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33. Adonis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 547. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 242; 1754.

侧金盏花属 ce jin zhan hua shu

Fu Dezhi; Orbélia R. Robinson

Adonis amurensis
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Herbs annual or perennial. Basal and lower stem leaves usually scaly. Upper stem leaves alternate, palmately or pinnately divided. Inflorescences terminal on branches or branchlets, 1-flowered; bracts absent. Flowers radially symmetric, bisexual. Sepals 5--8. Petals 5--24. Stamens numerous; filaments linear. Pistils numerous, spirally arranged; ovary 1-ovuled. Styles persistent; stigma small. Achenes usually with raised veins.

About 30 species: Asia, Europe; ten species (three endemic) in China.


1 Plants annual with roots; petals orange; achenes glabrous; persistent styles straight   10 A. aestivalis
+ Plants perennial with rhizome; petals white, blue, or yellow; achenes usually pubescent; persistent styles bent.   (2)
       
2 (1) Leaves sessile to subsessile (occasionally shortly petiolate on A. bobroviana).   (3)
+ Leaves basally on stem petiolate, sometimes shortly petiolate apically on stem.   (6)
       
3 (2) Leaves glabrous.   (4)
+ Leaves hairy.   (5)
       
4 (3) Stems ca. 40 cm tall, 3--5 mm in diam.; stem leaves ca. 15; flowers 4--5.5 cm in diam.; sepals glabrous   8 A. sibirica
+ Stems 4--20 cm tall, 1.2--2 mm in diam.; stem leaves ca. 4; flowers 2.5--4 cm in diam.; sepals shortly ciliate   6 A. ramosa
       
5 (3) Stems and leaves hairs glandular   7 A. bobroviana
+ Stems and leaves hairs eglandular   9 A. tianschanica
       
6 (2) Petals white, pale blue, or pale purple.   (7)
+ Petals yellow.   (8)
       
7 (6) Leaf blade pentagonal or triangular-ovate; petals white   1 A. davidii
+ Leaf blade oblong to narrowly oblong-ovate, rarely triangular; petals pale blue to pale purple   2 A. coerulea
       
8 (6) Leaves abaxially pubescent when young   4 A. chrysocyathus
+ Leaves glabrous.   (9)
       
9 (8) Stems 25--40 cm; sepals ca. 6, pale green, 0.7--1.2 cm   3 A. sutchuenensis
+ Stems 5--15 cm; sepals ca. 9, pale grayish purple, 1.4--1.8 cm   5 A. amurensis

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