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4. Salix Sect. Pentandrae (Borrer ex Hooker) C. K. Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 29. 1904.
五蕊柳组 wu rui liu zu
Salix [unranked] Pentandrae Borrer ex Hooker, Brit. Fl. 416. 1830.
Shrubs or small trees. Buds and young leaves viscid. Petiole glandular; leaf blade obovate-elliptic, elliptic, or ovate-oblong, rarely broadly lanceolate or broadly elliptic, adaxially shiny, margin prominently regularly glandular serrulate, apex acute to acuminate. Flowering coetaneous. Catkins spreading, densely flowered; peduncle conspicuous, with leaflets; bracts of female catkin yellowish green, usually caducous at fruiting. Male flower: stamens 5-9(-12). Female flower: adaxial and abaxial glands lobed, rarely entire, abaxial gland sometimes absent; ovary ovoid-conical, shortly stipitate; style and stigma conspicuous.
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Bracts lanceolate |
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19 Salix burqinensis |
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Bracts not lanceolate. |
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Male catkin ca. 10 mm thick; stamens 3-4.5 mm; bracts ca. 2.5 mm; adaxial and abaxial glands cylindric; branchlets grayish brown |
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20 Salix pentandra |
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Male catkin ca. 8 mm thick; stamens 1-3 mm, unequal; bracts 1.5-2 mm; adaxial and abaxial glands broadly flattened; branchlets gray, rarely with a purplish tinge |
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21 Salix paraplesia |
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