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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 vegetative characters

1 Leaf margin dentate, sometimes entire in leaves in proximal 1/2 of branchlets.   (2)
+ Leaf margin entire, or glandular dentate only distally.   (8)
       
2 (1) Leaf blade 3-5 cm, not lanceolate.   (3)
+ Leaf blade 1-2.4 cm, rarely to 4 cm and then lanceolate.   (5)
       
3 (2) Petiole 1/4-1/3 as long as leaf blade, red   145 Salix gilashanica
+ Petiole less than 1/4 as long as leaf blade.   (4)
       
4 (3) One-year-old branchlets purplish black   144 Salix pseudospissa
+ One-year-old branchlets brown   143 Salix juparica
       
5 (2) Leaves abaxially densely appressed dull red or rust-colored pubescent   130 Salix occidentalisinensis
+ Leaves abaxially glabrous or sparsely gray villous.   (6)
       
6 (5) Leaf blade elliptic-oblong or oblong, rarely lanceolate   134 Salix atopantha
+ Leaf blade elliptic or obovate, rarely oblong.   (7)
       
7 (6) One-year-old branchlets sparsely pilose   142 Salix rockii
+ One-year-old branchlets densely villous   136 Salix qinlingica
       
8 (1) Leaves abaxially glabrous or pilose along veins.   (9)
+ Leaves abaxially pilose, at least at base.   (16)
       
9 (8) Petiole 1/4-1/3 as long as leaf blade.   (10)
+ Petiole 1/6-1/5 as long as leaf blade.   (12)
       
10 (9) Young branchlets glabrous   127 Salix cupularis
+ Young branchlets pilose.   (11)
       
11 (10) Leaves usually 1-1.5(-2.4) cm   132 Salix oritrepha
+ Leaves usually 2-3 cm   135 Salix biondiana
       
12 (9) Leaf blade obovate-oblong or obovate-elliptic, rarely elliptic, broadest above middle.   (13)
+ Leaf blade long elliptic or elliptic to suborbicular, broadest at middle.   (14)
       
13 (12) Lateral veins (7-)10-13 on each side of midvein   137 Salix muliensis
+ Lateral veins usually less than 7 on each side of midvein   131 Salix neoamnematchinensis
       
14 (12) Leaves abaxially glaucous, glabrous   129 Salix maizhokunggarensis
+ Leaves abaxially ± pilose.   (15)
       
15 (14) Leaves ± pilose abaxially   141 Salix sclerophylla
+ Leaves glabrous abaxially   147 Salix jinchuanica
       
16 (8) Leaves 4-6 cm.   (17)
+ Leaves less than 4 cm.   (19)
       
17 (16) Branchlets purplish red, tomentose when young   133 Salix gyamdaensis
+ Branchlets blackish purple, pubescent when young.   (18)
       
18 (17) Nodes of branchlets raised; leaf blade long elliptic, apex obtuse or subrounded, abaxially densely shortly sericeous   146 Salix dalungensis
+ Nodes of branchlets not raised; leaf blade long elliptic-lanceolate or long elliptic, apex acute or shortly acuminate, abaxially densely shortly woolly   138 Salix kongbanica
       
19 (16) Leaf blade elliptic or obovate to suborbicular; juvenile branchlets pruinose or tomentulose.   (20)
+ Leaf blade oblong, elliptic-oblong, or elliptic; juvenile branchlets neither pruinose nor tomentulose.   (21)
       
20 (19) One- and 2-year-old branchlets usually pruinose   141 Salix sclerophylla
+ One- and 2-year-old branchlets usually tomentulose   140 Salix wuxuhaiensis
       
21 (19) Branchlets dull grayish purple, pilose   139 Salix sclerophylloides
+ Branchlets purplish brown or dull brown, glabrous   128 Salix taipaiensis

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