Salix berberifolia

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Salix berberifolia
Systematics
Rosids
Eurosiden I
Order : Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family : Willow family (Salicaceae)
Genre : Willows ( Salix )
Type : Salix berberifolia
Scientific name
Salix berberifolia
Pall.

Salix berberifolia is a pillow-shaped shrub from the genus of willow ( Salix ) with brownish branches and 0.5 to 2 centimeters long leaf blades. The natural range of the species is in Siberia , Mongolia and Tibet .

description

Salix berberifolia forms pillow-shaped shrubs . The branches are brownish and bare. The leaves are divided into petiole and leaf blade. The leaf blade is leathery, shiny, 0.5 to 2 centimeters long and 0.4 to 1 centimeter wide, elliptical or obovate, with a pointed or blunt tip, rounded-wedge-shaped or wedge-shaped base and sharply serrated leaf margin.

Dense-flowered catkins are formed as male inflorescences on one to 2 centimeters long, leafy stems. The bracts are dull brown, obovate and hairy densely shaggy. The male flowers have two stamens , the anthers are yellow. Female inflorescences are about 2 inches long. Female flowers have a cylindrical, short-stalked ovary with a two-column stigma . Brownish, bald capsules are formed as fruits . Salix berberifolia flowers with or after the leaves shoot from June to July.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 38.

Occurrence and location requirements

The natural range is in the alpine tundra in the south of Siberia , in the north of Mongolia and in Tibet , where it occurs at altitudes of 2700 to 2800 meters.

Systematics

Salix berberifolia is a species from the genus of willows ( Salix ) in the willow family (Salicaceae). There it is assigned to the Myrtosalix section . It was first scientifically described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776 . The generic name Salix comes from Latin and was already used by the Romans for various types of willow.

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literature

  • Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven (Ed.): Flora of China . Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae . Science Press / Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing / St. Louis 1999, ISBN 0-915279-70-3 , pp. 242 (English).
  • Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-937872-16-7 (reprint from 1996).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Cheng-fu Fang, Shi-dong Zhao, Alexei K. Skvortsov: Salix berberifolia , in the Flora of China , Volume 4, p. 242
  2. ^ Salix berberifolia at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  3. ↑ Cheng-fu Fang, Shi-dong Zhao, Alexei K. Skvortsov: Salix Sect. Myrtosalix , in the Flora of China , Volume 4, p. 242
  4. ↑ Exactly: Etymological Dictionary of Botanical Plant Names , p. 552

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