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Branchlet apex hirsute, hirtellous, puberulent, pilose, velutinous, or brown scaly. |
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Branchlet apex glabrous or glandular granulose, early glabrescent. |
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Branchlets brown scaly. |
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Branchlets white pilose-tomentulose or brown velutinous tomentulose, hirsute, or hirtellous and reddish glandular granulose. |
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Leaf blade leathery, rugose, apex cuspidate-acuminate, acumen 4-6 mm; petiole thick, 2-3.5 cm |
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1 Maesa rugosa |
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Leaf blade papery, not rugose, apex caudate-acuminate, acumen 8-20 mm, petiole thin, 0.7-1.5 cm |
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2 Maesa chisia |
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Branchlets white pilose-tomentulose or brown velutinous-tomentulose. |
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Branchlets hirsute or stramineous hirtellous and reddish glandular granulose. |
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5 (4) |
Branchlets white pilose-tomentulose. |
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Branchlets brown velutinous-tomentulose. |
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6 (5) |
Leaf blade leathery, secondary veins connected by submarginal vein |
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3 Maesa cavinervis |
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Leaf blade membranous, secondary veins free to margin, without submarginal vein |
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4 Maesa montana |
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7 (5) |
Leaf blade linear-lanceolate; calyx lobes densely dull red punctate and punctate-lineate |
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5 Maesa macilentoides |
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Leaf blade lanceolate to ovate; calyx lobes puberulent or inconspicuously pellucid. |
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8 (7) |
Inflorescences punctate 5-8 mm; leaf base obtuse |
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6 Maesa brevipaniculata |
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Inflorescences (10-)20-40 mm; leaf blade base truncate to cordate |
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7 Maesa macilenta |
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9 (4) |
Plants hirsute. |
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Plants hirtellous and glandular granulose. |
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10 (9) |
Petiole 1.2-2.5 cm; pith hollow. |
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Petiole 0.4-1(-1.2) cm; pith solid. |
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11 (10) |
Plants gray hirsute; branchlets terete; inflorescences racemose, ca. 6 cm; leaf blade apex caudate-acuminate, margin serrate, teeth not callose |
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8 Maesa insignis |
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Plants reddish hirsute; branchlets angular; inflorescences glomerate or paniculate, rarely to 4 cm; leaf blade apex cuspidate, margin serrate or dentate, teeth callose |
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9 Maesa permollis |
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12 (10) |
Inflorescences racemose, 0.4-1 cm; leaf blade oblanceolate |
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10 Maesa ambigua |
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Inflorescences few-branched panicles, 3-7 cm; leaf blade lanceolate |
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11 Maesa longilanceolata |
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13 (9) |
Petiole 0.4-1 cm; leaf blade base obtuse to rounded. |
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Petiole 1-2(-3) cm; leaf blade base acute. |
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14 (13) |
Calyx lobes acuminate; pedicel 1.5-2 mm |
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12 Maesa parvifolia |
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Calyx lobes acute; pedicel 1.2-1.5 mm |
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13 Maesa marioniae |
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15 (13) |
Inflorescences racemose-spicate; pedicel obsolete to 0.8 mm; calyx conic |
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14 Maesa argentea |
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Inflorescences paniculate or rarely racemose; pedicel 1.8-2 mm; calyx discoid |
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15 Maesa perlarius |
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Branchlet apex glabrous. |
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Branchlet apex glandular granulose, early glabrescent. |
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17 (16) |
Leaf blade leathery, apex cuspidate; inflorescences glomerate, shorter than petiole |
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16 Maesa reticulata |
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Leaf blade membranous or papery, apex caudate-acuminate; inflorescences paniculate, longer than petiole. |
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18 (17) |
Leaf blade membranous, adaxially dull, abaxially and hypanthium densely black punctate-lineate; inflorescence rachis and pedicels densely and minutely glandular granulose |
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17 Maesa striatocarpa |
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Leaf blade papery, adaxially glossy, abaxially and hypanthium inconspicuously pellucid punctate; inflorescence rachis and pedicels glabrous and glossy |
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18 Maesa acuminatissima |
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19 (16) |
Leaf blade margin undulate, subentire, or entire. |
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Leaf blade margin serrate or serrate-dentate. |
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20 (19) |
Leaf blade membranous or papery; pedicel 1-2 mm. |
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Leaf blade leathery or rarely papery; pedicel 2.5-4 mm. |
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21 (20) |
Branchlets terete, lenticellate; calyx lobes densely punctate-lineate; bracts and bracteoles wider than long; inflorescence rachis and pedicels glabrous |
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22 Maesa consanguinea |
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Branchlets angular, without lenticels; calyx lobes punctate; bracts and bracteoles longer than wide; inflorescence rachis and pedicels minutely glandular granulose |
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23 Maesa ramentacea |
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Leaves prominently black punctate-lineate; bracts subulate, bracteoles and calyx lobes longer than wide, apery, apex acute |
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21 Maesa hupehensis |
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Leaves inconspicuously pellucid punctate; bracts, bracteoles, and calyx lobes much wider than long, leathery, apex obtuse to rounded. |
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23 (22) |
Leaf blade linear-lanceolate, bullate, margin revolute, entire; fruit reddish, punctate-lineate, wrinkled |
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19 Maesa salicifolia |
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Leaf blade lanceolate, oblong, or rarely ovate, smooth, flat, margin subentire to serrate distally; fruit yellowish, smooth |
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20 Maesa japonica |
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24 (19) |
Petiole 2-4 cm. |
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Petiole 1-1.8 cm. |
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25 (24) |
Inflorescences densely and minutely glandular granulose; pedicel 2-2.5 mm at maturity; branchlets sparingly lenticellate; leaves membranous, adaxially dull |
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24 Maesa confusa |
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Inflorescences glabrous; pedicel 0.8-1.5(-2) mm at maturity; branchlets without lenticels; leaves thin leathery, adaxially glossy |
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25 Maesa membranacea |
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26 (24) |
Calyx lobe and bracteoles obtuse to rounded apically; inflorescence rachis and pedicels densely and minutely glandular granulose |
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26 Maesa indica |
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Calyx lobe and bracteoles acute apically; inflorescence rachis and pedicels glabrous. |
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27 (26) |
Leaf blade membranous, elliptic to ovate, margin serrate, teeth not callose; inflorescences 7-10 cm, racemose |
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27 Maesa tenera |
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Leaf blade papery, oblong to oblanceolate, margin serrate-dentate, teeth callose; inflorescences 1.5-4 cm, paniculate. |
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28 (27) |
Branchlets with hollow pith; leaf base subrounded or obtuse; bracteole and calyx lobe margins glandular ciliate; fruit ovoid |
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28 Maesa manipurensis |
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