Salicaceae
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Description
1000 spp
Growing form
Trees, shrubs
Leaf
Leaves alternate (opposite), sometimes distichous; simple; margin usually serrate with salicoid teeth; small stipules; often transparent dots or lines in the blade. Sometimes strongly 3-veined leaves with glands at the base of the leaf blade or tip of the petiole.
Flower
3-8(-15) sepals and petals, 1+1 or 1+2 whorls; (4-) 15-many stamens, bisexual or dioecious, ovary superior (part inferior).
Fruit and seed
Fruit a capsule, berry (most often) or drupe.
Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families
Observations in Finland
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Observations
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Species card
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Salicaceae
Author
Mirb.
Vernacular names
- pajukasvit (Finnish)
- videväxter (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.38526
Taxon rank
family
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- Vascular plants
Taxon information in machine-readable form
Number of Finnish species at lower taxonomic levels
Subordinate taxa