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3. Euonymus sect. Melanocarya (Turczaninow) Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 17: 618. 1941.
深裂卫矛组 shen lie wei mao zu
Melanocarya Turczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31: 453. 1858.
Shrubs or small trees, mostly deciduous, a few evergreen. Flowers 4-merous. Capsule 4-lobed into base, opening by 4 lobes at maturity, sometimes only 1-3 lobes developing.
About 11 species: E and S Asia, cultivated in Europe and North America; ten species (seven endemic) in China.
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Leaves deciduous |
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Leaves evergreen |
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2 (1) |
Young branches and twigs with 4 corky wings. |
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30 E. alatus |
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Young branches and twigs without wings |
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3 (2) |
Leaf blade broadly linear or oblong-lanceolate, 4-7 × as long as wide. |
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34 E. euscaphis |
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Leaf blade ovate to elliptic, less than 4 × as long as wide |
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4 (3) |
Leaf blade obovate or elliptic-obovate. |
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31 E. centidens |
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Leaf blade ovate to ovate-elliptic |
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5 (4) |
Leaf blade margin finely and sharply serrulate; flowers from greenish pink to red; style long and persistent. |
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39 E. verrucosoides |
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Leaf blade margin crenulate; flowers light yellow or greenish yellow; style short and invisible. |
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33 E. distichus |
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6 (1) |
Flowers 4- or 5-merous; cymes with many flowers; leaf blade margin ciliate. |
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37 E. lucidus |
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Flowers 4-merous only; cymes with less than 7 flowers; leaf blade margin without cilia |
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7 (6) |
Leaf blade entire. |
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36 E. hukuangensis |
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Leaf blade margin crenulate to serrate |
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(8) |
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8 (7) |
Leaf blade small, 4-7 cm. |
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38 E. tashiroi |
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Leaf blade large, 9-15 cm |
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(9) |
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9 (8) |
Leaf blade mainly obovate, margin often serrulate to ciliate; capsule lobes often bending backward. |
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32 E. dielsianus |
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Leaf blade mainly elliptic, margin entire or obscurely crenulate; capsule lobes never bending backward. |
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35 E. hainanensis |
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