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12. Salix Sect. Sclerophyllae C. K. Schneider in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 3: 112. 1916.

硬叶柳组 ying ye liu zu

Shrubs. Leaf blade ovate, elliptic, or elliptic-oblong, rarely oblong-lanceolate to orbicular, usually small. Flowering coetaneous, rarely serotinous. Catkins ellipsoid to shortly cylindric; peduncle short or indistinct, with (sometimes deciduous) leaflets. Male flower: glands adaxial and abaxial, divided or entire; stamens 2; filaments downy proximally. Female flower: abaxial gland sometimes absent; ovary pilose, rarely glabrous, sessile or subsessile; style ca. 1/2 as long as ovary, 2-lobed.


Key based on female plants

1 Ovary glabrous (rarely partly pilose).   (2)
+ Ovary pilose.   (4)
       
2 (1) Branchlets villous   129 Salix maizhokunggarensis
+ Branchlets glabrous.   (3)
       
3 (2) Glands 2 (adaxial and abaxial), basally connate, forming a multilobed false disc   127 Salix cupularis
+ Gland 1 (adaxial), ovate-terete   128 Salix taipaiensis
       
4 (1) Leaflets at base of catkin or on peduncles oblong or lanceolate.   (5)
+ Leaflets at base of catkin or on peduncles elliptic to suborbicular.   (6)
       
5 (4) Leaflets 3 or more at base of catkin, abaxially glabrous; adaxial gland 2- or 3-lobed   134 Salix atopantha
+ Leaflet only 1 at base of catkin, abaxially shortly woolly; gland usually entire   138 Salix kongbanica
       
6 (4) Bracts ca. 5 mm   144 Salix pseudospissa
+ Bracts less than 3 mm.   (7)
       
7 (6) Catkin capitate to oblong; leaves small, 8-14 mm at anthesis.   (8)
+ Catkin shortly terete or terete; leaves larger, more than 15 mm at anthesis (sometimes not opening in S. muliensis).   (12)
       
8 (7) Female flower with adaxial and abaxial glands.   (9)
+ Female flower with only an adaxial gland.   (10)
       
9 (8) Bracts pilose   141 Salix sclerophylla
+ Bracts glabrous or sparsely ciliate   140 Salix wuxuhaiensis
       
10 (8) Bracts glabrous   139 Salix sclerophylloides
+ Bracts pubescent.   (11)
       
11 (10) Leaves elliptic, long elliptic or obovate-oblong, margin serrulate   130 Salix occidentalisinensis
+ Leaves oblanceolate or long obovate-elliptic, margin entire   131 Salix neoamnematchinensis
       
12 (7) Female flower with adaxial and abaxial glands.   (13)
+ Female flower with only adaxial gland.   (15)
       
13 (12) Glands basally usually connate, forming a multilobed false disc, or adaxial gland 2- or 3-lobed   132 Salix oritrepha
+ Glands not connate, not forming a false disc.   (14)
       
14 (13) Young leaves densely tomentose; petiole much shorter than leaf blade; adaxial gland entire   133 Salix gyamdaensis
+ Young leaves glabrous or sparsely silky; petiole ca. 1/4-1/3 as long as leaf blade, reddish; adaxial gland sometimes lobed   145 Salix gilashanica
       
15 (12) Catkin ca. 5 mm thick.   (16)
+ Catkin usually more than 8 mm thick.   (17)
       
16 (15) Petiole ca. 1/5 as long as leaf blade   135 Salix biondiana
+ Petiole short or almost absent   136 Salix qinlingica
       
17 (15) Young leaves usually inconspicuously dentate; bracts oblong; ovary ± stipitate.   (18)
+ Young leaves entire; bracts obovate or obdeltoid; ovary sessile.   (19)
       
18 (17) Ovary sessile or subsessile   142 Salix rockii
+ Ovary with stipe ca. 0.5 mm   143 Salix juparica
       
19 (17) Bracts orbicular-ovate   147 Salix jinchuanica
+ Bracts obovate.   (20)
       
20 (19) Bracts subtruncate at apex   137 Salix muliensis
+ Bracts rounded at apex   146 Salix dalungensis

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