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Salix sect. Sitchenses
J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 91. 1919.
Basionym: Sitchenses Bebb Bot. Gaz. 16: 105. 1891
Synonyms: Salix sect. Breweriana C. K. Schneider Salix subsect. Sitchenses (Bebb) Dorn
Shrubs or trees, 1–8 m. Buds alba or caprea-type, or intermediate. Leaves: stipules on late ones rudimentary or foliaceous; largest medial blade 1.5–8 times as long as wide, adaxial surface sometimes glaucous. Staminate flowers: (stamens 1 or 2), filaments glabrous or hairy. Pistillate flowers: adaxial nectary shorter than, equal to, or longer than stipe; stipe 0–1.4 mm; ovary moderately to very densely hairy; stigmas with flat, non-papillate abaxial surface, or stigmas broadly cylindrical, or plump, 0.16–0.4 mm.
Distribution
w North America
Discussion
Species 4 (4 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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absent +
non-papillate +
glaucous +
red turning yellow +
dehiscent +
entire +
absent +
tapering +
juvenile +
toothed +
pistillate +
persistent +
pliable +
glaucous +
flowering +
caprea-type +
flowering +
globose +
arillate +
w North America +
absent +
scant +
slender +
distinct +
subtending +
capsular +
arillate +
long +
silky +
flattened +
fasciculate +
racemose +
flowering +
year-round +
separating +
membranaceous +
simple +
marcescent +
deciduous +
connate +
foliaceous +
absent +
rudimentary +
2-7[-10]-carpellate +
1-7[-10]-locular +
axile +
parietal +
hairy +
2;37 +
absent +
absent +
modified +
reduced +
grooved +
glandular-dotted +
absent +
usually convex;flat +
fused +
intruded +
J. Arnold Arbor. +
1919 +
layering +
layering +
overlapping +
distinct +
connate +
absent +
layering +
not spinose +
decumbent;erect +
glabrescent;pubescent +
truncate +
non-papillate +
cylindrical +
plump +
foliaceous +
absent +
rudimentary +
pistillate +
Salix sect. Sitchenses +
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