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4. Potentilla sect. Leptostylae (Th. Wolf) T. T. Yü & C. L. Li in T. T. Yü, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 37: 263. 1985.

枝状花柱组 zhi zhuang hua zhu zu

Potentilla subsect. Leptostylae Th. Wolf, Biblioth. Bot. 16(Heft 71): 52. 1908.

Herbs perennial. Basal leaves pinnate; leaflets serrate at margin. Ovary glabrous, rarely sparsely hairy; style sub-basal, lateral, or subterminal, not swollen at middle but nearly evenly thickened throughout its length, sometimes distally slightly thickened.

About 40 species: mainly Sino-Himalayan region and Malesian archipelago; 21 species (eight endemic) in China.


1 Plants with stolons.   (2)
+ Plants without stolons.   (5)
       
2 (1) Radical leaves more than 10 at flowering.   (3)
+ Radical leaves absent or fewer than 4 at flowering.   (4)
       
3 (2) Pedicels with scalelike bracts.   30 P. gombalana
+ Pedicels without scalelike bracts.   29 P. anserina
       
4 (2) Leaves adaxially sericeous, teminal leaflet elliptic.   32 P. taronensis
+ Leaves adaxially subglabrous, terminal leaflet rhombic-elliptic.   31 P. smithiana
       
5 (1) Cauline leaves more than 4.   (6)
+ Cauline leaves 1–3.   (10)
       
6 (5) Auricles of stipules of radical leaves connate from base to middle.   12 P. festiva
+ Auricles of stipules of radical leaves free.   (7)
       
7 (6) Peduncle and hypanthium without gland-tipped, multicellular hairs.   15 P. polyphylla
+ Peduncle and hypanthium with gland-tipped, multicellular hairs.   (8)
       
8 (7) Stigma not inflated; leaflets abaxially densely silvery sericeous, distal lateral ones cuneate at base.   13 P. lineata
+ Stigma inflated; leaflets abaxially sparsely strigose, distal lateral ones rounded at base.   (9)
       
9 (8) Epicalyx segments shorter than sepals, margin subentire; style nearly 2 × as long as ovary.   14 P. fallens
+ Epicalyx segments longer than sepals, margin with 3–7 teeth; style ca. 1.5 × as long as ovary.   16 P. polyphylloides
       
10 (5) Apical pair of leaflets sessile, but not decurrent at base.   (11)
+ Apical pair of leaflets decurrent at base.   (15)
       
11 (10) Smaller leaflets usually present between leaflets.   21 P. turfosa
+ Smaller leaflets usually not present between leaflets.   (12)
       
12 (11) Rhizome with a few slender, elongate roots.   20 P. aristata
+ Rhizome without slender, elongate roots.   (13)
       
13 (12) Stamens 5–8(–10).   19 P. glabriuscula
+ Stamens ca. 20.   (14)
       
14 (13) Leaflets 2–4 mm.   17 P. microphylla
+ Leaflets 5–15 mm.   18 P. stenophylla
       
15 (10) Inflorescence pseudoumbellate.   (16)
+ Inflorescence cymose.   (17)
       
16 (15) Auricles of stipules of radical leaves 2.   27 P. leuconota
+ Auricle of stipules of radical leaves 1.   28 P. wenchuensis
       
17 (15) Rhizome erect.   (18)
+ Rhizome creeping.   (19)
       
18 (17) Auricles of stipules of radical leaves 2.   24 P. cardotiana
+ Auricle of stipules of radical leaves 1.   25 P. commutata var. polyandra
       
19 (17) Auricles of stipules of radical leaves 2, apex acute.   23 P. contigua
+ Auricle of stipules of radical leaves 1, apex rounded.   (20)
       
20 (19) Flowering stems and petioles sericeous and appressed villous.   22 P. peduncularis
+ Flowering stems and petioles densely canescent tomentose, tomentose- villous, or sericeous-villous.   26 P. tugitakensis

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