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3. Euonymus sect. Melanocarya (Turczaninow) Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 17: 618. 1941.

深裂卫矛组 shen lie wei mao zu

Melanocarya Turczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31: 453. 1858.

Shrubs or small trees, mostly deciduous, a few evergreen. Flowers 4-merous. Capsule 4-lobed into base, opening by 4 lobes at maturity, sometimes only 1-3 lobes developing.

About 11 species: E and S Asia, cultivated in Europe and North America; ten species (seven endemic) in China.


1 Leaves deciduous   (2)
+ Leaves evergreen   (6)
       
2 (1) Young branches and twigs with 4 corky wings.   30 E. alatus
+ Young branches and twigs without wings   (3)
       
3 (2) Leaf blade broadly linear or oblong-lanceolate, 4-7 × as long as wide.   34 E. euscaphis
+ Leaf blade ovate to elliptic, less than 4 × as long as wide   (4)
       
4 (3) Leaf blade obovate or elliptic-obovate.   31 E. centidens
+ Leaf blade ovate to ovate-elliptic   (5)
       
5 (4) Leaf blade margin finely and sharply serrulate; flowers from greenish pink to red; style long and persistent.   39 E. verrucosoides
+ Leaf blade margin crenulate; flowers light yellow or greenish yellow; style short and invisible.   33 E. distichus
       
6 (1) Flowers 4- or 5-merous; cymes with many flowers; leaf blade margin ciliate.   37 E. lucidus
+ Flowers 4-merous only; cymes with less than 7 flowers; leaf blade margin without cilia   (7)
       
7 (6) Leaf blade entire.   36 E. hukuangensis
+ Leaf blade margin crenulate to serrate   (8)
       
8 (7) Leaf blade small, 4-7 cm.   38 E. tashiroi
+ Leaf blade large, 9-15 cm   (9)
       
9 (8) Leaf blade mainly obovate, margin often serrulate to ciliate; capsule lobes often bending backward.   32 E. dielsianus
+ Leaf blade mainly elliptic, margin entire or obscurely crenulate; capsule lobes never bending backward.   35 E. hainanensis

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