Salix myrsinifolia

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Common Names

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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]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,037 meters (0 to 9,964 feet).[3]

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 6-8' apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun to partial shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a. (map)

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Willd. Publication : Sp. Pl. iv . 697 Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Salix

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2764 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S. abnormis · S. abromeitiana · S. abscondita · S. accedens · S. acmophylla · S. acmophylla var. russanovii · S. acridentata · S. acuminata · S. acuminatomicrophylla · S. acuta · S. acutata · S. acutidens · S. acutifolia · S. acutifolia 'Blue Streak' · S. acutifolia 'Lady Aldenham No 2' · S. acutifolia 'Pendulifolia' (Willow) · S. adamauensis · S. adenodontos · S. adenophylla · S. adenophylloides · S. adscendens · S. 'Aegma Brno' · S. aegyptiaca · S. aemulans · S. aequitriens · S. aequivoca · S. aeruginosa · S. affinis · S. aglaja · S. ahlbergi · S. ajanensis · S. alatavica · S. alaternoides · S. alaxensis (Felt-Leaf Willow) · S. alaxensis (Anderss.) Coville var. alaxensis (Anderss.) Coville · S. alaxensis f. obovalifolia · S. alaxensis var. alaxensis (Feltleaf Willow) · S. alaxensis var. longistylis (Felt-Leaf Willow) · S. alaxensis var. silicicola · S. alba (Golden Willow) · S. alba argentea · S. alba 'Aurea' · S. alba 'Belders' · S. alba 'Britzensis' · S. alba caerulea · S. alba 'Calva' · S. alba 'Cardinalis' · S. alba 'Chermesina' (White Willow) · S. alba coerulea · S. alba 'Dart's Snake' · S. alba f. argentea · S. alba f.regalis · S. alba 'Flame' (Flame White Willow) · S. alba 'Golden Ness' · S. alba 'Hutchinson's Yellow' · S. alba L. 'Barlo' · S. alba L. 'Bredevoort' · S. alba L. 'Drakenburg' · S. alba L. forma splendes J.Anderson · S. albaforma tristis (Wisconsin Weeping Willow) · S. alba L. 'Het Goor' · S. alba L. 'Lichtenvoorde' · S. alba L. 'Lievelde' · S. alba L. 'Sericea' · S. alba 'Liempde' · S. alba micans · S. alba 'Orange Spire' · S. alba 'Raesfeld' · S. alba 'Richmond' · S. alba 'Rockanje' · S. alba 'Saint Oedendrode' · S. alba 'Splendens' · S. alba subsp. coerulea · S. alba 'Tristis' · S. alba var. caerulea 'Wantage Hall' · S. alba var. sericea · S. alba var. splendens · S. alba var. subintegra · S. alba var. vitellina 'Britzensis' · S. alba var. vitellina 'Concolor' · S. alba var. vitellina 'Yelverton' · S. alba 'Vitellina' (Golden Weeping Willow) · S. alba 'Vitellina Pendula' · S. alba 'Vitellina Tristis' · S. alba vittelina · S. alberti · S. albescens · S. albicans · S. albida · S. albiphila · S. albo · S. albovirens · S. alexensis · S. alexii-skvortzovii · S. alfredi · S. alfredii · S. alfredii var. fengxianica · S. algista · S. alifera · S. allochroa

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Further Reading

• Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 222.
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 683.
• Wang Chan and Fang Cheng-fu, eds. 1984. Salicaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 20(2): 1-403.
• Wang Chan and Fang Cheng-fu, eds. 1984. Salicaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 20(2): 1-403.

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 November 27, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 18 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 27, 2007:

• Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences, Vascular plant collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Botany
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Plants
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Scottish Borders Biological Records Centre - SWT Scottish Borders Local Wildlife Site Survey data 1996-2000 - species information

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2669159
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-504972
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13738212
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:778243-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 778243-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 451033

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. [back]
2. "Salix". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 162. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
3. Mean = 342.360 meters (1,123.228 feet), Standard Deviation = 336.220 based on 6,700 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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