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Key to Ayenia

Malvaceae

Ayenia

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1 Shrubs to 15 dm tall; leaf blades (3-) 5-12.5 cm long, (1.7-) 3.2-7.5 cm wide; capsules 8-10 mm in diameter; seeds 3-5 mm long; [s. TX]
1 Shrubs to 4 dm tall; leaf blades 0.4-1.4 cm long, 0.1-1.1 cm wide; capsules 3-5 mm in diameter; seeds 2-2.5 mm long.
  2 Leaf apex cuspidate; petiole (1-) 2-5 mm long; [FL peninsula]
  2 Leaf apex acute or subacute; petiole 5-10 mm long; [s. TX]