing the stem. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
9.Leaf scars annular. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richeeae
9. Leaf scars absent - stems smooth. . . . . . . . . . . Cosmelieae
8. Leaf bases not sheathing (but may be stem-clasping). . . . . 10
10. Leaf margins serrate/serrulate, anthers dehiscing by two slits.
. . .Prionoteae
10.Leaf margins entire, anthers dehiscing by a single slit. . .. 11
11. Flowers pedicellate above the upper bracts. . . . . Archerieae
11. Flowers not pedicellate above the upper bracts. . Epacrideae
7. Fruit a drupe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
12. Ovary 2 locular, corolla glabrous inside. . . . . Oligarrheneae
12. Ovary 1-10 locular, corolla hairy inside, or if glabrous then
ovary 1
locular. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . Stypheliaeae
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