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9. Salix Sect. Denticulatae C. K. Schneider in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 3: 117. 1916.

繁柳组 fan liu zu

Shrubs. Branches short. Leaves usually small or medium-sized; leaf blade elliptic, oblong, or ovate to obovate, rarely suborbicular or lanceolate, abaxially greenish, pale or pruinose, pubescent when young, margin entire or dentate. Flowering nearly coetaneous, but young leaves very small at anthesis. Catkins slender, pedunculate; bracts yellowish green or reddish, usually nearly spatulate at apex, usually glabrous or ciliate. Male flower: gland solitary, adaxial; stamens 2, distinct, pilose proximally; anthers yellow, rarely red. Female flower: ovary ovoid, glabrous or rarely pilose, sessile or shortly stipitate; style short; stigma 2-lobed.


Key based on vegetative characters

1 Petiole less than 5 mm; leaf margin entire.   (2)
+ Petiole more than 5 mm; leaf margin dentate or entire.   (14)
       
2 (1) Leaf abaxially glabrous.   (3)
+ Leaf abaxially pilose (including hairs present on leaves of young branchlets).   (7)
       
3 (2) Leaf blade lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate   77 Salix macroblasta
+ Leaf blade neither lanceolate nor oblong-lanceolate.   (4)
       
4 (3) Branchlets yellow or yellowish brown; leaves subsessile   68 Salix dissa
+ Branchlets neither yellow nor yellowish brown; petiole 2-5 mm.   (5)
       
5 (4) Petiole pubescent; leaf abaxially pruinose, very smooth   94 Salix austrotibetica
+ Petiole glabrous; leaf abaxially neither pruinose nor smooth.   (6)
       
6 (5) Leaf blade ovate to elliptic, abaxially glaucous   88 Salix denticulata
+ Leaf blade elliptic or elliptic-oblong, abaxially green   84 Salix tangii
       
7 (2) Leaf blade obovate-elliptic or obovate-oblong   89 Salix parvidenticulata
+ Leaf blade neither obovate-elliptic nor obovate-oblong.   (8)
       
8 (7) Leaves tufted villous abaxially only near base   87 Salix maerkangensis
+ Leaves not tufted villous.   (9)
       
9 (8) Branches dull brown or dark grayish brown; stipules small or absent.   (10)
+ Branches usually purplish brown; stipules oblique or broadly ovate.   (11)
       
10 (9) Leaf downy abaxially; petiole ca. 2.5 mm   76 Salix pseudotangii
+ Leaf pilose along midvein abaxially; petiole 2-4 mm   85 Salix xizangensis
       
11 (9) Petiole 3-5 mm, sericeous   81 Salix mictotricha
+ Petiole 1-3(-4) mm, downy or tomentose.   (12)
       
12 (11) Leaf glaucous abaxially   83 Salix polyclona
+ Leaf not glaucous abaxially.   (13)
       
13 (12) Leaf densely pubescent abaxially   69 Salix heishuiensis
+ Leaf subglabrous abaxially except along veins which are pubescent   80 Salix luctuosa
       
14 (1) Leaf margin dentate or inconspicuously dentate.   (15)
+ Leaf margin entire.   (25)
       
15 (14) Leaf margin remotely dentate or subentire when young.   (16)
+ Leaf margin inconspicuously dentate or margins of some leaves entire.   (17)
       
16 (15) Leaf blade elliptic or ovate, rarely obovate glabrous on both surfaces, base rounded or broadly cuneate, apex obtuse; petiole 5-12 mm   78 Salix wangiana
+ Leaf blade lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate pilose on both surfaces, base cuneate, apex acute; petiole 3-6 mm   65 Salix pseudowolohoensis
       
17 (15) Young leaves near apex of branchlets pilose abaxially; veins with yellowish brown hairs; branchlets tomentulose   67 Salix praticola
+ Young leaves near apex of branchlets usually glabrous abaxially; veins without yellowish brown hairs; branchlets glabrous or subglabrous.   (18)
       
18 (17) Young branchlets glabrous.   (19)
+ Young branchlets pilose.   (21)
       
19 (18) Leaf blade generally less than 3 cm (except on shoots and robust branchlets) abaxially not pruinose   64 Salix tenella
+ Leaf blade generally more than 3 cm, usually pruinose abaxially.   (20)
       
20 (19) Branchlets thick, usually pruinose; leaf blade elliptic or broadly elliptic, 3-5.5 cm   71 Salix zangica
+ Branchlets thin, not pruinose; leaf blade oblong or elliptic, to 3.5 cm   70 Salix zhegushanica
       
21 (18) Petiole with 1-3 glands apically   93 Salix minjiangensis
+ Petiole eglandular.   (22)
       
22 (21) Petiole reddish; branchlets reddish or reddish black, shiny   90 Salix ochetophylla
+ Petiole not reddish; branchlets dull brown or purplish brown to blackish purple, not shiny.   (23)
       
23 (22) Leaf blade usually greenish abaxially, sometimes whitish but not pruinose, elliptic to lanceolate, broadest below middle   63 Salix guebriantiana
+ Leaf blade grayish white and pruinose abaxially, elliptic or obovate-elliptic.   (24)
       
24 (23) Leaf blade oblong-lanceolate   66 Salix daguanensis
+ Leaf blade not oblong-lanceolate   74 Salix oreinoma
       
25 (14) Branchlets glabrous   75 Salix hypoleuca
+ Branchlets pilose.   (26)
       
26 (25) Leaf blade lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate or long elliptic, obtuse or acute at both ends.   (27)
+ Leaf blade orbicular, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, or oblong, rarely obovate-elliptic, base usually rounded or broadly cuneate, rarely obtuse, apex acute or shortly acuminate.   (28)
       
27 (26) Branchlets blackish, angled; leaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 4-6 cm × 7-10 mm   72 Salix longiflora
+ Branchlets brown or grayish brown; leaves elliptic-lanceolate or long elliptic, 1.5-5.2 cm × 6-15 mm   86 Salix cathayana
       
28 (26) Leaf blade orbicular.   (29)
+ Leaf blade not orbicular.   (30)
       
29 (28) Petiole with 1-3 glands apically   93 Salix minjiangensis
+ Petiole eglandular apically   91 Salix zhouquensis
       
30 (28) One-year-old branchlets densely dirty downy or tomentose   92 Salix etosia
+ One-year-old branchlets pilose or pilose when young, neither dirty downy nor tomentose.   (31)
       
31 (30) Leaf apex rounded or slightly acute, rarely retuse   73 Salix paratetradenia
+ Leaf apex acute, shortly acuminate, or obtuse.   (32)
       
32 (31) One-year-old branchlets ± villous; leaf blade elliptic to oblong, base rounded, apex acute or obtuse   82 Salix rhoophila
+ One-year-old branchlets glabrous (except for some young branchlets); leaf blade oblong-elliptic to broadly elliptic, base cuneate to rounded, apex acute to shortly acuminate   79 Salix delavayana

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