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Stem narrowly winged, wings usually 4, sometimes more basally |
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51 D. alata |
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Stem terete or with 4--8 low, longitudinal ridges. |
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Stem hairy when young; leaf blade sparsely hairy, apex caudate and hardened, ± sharply pointed |
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52 D. decipiens |
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Stem glabrous; leaf blade glabrous, apex not hardened. |
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3 (2) |
Leaf blade with sides concave due to enlargement of basal lobes, sometimes ± 3-lobed. |
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Leaf blade with convex sides, basal lobes not enlarged. |
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4 (3) |
Leaf blade often drying gray-green, often distinctly 3-lobed, less than 3 × as long as wide, ± papery; male inflorescences pendent, rachis clearly zigzagged |
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41 D. polystachya |
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Leaf blade drying brownish, often sagittate or hastate, sometimes more than 3 × as long as wide, often membranous; male inflorescences ± erect, rachis straight. |
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5 (4) |
Leaf blade broadly ovate to linear, not pruinose abaxially, reticulate veins not very prominent |
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42 D. japonica |
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Leaf blade lanceolate to linear, pruinose abaxially when fresh, reticulate veins slender but prominent |
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43 D. linearicordata |
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6 (3) |
Plants with fruits. |
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Plants with male flowers. |
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Capsule obovoid, oblong-obovoid, or ellipsoid, longer than wide; leaf blade suborbicular or ovate. |
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Capsule oblate or conical-globose, wider than long. |
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8 (7) |
Capsule obovoid or oblong-obovoid, apex concave; leaf blade orbicular |
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39 D. aspersa |
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Capsule ellipsoid, apex rounded; leaf blade suborbicular to ovate |
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40 D. bicolor |
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9 (7) |
Leaf blade ovate-lanceolate or oblong to linear, 0.7--3(--4) cm wide, abaxially greenish white or pruinose. |
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Leaf blade not shaped as above except sometimes distally on stem, (1--)3--22 cm wide; if leaf blade shaped similarly to above then abaxially neither greenish white nor pruinose. |
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Stem often prickly basally; leaf blade leathery, usually with prominent, closely spaced, reticulate veins; capsule 1.8--3.5 cm, wings 1.2--2.7 cm wide; tuber transverse section drying purplish red |
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45 D. cirrhosa |
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Stem not prickly; leaf blade thinly papery; capsule 1.5--2 cm, wings 1--1.5 cm wide; tuber transverse section drying pale. |
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11 (10) |
Leaf blade lanceolate to linear, 5--15 cm, base sagittate to cordate |
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43 D. linearicordata |
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Leaf blade oblong or obovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 2--7(--9) cm, base rounded |
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44 D. benthamii |
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12 (9) |
Stem often 4--8-ridged; stem, petioles, and main leaf veins often drying reddish brown abaxially, leaf veins sometimes with longitudinal, whitish zone adaxially |
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49 D. persimilis |
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Stem terete; stem, petioles, and main leaf veins drying greenish or whitish abaxially, leaf veins without whitish zone adaxially. |
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13 (12) |
Tuber cork deciduous; leaf blade drying blackish, usually ovate or long elliptic-ovate to lanceolate, base cordate to truncate or rounded, rarely sagittate or hastate |
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47 D. glabra |
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Tuber cork persistent. |
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14 (13) |
Leaf blade usually elliptic-ovate to broadly lanceolate, 1.5--8(--13) cm wide |
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48 D. fordii |
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Leaf blade orbicular to ovate or narrowly elliptic-ovate, 4--22 cm wide. |
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15 (14) |
Leaf blade orbicular to broadly ovate, base cordate to deeply so with narrow sinus, basal lobes rounded |
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46 D. wallichii |
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Leaf blade ovate to narrowly elliptic-ovate, base sagittate or hastate to shallowly cordate, basal lobes bluntly angular |
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50 D. exalata |
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Male spikes in axils of normal leaves, sometimes leaves progressively reduced to bracts distally on stem to form a terminal panicle. |
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Male spikes in specialized, lateral panicles, with bracts sharply differentiated from normal leaves. |
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17 (16) |
Male inflorescence axis distinctly zigzagged; leaf blade base rounded, apex usually with distinct, darker acumen; inflorescence spreading |
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44 D. benthamii |
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Male inflorescence axis straight or nearly so; leaf blade base sagittate or hastate to cordate (sometimes subtruncate or rounded and then inflorescence often ± erect), apex without distinct acumen. |
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18 (17) |
Leaf blade lanceolate to linear, more than 4 × as long as wide, abaxially pruinose |
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43 D. linearicordata |
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Leaf blade orbicular or oblong to ovate-lanceolate, less than 3 × as long as wide, abaxially not pruinose. |
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19 (18) |
Male flowers cuneate at base; buds ellipsoid; leaf blade drying dark brown, orbicular |
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39 D. aspersa |
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Male flowers truncate at base, pressed to inflorescence axis; buds ± cylindric or conical; leaf blade drying yellowish green to light brown, suborbicular to lanceolate. |
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20 (19) |
Flower buds conical; leaf blade suborbicular to broadly ovate |
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40 D. bicolor |
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Flower buds ± cylindric; leaf blade broadly ovate basally on stem, usually triangular-lanceolate to linear distally on stem |
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42 D. japonica |
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21 (16) |
Male inflorescence axis distinctly zigzagged; basal lobes of leaf blade often distinctly angular. |
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Male inflorescence axis straight. |
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22 (21) |
Leaf blade veins often drying whitish adaxially, tinged reddish abaxially |
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49 D. persimilis |
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Leaf blade veins not drying whitish adaxially, pale abaxially. |
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23 (22) |
Inner perianth lobes obovate |
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48 D. fordii |
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Inner perianth lobes spatulate |
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50 D. exalata |
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24 (21) |
Leaf blade greenish white abaxially when fresh, sometimes drying brown, base always rounded; tuber flesh drying purple-red, bark persistent |
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45 D. cirrhosa |
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Leaf blade only slightly paler abaxially than adaxially, base rounded (when tuber bark deciduous) to sagittate or hastate; tuber flesh never purple-red. |
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25 (24) |
Tuber bark deciduous; leaf base cordate to truncate or rounded, rarely sagittate or hastate; stem prickly basally |
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47 D. glabra |
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Tuber bark persistent; leaf base sagittate or hastate to cordate; stem not prickly |
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46 D. wallichii |
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