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Plants erect, rarely prostrate; leaves usually spurless (shortly spurred in S. leptophyllum). |
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Plants subprostrate, ascending, or decumbent; leaves usually spurred; sepals spurred, rarely spurless. |
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Pseudopetiole conspicuous. |
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Pseudopetiole inconspicuous, leaves tapered toward base. |
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Carpels 4; follicles many seeded |
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75 S. tetractinum |
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Carpels 5; follicles 1-3-seeded. |
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Bracts orbicular to suborbicular; leaves rhombic-elliptic, 3-6 cm, apex attenuate or retuse to emarginate |
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73 S. oligospermum |
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Bracts linear-spatulate; leaves ovate to suborbicular, 1.5-3 cm, apex rounded |
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74 S. wilsonii |
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Carpels and nectar scales 3; seeds few. |
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Carpels and nectar scales 4; seeds numerous. |
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Leaves verticillate or opposite, spatulate-oblong |
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76 S. triactina |
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Leaves alternate, rarely verticillate, oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate |
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77 S. leptophyllum |
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Leaves narrowly oblanceolate, 1-2.5 cm; sepals triangular to narrowly elliptic; petals 4-4.5 mm, apex shortly mucronate |
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78 S. hakonense |
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Leaves oblanceolate, 2.5-4.5 cm; sepals narrowly triangular; petals ca. 7 mm, apex acute |
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79 S. dongzhiense |
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Rootstock with root shoots or white, globose latent bulbs. |
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Rootstock absent, roots slender. |
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| 9 (8) |
Rootstock ascending, root shoots present. |
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Rootstock slender, white, globose latent bulbs present. |
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Plants 5-20 cm tall; leaves spatulate to broadly obovate, 12-20 mm |
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80 S. leucocarpum |
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Plants ca. 7 cm tall; leaves ovate, 3-4 mm |
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81 S. wenchuanense |
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Leaves alternate, 3-15 × ca. 2 mm; sepals 1.5-7 mm |
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82 S. tianmushanense |
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Leaves opposite at base of stem, 4-verticillate at middle, alternate at apex, 12-30 × 1-2 mm; sepals 2-2.5 mm |
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83 S. latentibulbosum |
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| 12 (8) |
Sepals equaling or longer than petals or, if shorter than the petals, all sepals equal. |
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Sepals shorter than petals or, if longer than petals, sepals unequal. |
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Plants annual; petals triangular, apex acute |
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84 S. woronowii |
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Plants perennial; petals oblong-ovate, apex long mucronate |
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85 S. multicaule |
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| 14 (12) |
Plants suffrutescent, tufted; sepals 1/4-1/3 as long as petals |
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86 S. polytrichoides |
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Plants mostly not tufted, leathery; sepals to 1/2 as long as petals. |
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Leaves usually verticillate (sometimes opposite or less often alternate in S. erythrospermum). |
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Leaves usually alternate or opposite (verticillate or verticillate and alternate in S. cryptomerioides, S. dimorphophyllum, and S. subtile). |
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Leaves usually 1.5-3 cm. |
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Leaves 0.5-1.4 cm. |
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Leaves oblanceolate to oblong |
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117 S. sarmentosum |
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Leaves linear to linear-oblanceolate. |
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Petal apex not mucronate |
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118 S. lineare |
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Petal apex long mucronate |
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119 S. grammophyllum |
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Leaves opposite or 3- or 4-verticillate. |
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Leaves 4- or 5-verticillate. |
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| 20 (19) |
Plants annual; sterile stems absent |
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113 S. erythrospermum |
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Plants perennial; sterile stems present. |
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| 21 (20) |
Leaves 3-verticillate and linear on flowering stems, 3-verticillate and obovate on sterile stems; sepals linear-obovate |
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111 S. jiulungshanense |
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Leaves on flowering stems and sterile stems 3- or 4-verticillate, broadly linear to lanceolate; sepals broadly linear to suboblong |
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112 S. onychopetalum |
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| 22 (19) |
Leaves 4- or 5-verticillate, differently shaped basally and apically on stem |
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116 S. kiangnanense |
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Leaves 4-verticillate, similarly shaped basally and apically on stem. |
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| 23 (22) |
Leaf apex acute; nectar scales spatulate-oblong; anthers blackish |
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114 S. phyllanthum |
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Leaf apex obtuse; nectar scales oblong-cuneate; anthers not blackish |
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115 S. yvesii |
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| 24 (15) |
Leaves verticillate and alternate apically on stems, verticillate basally on old stems |
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87 S. dimorphophyllum |
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Leaves alternate or opposite (verticillate apically on stems in S. cryptomerioides and occasionally in S. subtile). |
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Leaves usually conspicuously pseudopetiolate. |
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Leaves inconspicuously pseudopetiolate. |
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| 26 (25) |
Leaf base spurred; sepals equal; bracts very large, resembling stem leaves |
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120 S. concarpum |
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Leaf base spurless; sepals unequal; bracts very small, mostly obscure |
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121 S. engleri |
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Leaves opposite (sometimes alternate or less often verticillate in S. actinocarpum). |
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Leaves alternate (opposite basally on stems in S. bulbiferum and occasionally in S. formosanum). |
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| 28 (27) |
Stems 3-7 cm |
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110 S. baileyi |
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Stems 10-25 cm. |
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| 29 (28) |
Leaf apex emarginate |
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108 S. emarginatum |
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Leaf apex truncate. |
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| 30 (29) |
Stems erect; carpels suboblong to ovoid, ca. 2.5 mm; follicles horizontally spreading |
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107 S. actinocarpum |
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Stems basally prostrate; carpels lanceolate, ca. 5 mm; follicles obliquely spreading |
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109 S. makinoi |
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| 31 (27) |
Plants pubescent throughout. |
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Plants glabrous throughout. |
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| 32 (31) |
Leaves obovate; sepals ovate |
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88 S. giajae |
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Leaves spatulate; sepals spatulate |
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89 S. lungtsuanense |
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| 33 (31) |
Bulbils usually present in leaf axils |
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90 S. bulbiferum |
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Bulbils absent in leaf axils. |
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| 34 (33) |
Sterile stems absent. |
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Sterile stems present. |
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| 35 (34) |
Sepals wider at base than at middle. |
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Sepals narrower at base than at middle. |
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| 36 (35) |
Sepals triangular |
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100 S. microsepalum |
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Sepals linear-ovate |
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101 S. hangzhouense |
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| 37 (35) |
Leaves 0.6-1 cm; seeds minutely papillate or reticulate. |
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Leaves 1.2-3 cm; seeds smooth. |
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| 38 (37) |
Leaves ca. 6 × 1.5 mm; seeds reticulate |
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102 S. morrisonense |
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Leaves 6-10 × 3-5 mm; seeds papillate |
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103 S. nokoense |
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| 39 (37) |
Flowering stems branched from base |
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104 S. formosanum |
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Flowering stems simple, rarely apically branched. |
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| 40 (39) |
Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic-lanceolate; sepals 1.5-3 × ca. 0.5 mm; seeds yellow |
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105 S. parvisepalum |
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Leaves linear-cuneate, spatulate, or obovate; sepals 3-5 × 1-1.5 mm; seeds brown |
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106 S. alfredii |
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| 41 (34) |
Leaves of flowering stems terete or ± flat. |
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Leaves of flowering stems flat. |
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| 42 (41) |
Leaves of flowering stems very crowded, 0.3-0.5 cm; sepals to 3 mm |
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91 S. uniflorum |
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Leaves of flowering stems ± remote, 7-10 cm; sepals to 4 mm |
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92 S. japonicum |
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| 43 (41) |
Leaves of flowering stems minutely papillate on distal margin; sepals minutely papillate; follicles stellately subhorizontally spreading |
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93 S. planifolium |
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Leaves of flowering stems not minutely papillate on margin; sepals not minutely papillate; follicles stellately divaricate but not horizontally spreading. |
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| 44 (43) |
Sepals spurless; leaves of sterile stems rosulate |
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95 S. sekiteiense |
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Sepals spurred; leaves of sterile stems not rosulate. |
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| 45 (44) |
Leaves opposite or 3-6-verticillate basally on stem or verticillate and crowded apically on stem. |
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Leaves all alternate. |
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| 46 (45) |
Leaves opposite or 3-6-verticillate basally on stem |
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96 S. subtile |
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Leaves verticillate and crowded apically on stem |
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99 S. cryptomerioides |
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| 47 (45) |
Sepals subequal; seeds smooth |
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94 S. hengduanense |
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Sepals unequal; seeds papillate. |
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| 48 (47) |
Petals narrowly elliptic-lanceolate |
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97 S. tosaense |
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Petals oblong-lanceolate |
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98 S. nanchuanense |