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Inflorescence a compact compound corymb, more than 20-flowered; petals white, spreading; leaves large, more than 2.5 cm. |
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Inflorescence a lax corymb; less than 20-flowered, sometimes reduced to a solitary flower; petals pink and erect, or white and spreading; leaves often smaller. |
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2 (1) |
Leaf blade abaxially initially pilose, glabrate. |
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Leaf blade abaxially persistently densely tomentose. |
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3 (2) |
Leaf blade elliptic to ovate, apex obtuse or acute; fruit reddish yellow, ovoid to obovoid, 6–7 mm in diam. |
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8 C. glaucophyllus |
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Leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, apex acuminate or acute; fruit red, globose, 4–5 mm in diam. |
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9 C. glabratus |
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4 (2) |
Deciduous shrub to small tree. |
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Evergreen or semievergreen shrub. |
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5 (4) |
Leaf blade narrowly elliptic to ovate-lanceolate; fruit bright red, ellipsoid, 4–5 mm in diam. |
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6 C. frigidus |
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Leaf blade ovate or elliptic-ovate; fruit purplish brown to black, ovoid, 6–8 mm in diam. |
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7 C. affinis |
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6 (4) |
Leaf blade abaxially persistently densely tomentose, apex obtuse or acute. |
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(7) |
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Leaf blade abaxially initially tomentose, glabrescent, apex acute to acuminate. |
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(8) |
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7 (6) |
Inflorescences densely yellow tomentose; fruit obovoid; leaf blade obovate to elliptic. |
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4 C. coriaceus |
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Inflorescences densely gray tomentose; fruit turbinate; leaf blade obovate-lanceolate to oblong- lanceolate. |
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5 C. turbinatus |
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8 (6) |
Pedicel very short or nearly absent; inflorescences 2–3.5 cm; fruit ellipsoid; pyrenes always 2. |
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3 C. harrovianus |
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Pedicel 2–4 mm; inflorescences 3–5 cm; fruit subglobose or pyriform; pyrenes 2–4. |
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9 (8) |
Leaf blade adaxially shallowly rugose, abaxially glaucous and tomentose; fruit subglobose. |
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1 C. salicifolius |
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Leaf blade adaxially deeply rugose, abaxially yellow tomentose; fruit pyriform. |
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2 C. rhytidophyllus |
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10 (1) |
Corymb 3–15(–20)-flowered, sometimes reduced to a solitary flower; leaf blade longer than 2 cm, rarely slightly shorter. |
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(11) |
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Inflorescence a solitary flower, rarely 2 or 3(–7)-flowered (but 3–9(–11)-flowered in C. sherriffii); leaf blade often less than 2 cm, rarely slightly longer. |
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(38) |
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11 (10) |
Petals white, spreading; fruit red. |
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(12) |
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Petals pink, very rarely white, erect; fruit red, rarely black (C. melanocarpus, C. tenuipes). |
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12 (11) |
Leaf blade abaxially glabrous or slightly pilose. |
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(13) |
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Leaf blade abaxially tomentose, rarely tomentose-villous. |
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13 (12) |
Pedicel and abaxial surfaces of leaf blade and hypanthium sparsely pilose. |
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15 C. submultiflorus |
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Pedicel and abaxial surfaces of leaf blade and hypanthium glabrous. |
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16 C. multiflorus |
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14 (12) |
Hypanthium abaxially glabrous. |
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(15) |
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Hypanthium abaxially tomentose or villous. |
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15 (14) |
Leaf blade oblong-elliptic, abaxially gray tomentose, sometimes adaxially initially pubescent; petals 3.5–4 mm; fruit purplish red, with slightly glaucous bloom, obovoid. |
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13 C. mongolicus |
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Leaf blade elliptic to broadly ovate, abaxially tomentose-villous, with glaucous bloom, always adaxially glabrous; petals 5–6 mm; fruit dark red, ovoid, rarely oblong. |
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14 C. hebephyllus |
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16 (14) |
Semievergreen shrub; anthers purplish red; leaf blade leathery; fruit with 2 pyrenes. |
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10 C. pannosus |
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Deciduous shrub; anthers yellow; leaf blade herbaceous; fruit with 1 or 2 pyrenes. |
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17 (16) |
Leaf blade apically obtuse, abaxially white tomentose; hypanthium abaxially tomentose; petals 2.5–3.5 mm; fruit ovoid to ellipsoid. |
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11 C. soongoricus |
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Leaf blade apically acute, rarely obtuse, abaxially gray tomentose; hypanthium abaxially villous; petals 4–5 mm; fruit subglobose. |
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12 C. silvestrii |
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18 (11) |
Leaf blade abaxially tomentose; fruit red, rarely black. |
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(19) |
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Leaf blade abaxially glabrous or pilose. |
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(31) |
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19 (18) |
Hypanthium abaxially glabrous or slightly puberulous. |
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(20) |
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Hypanthium abaxially densely tomentose or pilose. |
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(23) |
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20 (19) |
Fruit black; inflorescences 3–15-flowered, rachis tomentose. |
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29 C. melanocarpus |
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Fruit red; inflorescences 2–7-flowered, rachis glabrous to pilose. |
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21 (20) |
Hypanthium abaxially puberulous; flowers 2–4 in short fascicles, nearly 1/2 as long as leaves. |
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26 C. oliganthus |
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Hypanthium abaxially glabrous; flowers 2–7 in corymbs. |
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22 (21) |
Inflorescence nearly 1/2 as long as leaves; rachis and pedicels glabrous, rarely puberulous; leaf blade broadly elliptic, broadly ovate, or suborbicular; fruit subglobose, rarely ovoid, glabrous. |
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27 C. integerrimus |
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Inflorescence nearly as long as leaves; rachis and pedicels pilose; leaf blade ovate to oblong- ovate; fruit obovoid, puberulous. |
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28 C. gracilis |
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23 (19) |
Leaf blade apically obtuse, rarely acute. |
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(24) |
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Leaf blade apically acute to acuminate. |
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24 (23) |
Fruit black, ovoid, with 1 or 2 pyrenes; inflorescence 2–4-flowered. |
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19 C. tenuipes |
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Fruit red, globose to ovoid or obovoid, with 2 or 3 pyrenes; inflorescence 3–15-flowered. |
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25 (24) |
Leaf blade elliptic to ovate; inflorescence 3- to more than 10-flowered; fruit obovoid or ovoid- globose, with 2 pyrenes. |
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17 C. zabelii |
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Leaf blade broadly ovate to suborbicular; inflorescence 10–15-flowered; fruit oblong, with 3 pyrenes. |
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18 C. fangianus |
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26 (23) |
Rachis, pedicels, and hypanthium abaxially glabrous; fruit purplish black, subglobose, with 5 pyrenes. |
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25 C. reticulatus |
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Rachis, pedicels, and hypanthium abaxially pubescent; fruit red or orangish red, obovoid, ovoid, or subglobose, with 2–5 pyrenes. |
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27 (26) |
Rachis, pedicels, and hypanthium abaxially densely white tomentose; petals white; fruit obovoid, pyrenes 2. |
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20 C. wardii |
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Rachis, pedicels, and hypanthium abaxially pilose; petals usually pink, sometimes white or red; fruit subglobose to obovoid, pyrenes 3–5 or if pyrenes 2, then fruit ovoid. |
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28 (27) |
Inflorescences 5–11-flowered; fruit orangish red, with 3–5 pyrenes. |
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24 C. franchetii |
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Inflorescences 3–7(–11)-flowered; fruit dark or bright red, with 2–5 pyrenes. |
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(29) |
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29 (28) |
Fruit ovoid, dark red, with 2 or 3 pyrenes; petals red. |
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23 C. obscurus |
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Fruit subglobose or obovoid, bright red, with 3–5 pyrenes; petals white or pink. |
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30 (29) |
Inflorescence 2-flowered; petals pink; leaf blade elliptic to ovate, abaxially densely tomentose; fruit subglobose or obovoid, with 3–5 pyrenes. |
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21 C. dielsianus |
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Inflorescence 3–11-flowered; petals white; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, abaxially sparsely tomentose; fruit subglobose, with 5 pyrenes. |
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22 C. glomerulatus |
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31 (18) |
Fruit red. |
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(32) |
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Fruit black. |
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32 (31) |
Hypanthium abaxially glabrous when old; flowers 5–13 in corymbs; leaf blade adaxially conspicuously rugose, veins prominently raised abaxially; styles 4 or 5; fruit with 4 or 5 pyrenes. |
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33 C. bullatus |
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Hypanthium abaxially slightly puberulous; flowers 1–9; leaf blade adaxially not rugose, veins raised but not prominently; styles 2; fruit with 2 pyrenes. |
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33 (32) |
Flowers (1 or)2 or 3(–5); leaf blade elliptic-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, adaxially pilose; fruit ellipsoid. |
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30 C. acuminatus |
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Flowers 3–9; leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate, adaxially glabrous or initially pilose, glabrescent; fruit subglobose or obovoid. |
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34 (33) |
Leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate; fruit subglobose, glabrous. |
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31 C. nitidifolius |
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Leaf blade broadly elliptic or broadly ovate, sometimes obovate or suborbicular; fruit obovoid, pilose or subglabrous. |
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32 C. schantungensis |
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35 (31) |
Hypanthium abaxially glabrous or subglabrous; inflorescences 5–10-flowered; fruit ovoid or subglobose. |
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37 C. ambiguus |
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Hypanthium abaxially pilose; inflorescences 2–25-flowered; fruit ellipsoid, obovoid, or subglobose. |
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36 (35) |
Leaf blade apically acute; inflorescence 2–5-flowered; fruit ellipsoid or obovoid, with 2 or 3 pyrenes. |
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34 C. acutifolius |
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Leaf blade apically acuminate; inflorescence 3–25-flowered; fruit subglobose or obovoid, with 3–5 pyrenes. |
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37 (36) |
Inflorescences 9–25-flowered; leaf blade adaxially rugose and conspicuously bullate; pyrenes 4 or 5, smooth. |
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35 C. moupinensis |
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Inflorescences 3–7-flowered; leaf blade adaxially not bullate, veins slightly impressed; pyrenes 3 or 4, furrowed and shallowly pitted on back. |
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36 C. foveolatus |
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38 (10) |
Petals white, spreading; fruit red, with 2 or 3(–5) pyrenes; prostrate or low evergreen shrub. |
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(39) |
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Petals red, rarely pink, erect; fruit red, rarely purplish black, with (1 or)2 or 3(or 4) pyrenes; spreading or erect, deciduous or semievergreen shrub. |
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39 (38) |
Abaxial surfaces of leaf blade and hypanthium tomentose. |
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38 C. buxifolius |
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Abaxial surfaces of leaf blade and hypanthium pilose. |
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40 (39) |
Leaf blade ovate or oblong-ovate to elliptic, rarely obovate; fruit with 2–5 pyrenes. |
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(41) |
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Leaf blade suborbicular, ovate, obovate, or elliptic to oblanceolate; fruit with 1 or 2 pyrenes. |
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(42) |
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41 (40) |
Leaf blade elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 1–2(–3) cm; fruit subglobose, with 4 or 5 pyrenes. |
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39 C. dammeri |
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Leaf blade ovate or oblong-ovate, rarely obovate, 0.9–1.5 cm; fruit ellipsoid-ovoid or ellipsoid, with 2 or 3 pyrenes. |
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40 C. morrisonensis |
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42 (40) |
Leaf blade elliptic, oblong or obovate to oblong-obovate, rarely oblanceolate, base cuneate. |
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(43) |
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Leaf blade suborbicular or broadly ovate, base broadly cuneate to rounded. |
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(45) |
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43 (42) |
Flowers solitary, rarely 2 or 3; shrub prostrate or suberect; leaf blade obovate to oblong-obovate, margin slightly revolute. |
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(44) |
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Flowers 3–9(–11); shrub erect; leaf blade oblong-obovate, rarely oblanceolate, margin not revolute. |
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43 C. sherriffii |
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44 (43) |
Prostrate shrubs; leaf blade obovate to oblong-obovate, 4–10 mm; fruit scarlet-red, 5–7 mm in diam. |
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41 C. microphyllus |
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Suberect shrubs; branches spreading to 40 cm; leaf blade elliptic to oblanceolate, rarely oblong, 6–16(–20) mm; fruit bright scarlet, 8–10 mm in diam. |
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42 C. conspicuus |
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45 (42) |
Leaf blade adaxially glabrous, abaxially pilose; flowers 1–3, petals white or tinged reddish, spreading; fruit red, obovoid, with 2 or 3 pyrenes. |
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44 C. rotundifolius |
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Leaf blade villous on both surfaces; flowers solitary, petals pink, erect; fruit dark red, ovoid- globose, with 2 pyrenes. |
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51 C. langei |
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46 (38) |
Leaf blade abaxially densely tomentose; flowers usually solitary. |
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(47) |
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Leaf blade abaxially glabrous or pilose; flowers 1–3(or 4). |
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47 (46) |
Petals red; hypanthium abaxially pilose; leaf blade suborbicular or broadly elliptic, apex obtuse, abaxially persistently yellow tomentose. |
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45 C. rubens |
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Petals pink; hypanthium abaxially glabrous; leaf blade ovate, rarely ovate-elliptic, apex acute or obtuse, abaxially tomentose, gradually glabrescent, subglabrous when old. |
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46 C. uniflorus |
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48 (46) |
Hypanthium abaxially glabrous; erect shrub. |
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(49) |
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Hypanthium abaxially pubescent; prostrate or erect shrub. |
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49 (48) |
Stems irregularly branched; fruit subglobose, sessile, erect. |
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(50) |
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Stems ± distichously branched; fruit obovoid or globose, shortly pedicellate, pendent. |
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50 (49) |
Leaf apically apiculate, rarely emarginate, blade suborbicular or orbicular-ovate, rarely broadly obovate, glabrous on both surfaces or slightly puberulous only along veins abaxially; petals pinkish. |
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58 C. apiculatus |
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Leaf apically acute, sometimes obtuse, blade ovate or elliptic-ovate, pilose on both surfaces; petals red. |
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59 C. sanguineus |
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51 (49) |
Branchlets conspicuously verruculose; leaf apically emarginate or partly mucronulate; flowers solitary. |
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57 C. verruculosus |
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Branchlets strigose, not verruculose; leaf apically acute or obtuse; flowers 1–3. |
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52 (51) |
Flowers solitary; stamens 20; leaf blade broadly ovate or broadly obovate, apex acute, rarely obtuse. |
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55 C. nitidus |
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Flowers 2 or 3; stamens 10; leaf blade suborbicular or broadly ovate, apex obtuse or acute. |
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56 C. taylorii |
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53 (48) |
Prostrate low shrub; flowers solitary or in pairs. |
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(54) |
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Erect shrub; flowers 2 or 3(or 4). |
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54 (53) |
Stems horizontally spreading, regularly distichously branched. |
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49 C. horizontalis |
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Stems tufted on ground, irregularly branched. |
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55 (54) |
Leaf blade thinly papery, margin undulate; fruit subglobose, 7–9 mm in diam., pyrenes 2 or 3. |
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47 C. adpressus |
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Leaf blade leathery, margin thick, not undulate; fruit ovoid, 5–6 mm in diam., pyrenes 2. |
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48 C. subadpressus |
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56 (53) |
Fruit black. |
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(57) |
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Fruit red. |
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57 (56) |
Leaf apically obtuse, rarely acute, blade ovate, rarely elliptic, adaxially glabrous, abaxially villous or subglabrous; fruit ellipsoid, pyrenes 1 or 2. |
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53 C. nitens |
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Leaf apically acute to acuminate, blade elliptic to ovate-elliptic, both surfaces appressed strigose-villous; fruit ovoid or subglobose, pyrenes 2 or 3. |
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54 C. harrysmithii |
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58 (56) |
Branchlets verruculose; leaf blade appressed pilose on both surfaces; fruit with 3 pyrenes. |
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52 C. chengkangensis |
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Branchlets not verruculose; leaf blade strigose-villous or subglabrous, fruit with 2 pyrenes. |
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59 (58) |
Leaf blade elliptic or broadly elliptic, rarely obovate, abaxially slightly puberulous, adaxially subglabrous, apex acute, rarely ± obtuse; fruit ellipsoid, shortly stalked. |
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50 C. divaricatus |
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Leaf blade broadly ovate to suborbicular, both surfaces strigose-villous, apex obtuse, rarely acute; fruit ovoid-globose, subsessile. |
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51 C. langei |
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