旋花科

草质或木质藤本，有时有乳液。莖通常是纏繞莖，旋花科的名字是以拉丁文convolvere（缠绕）而命名；单叶互生，全缘或分裂，有时缺，沒有托葉；花腋生、单生或为聚伞花序，两性，辐射对称，有苞片，花萼5裂宿存，花冠通常钟状或漏斗形，雄蕊5枚着生于花冠管上，子房上位2－3室，每室有胚珠2枚，花柱通常单生；果实为蒴果，2－4瓣裂、盖裂或作不规则开裂，很少为漿果；4－6粒種子。

根據D.F. Austin 研究(見參考資料)，旋花科可被分類為這些族：

• 伊立基藤族 Ericybeae
• Cresseae
• Cardiochlamyeae
• 旋花族 Convolvuleae
• 菜欒藤族 Merremieae
• 番薯族 Ipomoeae
• 心萼薯族 Aniseieae
• Maripeae
• 马蹄金族 Dichondreae
• 娥房藤族 Jacquemontieae
• 菟絲子族 Cuscuteae（旧時也被分出為菟絲子科）

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