Vegetative key to the families
Vegetative Key Vegetative key to the families
LEAVES REDUCED TO SCALES ON THE AERIAL STEMS
Chlorophyll present (some root parasites with a yellowish tinge in the cladodes)
Leaf-like cladodes absent
Cladodes not succulent
Cladodes winged
Wings on the cladodes firm and fibrous (Daviesia, Bossiaea) Fabaceae
Wings on the cladodes herbaceous to membranous (Tetratheca) Elaeocarpaceae