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Filaments nearly free, barely connate at base into an indistinct ring; anthers indistinctly dorsifixed to semi-basifixed, erect. |
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Filaments connate basally into a distinct ring or tube; anthers distinctly dorsifixed. |
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| 2 (1) |
Pedicel 0.5-0.7 cm; leaves and corolla short black glandular striate |
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39 Lysimachia albescens |
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Pedicel 2.5-4.5 cm; plants epunctate |
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40 Lysimachia peduncularis |
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| 3 (1) |
Inflorescences paniculate; calyx lobes black glandular striate at margin. |
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Inflorescences not paniculate; calyx lobes not glandular striate at margin. |
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| 4 (3) |
Stems pubescent; leaves short petiolate, oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, pubescent abaxially; corolla 1.5-2 cm in diam. |
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41 Lysimachia vulgaris |
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Stems glabrous on lower part; leaves sessile, broadly or narrowly lanceolate, glabrous; corolla 1.1-1.5 cm in diam. |
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42 Lysimachia davurica |
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| 5 (3) |
Stems 1-5 cm; leaves spirally arranged, ± forming a rosette. |
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Stems more than 5 cm; leaves opposite, alternate, or whorled. |
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| 6 (5) |
Plants hirsute |
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43 Lysimachia alpestris |
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Plants glabrous |
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44 Lysimachia rupestris |
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| 7 (5) |
Corolla rotate; filaments connate basally into a ring or thin tube; leaves sessile or only lower ones short petiolate (except in white-flowered species). |
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Corolla subfunnelform; filaments connate 1/3-1/2 into a tube, or if only forming a ring, then leaves petiolate or corolla black glandular striate. |
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| 8 (7) |
Leaf blade lanceolate, tapering toward dilated clasping base |
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49 Lysimachia ophelioides |
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Leaf blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, base rounded or cuneate. |
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| 9 (8) |
Corolla white; leaf blade cuneate at base |
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48 Lysimachia huitsunae |
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Corolla yellow; leaf blade rounded at base. |
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| 10 (9) |
Plants less than 10 cm tall; lower leaves short petiolate; upper leaves ca. 1.5 cm; pedicel 0.9-1.6 cm |
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45 Lysimachia stellarioides |
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Plants 15-50 cm tall; lower leaves scalelike; upper leaves 3.5-6.5 cm; pedicel 1-7 cm. |
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| 11 (10) |
Stems usually simple; pedicel usually more than 20 mm; corolla 1.2-2 cm in diam., red or brown glandular punctate |
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46 Lysimachia omeiensis |
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Stems usually branched; pedicel 5-10 mm; corolla 1-1.5 cm in diam., epunctate |
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47 Lysimachia hypericoides |
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| 12 (7) |
Flowers in terminal or axillary racemes; bracts small, not leaflike. |
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Flowers axillary and solitary or in terminal clusters or umbels; if in racemes, then bracts leaflike. |
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(17) |
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| 13 (12) |
Leaves petiolate. |
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(14) |
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Leaves sessile. |
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(15) |
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| 14 (13) |
Racemes densely flowered; pedicel 2-5 mm; plants strigillose, epunctate |
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53 Lysimachia otophora |
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Racemes sparsely flowered; pedicel 8-20 mm; stems glabrous; leaves and corolla glandular punctate |
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54 Lysimachia nanchuanensis |
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| 15 (13) |
Leaf blade ovate-lanceolate, rounded at base |
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50 Lysimachia longipes |
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Leaf blade lanceolate, cuneate at base. |
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| 16 (15) |
Pedicel 1.5-5 cm; bracts inserted on rachis |
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51 Lysimachia fukienensis |
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Pedicel 0.2-0.4 cm; bracts adnate to pedicel |
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52 Lysimachia rubinervis |
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| 17 (12) |
Petiole auriculate at base (at least in lower leaves); inflorescences not capitate. |
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(18) |
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Petiole slender or, if auriculate at base, inflorescences subcapitate. |
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| 18 (17) |
Leaf blade connate-perfoliate |
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55 Lysimachia perfoliata |
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Leaf blade not connate-perfoliate. |
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| 19 (18) |
Flowers solitary and axillary or in terminal racemes; pedicel 0.4-2 cm; plants strigillose |
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56 Lysimachia melampyroides |
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Flowers in terminal umbels; pedicel 1-1.5 cm; plants glabrescent |
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57 Lysimachia brittenii |
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| 20 (17) |
Flowers solitary and axillary or in lax terminal racemes. |
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(21) |
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Flowers in terminal umbels or capitate clusters. |
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| 21 (20) |
Plants epunctate or translucent glandular punctate. |
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(22) |
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Plants red to black glandular punctate or striate. |
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(26) |
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| 22 (21) |
Flowers in terminal racemes; filaments connate to 1/2 their length into a tube. |
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(23) |
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Flowers axillary, solitary; filaments basally connate into a thin ring. |
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| 23 (22) |
Flowering Jul-Aug; pedicel usually ascending to erect in fruit; lower leaves ovate or elliptic |
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61 Lysimachia hemsleyi |
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Flowering May-Jun; pedicel recurved in fruit; lowest 1 or 2 pairs of leaves rhomboid-ovate to ovate |
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62 Lysimachia pseudohenryi |
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| 24 (22) |
Roots fasciculate, stringy; stems with 1 or 2 pairs of scalelike leaves near base; upper leaves obtuse at apex, rust-colored pubescent |
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58 Lysimachia deltoidea var. cinerascens |
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Roots fibrous; stems without scalelike leaves; upper leaves acute at apex, grayish pubescent. |
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| 25 (24) |
Stems erect or ascending-erect, decumbent at base; corolla 1-1.5 cm in diam. |
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59 Lysimachia remota |
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Stems prostrate to decumbent; corolla 0.5-0.8 cm in diam. |
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60 Lysimachia japonica |
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| 26 (21) |
Stems erect. |
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(27) |
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Stems prostrate to ascending or arcuate. |
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| 27 (26) |
Leaves and corolla red or dark glandular punctate |
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63 Lysimachia erosipetala |
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Leaves and corolla black glandular striate |
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64 Lysimachia grammica |
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| 28 (26) |
Plants purple or black glandular punctate. |
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(29) |
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Plants purple or black glandular striate. |
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(32) |
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| 29 (28) |
Calyx lobes abaxially cristate, glabrous |
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88 Lysimachia carinata |
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Calyx lobes not cristate, pilose. |
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| 30 (29) |
Leaves strigillose; pedicel 2-4 mm |
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89 Lysimachia debilis |
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Leaves setulose or glabrate; pedicel more than 5 mm. |
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| 31 (30) |
Stems prostrate; plants black or purple glandular, rarely transparent glandular |
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90 Lysimachia hemsleyana |
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Stems prostrate to ascending; plants transparent glandular |
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91 Lysimachia chekiangensis |
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| 32 (28) |
Calyx lobes not cristate. |
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(33) |
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Calyx lobes cristate abaxially. |
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| 33 (32) |
Calyx lobes glabrous or pubescent on margin and abaxially; corolla lobes long glandular striate; pedicel ca. as long as to shorter than subtending leaves |
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96 Lysimachia christiniae |
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Calyx lobes pubescent on abaxial surface only, margin glabrous; corolla lobes short glandular striate; pedicel usually longer than subtending leaves |
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97 Lysimachia drymarifolia |
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| 34 (32) |
Leaf blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base rounded; crest of calyx lobes uniform in width or widest below middle. |
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Leaf blade ovate or rounded, apex acute or obtuse, base cordate; crest of calyx lobes widest above middle. |
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| 35 (34) |
Leaves and calyx glabrescent; crest of calyx lobes widest below middle |
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92 Lysimachia pterantha |
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Leaves and calyx pubescent; crest of calyx lobes uniform in width |
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93 Lysimachia baoxingensis |
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| 36 (34) |
Leaves densely minutely bristly, transparent purplish glandular striate |
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94 Lysimachia pteranthoides |
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Leaves strigillose or glabrescent, densely black glandular striate and punctate; crest of calyx lobes decurrent forming a spur |
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95 Lysimachia crista-galli |
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| 37 (20) |
Leaves verticillate. |
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(38) |
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Leaves opposite. |
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| 38 (37) |
Plants rust-colored pilose |
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67 Lysimachia klattiana |
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Plants glabrous. |
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| 39 (38) |
Umbels sessile |
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65 Lysimachia paridiformis |
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Umbels pedunculate |
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66 Lysimachia sciadantha |
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| 40 (37) |
Plants colored glandular punctate or striate. |
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(41) |
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Plants epunctate or translucent glandular. |
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| 41 (40) |
Plants black glandular striate. |
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(42) |
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Plants black or purple punctate. |
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| 42 (41) |
Flowers 3-5, crowded at apices of branches, seldom at apex of main axis |
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86 Lysimachia rubiginosa |
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Flowers in terminal, abbreviated, subcapitate racemes |
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87 Lysimachia alfredii |
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| 43 (41) |
Glandular dots black, very dense on leaf blade and calyx. |
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Glandular dots purple or black, sparse or only near leaf margins. |
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| 44 (43) |
Leaves in 3 to many pairs, nearly equal, ovate to ovate-elliptic, 3.5-8 cm |
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78 Lysimachia punctatilimba |
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Leaves usually in 2 pairs crowded toward stem apex, elliptic to rhomboid-ovate, 10-18 cm; lower leaves scalelike, reduced. |
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| 45 (44) |
Stems and pedicels glabrous |
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79 Lysimachia fordiana |
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Stems and pedicels rust-colored villous |
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80 Lysimachia miyiensis |
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| 46 (43) |
Flowers crowded at stem apex, without bracts |
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81 Lysimachia nanpingensis |
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Flowers in terminal, subcapitate clusters, with bracts. |
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| 47 (46) |
Flowers 2-4, on leafless axillary short branches |
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82 Lysimachia liui |
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Flowers usually more than 4, on leafy stems and branches. |
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| 48 (47) |
Leaves sessile, tapering toward dilated clasping base |
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85 Lysimachia lychnoides |
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Leaves petiolate, base not clasping. |
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| 49 (48) |
Stems prostrate, rooting at nodes, upper part ascending; leaf blade ovate to suborbicular |
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83 Lysimachia congestiflora |
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Stems erect; leaf blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate |
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84 Lysimachia kwangtungensis |
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| 50 (40) |
Stems procumbent, elongated; corolla with thick translucent glandular stripes sometimes becoming dark when dry. |
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Stems erect or ascending from creeping base; corolla with or without translucent glands. |
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| 51 (50) |
Flowers 2-4, crowded at stem apex, without bracts; calyx not keeled |
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76 Lysimachia patungensis |
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Flowers many, in terminal, subcapitate clusters, with bracts; calyx keeled abaxially |
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77 Lysimachia yingdeensis |
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| 52 (50) |
Leaves glabrous or sparsely pilose on midvein abaxially |
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68 Lysimachia henryi |
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Leaves pilose or minutely bristly adaxially. |
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| 53 (52) |
Leaf blade lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, long attenuate at base. |
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Leaf blade ovate or ovate-elliptic, if ovate-lanceolate, then broadly cuneate or rounded at base. |
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| 54 (53) |
Upper leaves falcate-lanceolate, 4-9 mm wide |
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74 Lysimachia sciadophylla |
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Upper leaves lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, not falcate, usually wider than 10 mm. |
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| 55 (54) |
Leaves herbaceous, lateral veins 3-5 pairs |
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75 Lysimachia fistulosa |
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Leaves papery, lateral veins invisible |
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68 Lysimachia henryi |
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| 56 (53) |
Stems with only 3 or 4 pairs of leaves on upper part; petiole 2.5-4 cm; corolla 1.8-2 cm in diam. |
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69 Lysimachia esquirolii |
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Stems with evenly distributed leaves; petiole less than 2 cm; corolla 0.8-1.6 cm in diam. |
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(57) |
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| 57 (56) |
Flowers many, in terminal, subcapitate clusters. |
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(58) |
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Flowers 2-4, in axils of uppermost 1 or 2 leaf pairs. |
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(59) |
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| 58 (57) |
Stems erect; leaves strigillose; flower clusters lax; lowest pedicels recurved in fruit |
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62 Lysimachia pseudohenryi |
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Stems ascending from creeping base; leaves with articulate hairs; flower clusters compact; lowest pedicels ascending-erect in fruit |
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70 Lysimachia phyllocephala |
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| 59 (57) |
Stems erect; leaf blade ovate, subacuminate, sparsely bristly; corolla ca. 7.5 mm |
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71 Lysimachia shimianensis |
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Stems ascending from creeping base; leaf blade ovate, with articulate hairs; corolla to 13 mm. |
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| 60 (59) |
Leaf blade subrounded at base; petiole 2-10 mm |
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72 Lysimachia tengyuehensis |
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Leaf blade broadly cuneate at base; petiole (at least in medial leaves) more than 1 cm |
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73 Lysimachia siamensis |
