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