The scattered information on characters useful in seed and seedling identification is brought together and terms defined. The problem of information retrieval in identifying seedlings is discussed and an example given of the use of a polyclave for naming an unknown. Seedling characters are given for a number of tropical families.
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Duke, J. A. (1969). On Tropical Tree Seedlings I. Seeds, Seedlings, Systems, and Systematics. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 56(2), 125. https://doi.org/10.2307/2394836
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