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Key to SalicaceaeView taxon page for Salicaceae
Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots. 1. Leaf length not >> (often ± =) width; catkin  Spike or spike-like (e.g., Alnus) inflorescence of unisexual flowers with inconspicuous perianths (generally wind-pollinated), usually pendent and often with conspicuous bracts. pendent, bract  Reduced, leaf- or scale-like structure subtending a branch, cone scale, peduncle, pedicel, or flower. cut into narrow segments; staminate flower with 8–60 stamens; perianth modified into non-nectariferous, cup- or saucer-shaped structure; winter bud  1. An incompletely developed, more or less embryonic shoot, usually covered with bud scales. 2. An unopened flower, often protected by sepals. scales > 3 ..... POPULUS 1' Leaf length generally >> width; catkin erect  Upright; vertically oriented. , bract entire  Having margins that are continuous and smooth (i.e., without teeth, lobes, etc.). ; staminate flower with (1)2(10) stamens; perianth reduced to adaxial nectary (rarely also with abaxial nectary, then free or fused into shallow cup); winter bud scale  1. Wide, appressed, membranous, epidermal outgrowth (e.g., Cheilanthes covillei) 2. Structure partially or entirely covering an over-wintering bud (bud scale) (e.g., Salix goodingii bud). 3. In gymnosperms, a woody, seed-bearing structure attached to the cone axis (cone scale) (e.g., Abies magnifica). 4. In Asteraceae, a flat, membranous pappus element (e.g., Hymenoxys hoopesii). Leaves or bracts may be scale-like in one or more of the preceding ways. 1 ..... SALIX
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