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23. Salix Sect. Arbuscella Seringe ex Duby, Bot. Gall. 1: 426. 1828.

灌木柳组 guan mu liu zu

Sect. Arbusculoideae (Seringe) Floderus.

Shrubs. Branchlets dull, at first tomentulose, glabrescent. Stipules usually absent; leaf blade ovate, elliptic, or oblong-obovate, glabrous when mature, margin usually serrate. Catkins pedunculate or sessile; bracts brownish or yellowish green. Male flower: gland adaxial; stamens 2; filaments distinct, glabrous or pilose. Female flower: gland as in male flower; ovary pilose; stipe short; style conspicuous or rather long.


Key based on vegetative characters

1 Juvenile branchlets yellowish, not shiny   199 var. metaformosa
+ Juvenile branchlets chestnut colored or brown, shiny.   (2)
       
2 (1) Young branchlets pilose; leaf blade long elliptic to lanceolate or oblong-obovate   196 Salix saposhnikovii
+ Young branchlets glabrous; leaf blade elliptic or obovate-elliptic.   (3)
       
3 (2) Leaf blade thick, not translucent on drying; margin densely dentate with curving, sharply pointed teeth   198 Salix tianschanica
+ Leaf blade thin, translucent on drying; margin remotely shallowly denticulate or entire   197 Salix paraphylicifolia

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