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Cymes in very short panicles, axillary or terminal; anther connective not elongated or projecting. |
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Cymes fascicled in leaf axils; anther connective usually elongated or projecting. |
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Leaf blade thick leathery, broadly elliptic to narrowly lanceolate, base cuneate or broadly so; inflorescences compact |
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1 Osmanthus marginatus |
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Leaf blade papery or leathery, narrowly elliptic, oblanceolate, to narrowly obovate, base attenuate; inflorescences loose. |
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Leaf blade oblanceolate, rarely obovate or narrowly elliptic, 8-14(-19) × 2.5-4.5(-6) cm, usually serrate in distal half; petiole 1.5-3 cm |
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2 Osmanthus matsumuranus |
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Leaf blade narrowly elliptic or narrowly obovate, rarely oblanceolate, 4.5-9 × 1.5-3.5 cm, entire; petiole 1-1.5 cm |
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3 Osmanthus minor |
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Corolla lobes united in pairs at base, not forming a tube |
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4 Osmanthus didymopetalus |
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Corolla lobes united at base into a tube. |
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Corolla tube much longer than lobes, cylindric. |
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Corolla tube subequalling or shorter than lobes, if longer, then tube urceolate. |
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Leaf blade usually elliptic, 3-7 cm, obtusely serrate at margin |
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5 Osmanthus suavis |
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Leaf blade oblong, broadly elliptic, or broadly ovate, 1-2.5(-4) cm, sharply serrate at margin |
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6 Osmanthus delavayi |
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Branchlets, petiole, and adaxial surface of midrib ± hairy. |
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Branchlets, petiole, and midrib usually glabrous. |
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Pedicel puberulent |
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7 Osmanthus pubipedicellatus |
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Pedicel glabrous. |
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Corolla lobes longer than or rarely equal to tube. |
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Corolla lobes subequalling or rarely shorter than tube. |
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Leaf blade oblong-elliptic or elliptic, usually with 3 or 4 pairs of spiny teeth; stamens attached to base of corolla tube |
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8 Osmanthus heterophyllus |
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Leaf blade elliptic to oblanceolate, entire or if serrate, then with ca. 20 pairs of dentate-serrate teeth on each side; stamens attached to middle of corolla tube |
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9 Osmanthus henryi |
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| 11 (9) |
Corolla urceolate, lobes shorter than tube |
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10 Osmanthus urceolatus |
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Corolla not urceolate, lobes almost as long as tube. |
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| 12 (11) |
Leaf blade dentate or serrate, if entire then veins obviously raised and reticulate. |
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Leaf blade entire. |
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| 13 (12) |
Petiole 2-5 mm; leaf blade usually with 6-10(-17) pairs of spiny teeth, base ± rounded to subcordate, rarely broadly cuneate |
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11 Osmanthus armatus |
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Petiole 10-15 mm; leaf blade entire or with 3 or 4 pairs of serrations, base cuneate to blunt |
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12 Osmanthus venosus |
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| 14 (12) |
Leaf blade elliptic or obovate, ca. 2 × as long as broad, base broadly cuneate to rounded |
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13 Osmanthus cooperi |
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Leaf blade narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, ca. 4 × as long as broad, base narrowly cuneate |
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14 Osmanthus attenuatus |
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Bracts hairy or at least ciliate. |
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Bracts glabrous. |
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| 16 (15) |
Leaf venation neither reticulate nor raised; bracts hirsute |
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17 Osmanthus enervius |
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Leaf venation reticulate or distinctly raised; bracts ciliate. |
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| 17 (16) |
Leaf blade usually ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, serrulations (when present) 2-3 mm |
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15 Osmanthus yunnanensis |
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Leaf blade obovate-lanceolate or obovate-elliptic to elliptic, serrulations (when present) 1 mm |
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16 Osmanthus serrulatus |
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| 18 (15) |
Calyx less than 1 mm; leaf blade less than 6 cm |
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18 Osmanthus fordii |
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Calyx ca. 1 mm; leaf blade usually more than 6 cm. |
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| 19 (18) |
Corolla lobes more than 2 × as long as tube; leaf veins not reticulate, primary veins impressed adaxially |
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19 Osmanthus fragrans |
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Corolla lobes subequal to ca. 2 × as long as tube. |
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| 20 (19) |
Leaf venation neither reticulate nor raised, blade elliptic or narrowly so |
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20 Osmanthus gracilinervis |
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Leaf venation reticulate or raised, blade elliptic to lanceolate or narrowly ovate. |
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| 21 (20) |
Leaf blade lanceolate; stamens attached to distal part of corolla tube |
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21 Osmanthus lanceolatus |
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Leaf blade narrowly ovate, elliptic, oblong, or oblanceolate; stamens attached to middle or basal part of corolla tube. |
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| 22 (21) |
Stamens attached to middle of corolla tube; leaf venation reticulate, veins obvious and raised |
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22 Osmanthus reticulatus |
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Stamens attached to basal part of corolla tube; leaf venation obscure, reticulate but primary veins raised |
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23 Osmanthus hainanensis |