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1. Alangium Lamarck, Encycl. 1: 174. 1783.

八角枫属 ba jiao feng shu

Alangium chinense

Credit: Harvard University Herbaria

Angolam Adanson; Kara-angolam Adanson; Marlea Roxburgh.

Morphological characters and geographic distribution are the same as those of the family.


1 Stamens not less than 10; leaf blade broadly ovate to cordate or orbicular, membranous to subleathery   (2)
+ Stamens not more than 10; leaf blade ovate or orbicular, rarely linear-lanceolate, papery, rarely leathery   (4)
       
2 (1) Leaf blade broadly ovate to ovate, sometimes obovate.   8 A. premnifolium
+ Leaf blade oblong, cordate, or orbicular   (3)
       
3 (2) Leaf blade oblong.   10 A. salviifolium
+ Leaf blade cordate or orbicular.   7 A. platanifolium var. trilobum
       
4 (1) Flowers small, petals usually shorter than 1 cm   (5)
+ Flowers large, petals ca. 1 cm or longer   (7)
       
5 (4) Leaf blade suborbicular; styles pubescent.   11 A. yunnanense
+ Leaf blade oblong or broadly elliptic; styles glabrous   (6)
       
6 (5) Leaf blade oblong or lanceolate, pubescent when young, glabrescent; anthers basally pubescent.   4 A. faberi
+ Leaf blade broadly elliptic or ovate-oblong, both surfaces pubescent; anthers inside with soft hairs   2 A. barbatum
       
7 (4) Connectives of stamens glabrous   (8)
+ Connectives of stamens pubescent   (9)
       
8 (7) Inflorescences 7-30(-50)-flowered, petals lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm; leaf blade suborbicular, elliptic, or ovate, petiole 4-6 cm; drupe ovoid, 5-7 mm.   3 A. chinense
+ Inflorescences 1-5-flowered, petals linear, 1.8-2.3 cm; leaf blade ovate or suborbicular, petiole 1-4 cm; drupe ellipsoid, 1.3-2 cm.   1 A. alpinum
       
9 (7) Climbing shrub; petals 5; inflorescences 5-12-flowered; leaf blade oblong.   6 A. kwangsiense
+ Erect small tree or shrub; petals 6-10; inflorescences 2-7-flowered; leaf blade ovate to broadly ovate or suborbicular   (10)
       
10 (9) Leaf blade suborbicular or broadly ovate, 12-14 × 7-9 cm, petiole 2.5-4 cm; inflorescences 5-7-flowered, petals 6-8(-10), 2-2.5 cm.   5 A. kurzii
+ Leaf blade narrowly to broadly ovate, 4-7 × 2.7-4 cm, petiole 1-1.6 cm; inflorescences 2- or 3-flowered, petals 7, ca. 1 cm.   9 A. qingchuanense

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