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5. Salix Sect. Amygdalinae W. Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl. 644. 1837.
三蕊柳组 san rui liu zu
Sect. Triandrae Dumortier.
Trees or shrubs; bark exfoliating. Branchlets weak. Leaves usually stipulate; leaf blade lanceolate, both surfaces glabrous, margin regularly serrate, apex acute or acuminate. Flowering coetaneous. Catkins shortly pedunculate; bracts greenish yellow or yellowish. Flowers with adaxial and abaxial glands. Male flower: stamens 3(or 4), free. Female flower: ovary glabrous, long stipitate; style and stigma very short.
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Key based on male plants
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Male catkin 5-7 cm; rachis subglabrous |
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24 Salix songarica |
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Male catkin less than 5 cm; rachis pilose. |
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Male catkin 3-5 cm; bracts orbicular or ovate, both surfaces pubescent or subglabrous abaxially |
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23 Salix nipponica |
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Male catkin 2-2.5(-3) cm; bracts obovate, both surfaces with long hairs; young leaves greenish abaxially |
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25 Salix triandroides |
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