Flora of North America species comparison

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Salix sect. Humboldtianae
Habit Shrubs or trees, 1–30 m. Branches somewhat brittle, highly brittle, or flexible at base.
Leaves

petiole with pairs or clusters of spherical glands distally;

largest medial blade relatively narrow (6–37 mm wide), margins flat, (glands marginal), abaxial surface glabrous, glabrescent, puberulent, pubescent, or pilose.
Pistillate flowers

ovary glabrous or villous.
Pistillate

catkins slender, (5–16 mm wide).

Salix sect. Humboldtianae
Distribution
North America; Mexico; Central America; West Indies; Asia
Discussion

Species 15 (6 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 32.
Parent taxa Salicaceae > Salix > subg. Protitea
Subordinate taxa
Name authority Andersson: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 199. (1868)
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