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23. Salix Sect. Arbuscella Seringe ex Duby, Bot. Gall. 1: 426. 1828.

灌木柳组 guan mu liu zu

Sect. Arbusculoideae (Seringe) Floderus.

Shrubs. Branchlets dull, at first tomentulose, glabrescent. Stipules usually absent; leaf blade ovate, elliptic, or oblong-obovate, glabrous when mature, margin usually serrate. Catkins pedunculate or sessile; bracts brownish or yellowish green. Male flower: gland adaxial; stamens 2; filaments distinct, glabrous or pilose. Female flower: gland as in male flower; ovary pilose; stipe short; style conspicuous or rather long.

Key based on female plants

1 Catkin near apex of branchlets 199 var. metaformosa

+ Catkin at middle of branchlets. (2)

2 (1) Catkin peduncles without leaflets 198 Salix tianschanica

+ Catkin peduncles with leaflets. (3)

3 (2) Bracts lanceolate or oblong-obovate 196 Salix saposhnikovii

+ Bracts broadly ovate 197 Salix paraphylicifolia

List of Keys

Key based on female plants
Key based on vegetative characters

Lower Taxa

Salix divaricata var. metaformosa (Nakai) Kitagawa
Salix paraphylicifolia Chang Y. Yang
Salix saposhnikovii A. K. Skvortsov
Salix tianschanica Regel