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Key to FraxinusView taxon page for Fraxinus
(For a list of species in Fraxinus, use the above link.) Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots. 1. Small to large tree; leaves compound, leaflets (3)4–11(14) cm; fruit pedicel  Stalk of an individual flower in an inflorescence, or the corresponding structure in fruit. tip expanded; plants with either staminate or pistillate flowers 2. Leaflets ovate  Egg-shaped (i.e., widest below the middle) in two dimensions (i.e., in one plane), as a leaf. , or oblong-(ob)ovate; lateral leaflets ± sessile  Without a petiole, peduncle, pedicel, or other kind of stalk. ; fruit body 15–18 mm, 25–50 mm including wing  1. Thin, flat extension or appendage of a surface or margin. 2. In many members of Fabaceae and in some other groups, each of two lateral petals. , tapered  Gradually (not abruptly) narrower or smaller at base or tip. wing extending proximally to or below mid-body ..... F. latifolia 2' Leaflets lanceolate  Narrowly elongate, widest in the basal half, often tapered to an acute tip. to lance-ovate or lance-obovate; lateral leaflets generally stalked; fruit body 12–14 mm, 15–38 mm including wing, tapered wing extending proximally to distal 1/4 of body ..... F. velutina 1' Shrub or small tree, stems many; leaves simple  Composed of a single part; undivided; unbranched. or compound, leaflets 2–5(6) cm; fruit pedicel tip ± slender; flowers generally bisexual. 3. Petals generally 0; leaves simple or leaflets 3(5); calyx irregularly cut; n&e DMtns ..... F. anomala 3' Petals 2, white or cream, 3.5–6.5 mm; leaves simple or leaflets 3–9; calyx generally 4-toothed; CA-FP 4. Petals and filaments free except at base; leaves, including petioles  Leaf stalk, connecting leaf blade to stem; sometimes more or less indistinct. , 7–18 cm; leaflets (3)5–7(9), generally serrate-crenate ..... F. dipetala 4' Petals fused with proximal filaments for 0.5–1.5 mm at base; leaves, including petioles, 2–5(6) cm, simple and/or leaflets 3; simple leaves and/or leaflets generally entire  Having margins that are continuous and smooth (i.e., without teeth, lobes, etc.). ..... F. parryi
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