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Salix sect. Geyerianae
Syst. Bot. Monogr. 52: 85. 1997.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 152.
Shrubs, 0.6–6 m. Buds alba or caprea-type, or intermediate. Leaves: stipules on late ones absent, rudimentary, or foliaceous; largest medial blade (sometimes amphistomatous), 3–12 times as long as wide, adaxial surface not glaucous. Staminate flowers: filaments glabrous or hairy. Pistillate flowers: adaxial nectary shorter than stipe; stipe 0.4–4 mm; ovary sparsely to moderately densely short-silky; stigmas with flat, non-papillate abaxial surface, or stigmas cylindrical, 0.2–0.8 mm.
Distribution
North America, e Mexico
Discussion
Species 4 (3 in the flora).
Salix cana M. Martens & Galeotti is known from eastern Mexico.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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absent +
non-papillate +
not glaucous +
red turning yellow +
dehiscent +
entire +
absent +
tapering +
juvenile +
toothed +
pistillate +
persistent +
pliable +
glaucous +
flowering +
caprea-type +
flowering +
globose +
arillate +
absent +
scant +
slender +
distinct +
subtending +
capsular +
arillate +
long +
silky +
flattened +
fasciculate +
racemose +
flowering +
year-round +
separating +
membranaceous +
0.7-13.7 +
simple +
marcescent +
deciduous +
3-12 +
connate +
foliaceous +
absent +
2-7[-10]-carpellate +
1-7[-10]-locular +
axile +
parietal +
short-silky +
2;37 +
absent +
absent +
modified +
reduced +
grooved +
glandular-dotted +
absent +
usually convex;flat +
fused +
intruded +
Syst. Bot. Monogr. +
1997 +
layering +
layering +
overlapping +
distinct +
connate +
absent +
layering +
not spinose +
decumbent;erect +
glabrescent;pubescent +
truncate +
non-papillate +
cylindrical +
foliaceous +
absent +
rudimentary +
pistillate +
Salix sect. Geyerianae +
Salix subg. Vetrix +
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