Key to Styphelioideae
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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