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2. Sterculia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1007. 1753.

苹婆属 ping po shu

Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, entire or palmately lobed, rarely palmately compound, margin entire or dentate. Inflorescence usually axillary, usually paniculate, rarely racemose. Flowers unisexual. Calyx 5-lobed or 5-partite. Petals absent. Male flowers: anthers clustered at top of androgynophore, enclosing undeveloped carpels. Female flowers: androgynophore very short, staminodes at top of androgynophore in whorl around base of carpels. Carpels 5; ovules 2 to many per carpel; styles connate at base; stigmas as many as carpels, free. Fruit a group of follicles, usually leathery, less often woody, dehiscent when mature. Seeds 1 to many per follicle, usually with endosperm.

Between 100 and 150 species: tropics and subtropics of both hemispheres, most abundant in Asian tropics; 26 species (14 endemic, one introduced) in China.

The fruits of nine species and male and/or female flowers of a further four species have not been recorded, indicating that the Chinese members of this genus require much more study in the field.

Sterculia bodinieri H. Léveillé is the basionym of Phyllanthus bodinieri (H. Léveillé) Rehder in the Euphorbiaceae s.l. (see Fl. China 11).


1 Leaves palmately compound, leaflets 7-9   (2)
+ Leaves simple   (3)
       
2 (1) Calyx divided for ca. 1/2 length or slightly more, lobes incurved, calyx tube well developed, campanulate; leaflet blades with lateral veins dense and apparent.   1 S. pexa
+ Calyx divided to base, lobes recurved, calyx tube absent; leaflet blades with lateral veins lax and obscure.   2 S. foetida
       
3 (1) Leaf blade palmately divided, abaxially and adaxially densely brown tomentose, very densely so abaxially.   3 S. villosa
+ Leaf blade not divided   (4)
       
4 (3) Leaf blade abaxially densely hairy   (5)
+ Leaf blade abaxially glabrous or sparsely hairy only on veins   (8)
       
5 (4) Lead blade base obtuse, subrounded, or obliquely cordate   (6)
+ Leaf blade base cuneate   (7)
       
6 (5) Leaf blade usually ovate-elliptic, base more or less obliquely cordate, basal veins 5, petiole ca. 5 cm.   11 S. euosma
+ Leaf blade elliptic, base rounded or obtuse, basal veins 1, petiole 1-2 cm.   12 S. tonkinensis
       
7 (5) Leaf blade with one obvious pair of basal veins, abaxially not very densely hairy; epicalyx lobes as long as pedicels.   13 S. cinnamomifolia
+ Leaf blade without a pair of basal veins, abaxially very densely hairy; epicalyx lobes much longer than pedicels.   14 S. pinbienensis
       
8 (4) Veins of old leaf blade abaxially sparsely stellate   (9)
+ Veins of old leaf blade abaxially glabrous   (11)
       
9 (8) Lateral veins and veinlets apparently impressed adaxially, veinlets prominently raised abaxially, purple-red when dried.   4 S. impressinervis
+ Lateral veins and veinlets not impressed adaxially, veinlets not impressed abaxially, not purple-red when dried   (10)
       
10 (9) Lateral veins 16-24 on each side of midrib, petiole 0.8-1 cm; calyx lobes much longer than calyx tube.   5 S. hymenocalyx
+ Lateral veins 11 or 12 on each side of midrib, petiole 3-8 cm; calyx lobes as long as calyx tube.   7 S. micrantha
       
11 (8) Leaf blade base cordate.   10 S. ceramica
+ Leaf blade base not or only slightly cordate   (12)
       
12 (11) Petiole to 1.2 cm.   20 S. brevissima
+ Petiole at least 1.5 cm   (13)
       
13 (12) Lateral veins 12-20 on each side of the midrib   (14)
+ Lateral veins 6-10 on each side of the midrib   (19)
       
14 (13) Branchlets densely hairy   (15)
+ Branchlets glabrous or nearly so   (17)
       
15 (14) Leaf blade apex acute, base decurrent, cuneate or obtuse, petiole 1.5-3 cm; calyx green, subglabrous.   16 S. gengmaensis
+ Leaf blade apex acuminate, base rounded to shallowly cordate, cuneate or acute, petiole 2.5-5.5 cm; calyx red or purple, exterior stellate hairy   (16)
       
16 (15) Inflorescence rachis indumentum yellow-brown; leaf blade base rounded or cuneate; epicalyx lobes as long as pedicels.   17 S. henryi
+ Inflorescence rachis indumentum purple; leaf blade base shallowly cordate; epicalyx lobes ca. 1/2 as long as pedicels.   18 S. simaoensis
       
17 (14) Calyx tube well developed, campanulate; leaves clustered at branchlet tip.   8 S. kingtungensis
+ Calyx divided to near base, lobes ± free; leaves not clustered   (18)
       
18 (17) Leaf blade 12-18 cm wide, petiole 5-12 cm; sepals ca. 20 mm.   15 S. scandens
+ Leaf blade 2.5-6 cm wide, petiole 1.5-2.5 cm; sepals ca. 6 mm.   24 S. hainanensis
       
19 (13) Leaf blade obovate or narrowly obovate, 13-26 × 7-10 cm, apex rounded or with short acumen, lateral veins 5-9.   25 S. yuanjiangensis
+ Leaf blade not as above, apex not rounded   (20)
       
20 (19) Base and apex of petiole pulvinate   (21)
+ Petiole not pulvinate   (22)
       
21 (20) Petiole 2.5-3.5 cm.   23 S. lanceifolia
+ Petiole 1-1.5 cm.   26 S. guangxiensis
       
22 (20) Calyx campanulate, lobes as long as calyx tube   (23)
+ Calyx divided almost to base, lobes ± free   (24)
       
23 (22) Leaf blade oblong or elliptic, base rounded or obtuse.   6 S. monosperma
+ Leaf blade oblanceolate or elliptic-obovate, base acute or cuneate.   9 S. subracemosa
       
24 (22) Sepals 10-20 mm, incurved and cohering with each other at apex.   19 S. principis
+ Sepals 4-8 mm, spreading, starlike   (25)
       
25 (24) Inflorescence 10-18 cm; sepals ca. 8 mm, apex acuminate; leaf blade with 5 basal veins.   21 S. subnobilis
+ Inflorescence less than 10 cm; sepals 4-6 mm, apex obtuse or with short acumen; leaf blade with 1-3 basal veins.   22 S. lanceolata

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