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Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms:

1. Salix acutifolia auct. non Hook.
2. Salix humillima Anderss.
3. Salix humillima var. puberula (Anderss.) Anderss.
4. Salix saskatchevana von Seem.

Notes:

Publishing author: Seemen Publication: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. xxi. Beibl. n. 52 (1895) 7.

Publishing author: Andersson Publication: Prodr. (DC.) 16(2.2): 248 1868 [mid Jul 1868]

Publishing author: Andersson in DC. Publication: Prodr. (DC.) 16(2.2): 248 1868 [mid Jul 1868]

Basionym author: (Andersson)

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Physical Description

Family Salicaceae:

Trees or shrubs, deciduous or rarely evergreen, dioecious, rarely polygamous. Leaves alternate, rarely subopposite, usually petiolate, simple; stipules persistent or caducous. Catkins erect or pendulous; each flower usually with a cupular disc or 1 or 2(or 3) nectariferous glands. Male flowers with 2-many stamens; filaments filiform, free or united; to connate; anthers 2(or 4) -loculed, dehiscing longitudinally. Female flowers with 1 pistil, sessile or stipitate; ovary superior, 1- or 2-loculed; ovules several to many, anatropous, with a 1 integument; style 1, 2 in Chosenia; stigmas 2-4. Capsule dehiscing by 2-4(or 5) valves; placenta and inside wall of ovary with long hairs. Seeds 4-numerous, glabrous; hairs and seeds simultaneously deciduous when capsule matures.

Three genera and about 620 species: mainly N hemisphere, a few in S hemisphere; three genera and 347 species (236 endemic) in China, including at least nine hybrids and at least one introduced species.^[1]

Genus Salix:

Trees or shrubs deciduous, rarely evergreen (if shrubs, then erect, ascending procumbent, creeping, or cushion-shaped) ; pith terete. Branches terete. Terminal bud usually absent; buds with single scale. Leaves alternate, rarely subopposite or opposite; stipules small, free, deciduous or persistent, developed mainly on vigorous branchlets; petiole short; leaf blade variously shaped, often long and narrow. Flowering precocious, coetaneous, or serotinous; catkins upright or spreading, rarely pendulous; bracts entire, persistent or caducous. Flowers entomophilous or anemophilous, each with 1 or 2 glands: 1 abaxial (dorsal) or absent and 1 adaxial (ventral), i.e., abaxial gland between bract and stipe, adaxial gland between stipe and rachis. Male flower: stamens 2-many; filaments free or partly to completely connate, usually exceeding bracts; anthers 2-loculed (rarely 4-loculed if filaments connate), opening lengthwise. Female flower: ovary 2-loculed, sessile or stipitate; style 1, short, slender, or absent, entire or 2-cleft; stigmas 1 or 2, lobed or entire. Capsule 2-valved. Seeds mostly green or gray-green, small, surrounded by fine hairs.

About 520 species: cold and temperate regions of N hemisphere, a few in S hemisphere; 275 species (189 endemic, at least one introduced) in China.^[2]

Habit: Tree , Shrub

Distribution

Range and Population

North America

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Salix:

There are approximately 3,448 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: S. alba coerulea · S. arctica jamu-taridensis · S. atrocinerea jahandiezii · S. berberifolia tschuktschorum · S. bicolor basaltica · S. brachycarpa niphoclada · S. breviserrata fontqueri · S. chamissonis integerrima · S. commutata mixta · S. cordifolia callicarpaea · S. denticulata hazarica · S. divaricata pulchra · S. geyerana argentea · S. geyeriana argentea · S. hastata hastatella · S. hastata picoeuropeana · S. hastata sierrae-nevadae · S. hastatella picoeuropeana · S. hegetschweileri vosegiaca · S. jessoensis serissifolia · S. lasiandra lyallii · S. miyabeana gilgiana · S. mucronata capensis · S. mucronata hirsuta · S. mucronata subserrata · S. mucronata wilmsii · S. mucronata woodii · S. myrsinites alpina · S. ovalifolia arctolitoralis · S. ovalifolia cyclophylla · S. ovalifolia glacialis · S. phylicifolia basaltica · S. phylicifolia divaricata · S. phylicifolia planifolia · S. purpurea eburnea · S. reinii tontomussirensis · S. repens brachypoda · S. saxatilis stoloniferoides · S. schwerinii yezoensis · S. starkeana bebbiana · S. stolonifera carbonicola · S. strakeana bebbiana · S. tschuktschorum kamtschatica · S. viminalis rossica · S. algovica · S. ambigua · S. antverpiensis · S. arbusculoides · S. argentinensis · S. argusii · S. atroelaeagnos · S. beckii · S. beschelii · S. besseri · S. bifax · S. brachypurpurea · S. buseri · S. canthiana · S. coenocarpetana · S. compacta · S. dutillyi · S. eriocataphylloides · S. erythroclados · S. fraserii · S. gemmia · S. grayi · S. hankensonii · S. hapala · S. heimerli · S. huguenini · S. iwahisana · S. jaccardi · S. jamesensis · S. jesupii · S. kalmthoutensis · S. kawamurana · S. kerneri · S. ketoiensis · S. koidzumii · S. kudoi · S. legionensis · S. macrophylla · S. mairei · S. marchiaca · S. margaretae · S. margarita · S. mariana · S. matritensis · S. merxmuelleri · S. misaoana · S. mixta · S. moorei · S. nasuensis · S. ochetophylla · S. oenipontana · S. olgangrenica · S. oligotricha · S. oslaviensis · S. pellicolor · S. pilosiuscula

Bibliography

• Judd, W.S., Campbell, C.S., Kellog, E.A. and Donoghue, M.J. (2002): Plant Systematics: a phylogenetic approach, Sinauer, Sunderland, Mass.
• Wang Chan and Fang Cheng-fu, eds. 1984. Salicaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 20(2): 1-403.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 2, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Bundesamt für Naturschutz / Zentralstelle für Phytodiversität Deutschland: Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz / Zentralstelle fuer Phytodiversitaet Deutschland
• Burke Museum: Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium (WTU)
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
• Finnish Museum of Natural History: Botanic Garden of the Finnish Museum of Natural History
• Forest Research Institute, Department of Natural Forests: Herbarium
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• Museum of Natural History, Wroclaw University: Museum of Natural History, Wroclaw University, Flora of the StoÅ‚owe Mts.
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular plant data for Scottish Vice-counties (VCs 80, 84, 103 & 104)
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of Alaska Museum of the North Herbarium (ALA)

Identifiers:

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 504953
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 983185
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:777072-1
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: SASA15
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 61130

Footnotes:

1. Cheng-fu Fang, Shi-dong Zhao & Alexei K. Skvortsov "Salicaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 139. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
2. "Salix". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 162. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.