1873.000 Salix L. - Willows

Description of the genus

Dioecious trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, stipulate. Flowers appearing before or after the leaves, in usually erect catkins, catkin scales entire; each flower with 1-2 fleshy glands; stamens 2-many.

Derivation of name: the classical name for willows

Worldwide: About 500 species, mainly north temperate but some tropical and south temperate.

Botswana: 2 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:

Gonimbrasia belina (Mopane moth, Mopane worm, Anomalous emperor)

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
babylonica L.		Description, Image
mucronata Thunb. subsp. subserrata (Willd.) R. H. Archer & Jordaan	N	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Salix:

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Flora of Caprivi: Salix
Flora of Malawi: Salix
Flora of Mozambique: Salix
Flora of Zambia: Salix
Flora of Zimbabwe: Salix
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Salix

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Salix
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Salix
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Salix
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Salix
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iNaturalist: Salix
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Salix
JSTOR Plant Science: Salix
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Salix
Plants of the World Online: Salix
Tropicos: Salix
Wikipedia: Salix