Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae

Salicaceae - Willow family

Literature

Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (1991) Salicaceae FZ 9(6)

Description of the 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.

Worldwide: 2 genera and 435 species, cosmopolitan.

More sample images from the Salicaceae (Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record)

Populus × canescens

Populus deltoides

Salix babylonica

Salix mucronata subsp. mucronata

Links to genera: (2) View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Populus L.	Description, Image
Salix L.	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Salicaceae:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Salicaceae page
Flora of Mozambique: Salicaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Salicaceae
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