Table 2 in Evolutionary relationships and taxonomy of Microtea (Microteaceae), a basal lineage in the core Caryophyllales

Table 2. Characters of Microtea species.
Species/characterM. bahiensisM. debilisM. celosioidesM. glochidiataM. maypurensisM. papillosaM. portoricensisM. scabridaM. sulcicaulisM. tenuifolia1Life history: 0 - annual or rarely biennial; 1 - upright perennials with a taproot or caudex; 2 - perennial lianas10000102102Pubescence: 0 - (almost) glabrous; 1 - papillate00000100003Bracteoles. 0: absent; 1: present10111101114Flower arrangement. 0: solitary (inflorescence is a spike); 1: two or three in clusters (thyrsoid inflorescence)00010000005Presence of pedicel. 0: flowers sessile or subsessile (pedicel up to 1.3 mm); 1: pedicel 1.35-3.0 mm00011000016Perianth segments. 0: oblong or ovoid; 1: roundish00010000007Number of perianth segments. 0: always five; 1: four or five (varying)00000010008Number of stamens. 0: four or five; 1: more than five (usually seven or eight)10111101119Number of stigmas. 0: two, rarely three; 1: three to five000110000110Shape of stigmas. 0: thick; 1: filiform000110000111Diameter of fruit body (without stigmas and outgrowths if the latter are present). 0: 0.9-1.1 mm; 1: 1.1-1.3 mm; 2: 1.4-2.0 mm111001022012Fruit/perianth ratio. 0: fruit longer than perianth (protruding); 1: fruit equal to perianth (fruit not protruding)000000000113Pericarp. 0: without any projections, reticulate; 1: with scattered, thick and simple outgrowths; 2: with abundant thick outgrowths; 3: with fimbriate (plumose) projections; 4: with projections terminating in hooks1213410110