Salicaceae
Family in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Distribution

Willow Family
Dioecious trees or shrubs. Stipules present, usually deciduous. Leaves alternate, simple. Flowers in unisexual catkins, individual flowers subtended by a bract. Perianth 0. Male flowers: stamens 2-many. Female flowers: ovary superior, 1-locular; styles 1 or 2, stigmas 2, often 2-fid. Fruit a capsule, dehiscing longitudinally into 2-4 valves. Seeds with a tuft of long silky hairs. © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)
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- Taxonomic Completion
18.52%
10 of 54 accepted Genera- Global Pollen Project UUID
- 88591742-501a-44d5-9681-a69d76da587f
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility