Salix arbutifolia

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Salix arbutifolia
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Leaves and catkins
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species:
S. arbutifolia
Binomial name
Salix arbutifolia
Synonyms [1]
List
  • Chosenia arbutifolia(Pall.) A.K.Skvortsov
  • Chosenia bracteosa(Turcz. ex Trautv. & C.A.Mey.) Nakai
  • Chosenia eucalyptoides(F.N.Meijer) Nakai
  • Chosenia macrolepis(Turcz.) Kom.
  • Chosenia splendida(Nakai) Nakai
  • Salix bracteataAndersson
  • Salix bracteosaTurcz. ex Trautv. & C.A.Mey.
  • Salix eucalyptoidesF.N.Meijer
  • Salix macrolepisTurcz.
  • Salix splendidaNakai

Salix arbutifolia, synonym Chosenia arbutifolia, [1] [2] is a flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, native to Japan, Korea, northeastern China, Siberia and the Russian Far East. It has been treated as the sole member of genus Chosenia. [3] [4]

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Description

It is a deciduous, wind-pollinated tree generally reaching a height of 20–30 m with a columnar crown and grey-brown peeling bark. The leaves are 5–8 cm long and 1.5-2.3 cm broad, with a very finely serrated to nearly entire margin, and an acuminate apex. The flowers are aggregated in pendulous catkins 1–3 cm long; it is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. It is a fast-growing pioneer tree on sand and pebble river banks.

Distribution

Salix arbutifolia is native to the Russian Far East (Khabarovsk Krai, the Kuril Islands, Magadan Oblast, Primorsky Krai, and Sakhalin), Siberia (Buryatia, Chita Oblast, Irkutsk Oblast, and the Sakha Republic), North-Central China, Inner Mongolia, Japan, and Korea. [1]

Cultivation

Traditionally grown alongside mountain river banks, owing to its favorable characteristics such as strong stress resistance and fast growth it would be useful for landscape planting, but is hard to propagate and has been categorized as endangered in China. A high-quality chromosome-level genome has been produced with a total size of 338.93 Mb to provide comprehensive information for germplasm protection and future functional genomic studies. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Salix arbutifolia Pall." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  2. Skvortsov, A. K. 1957. Commentationes de morphologia et systematica salicarum. IV. On the correct species epithet for Chosenia. — Bot. mat. Gerb. Bot. in-ta AN SSSR 18: 42–47.
  3. Flora of China: Chosenia arbutifolia
  4. Salicicola Articles: Chosenia I, II
  5. He, Xudong; Wang, Yu; Lian, Jinmin; Zheng, Jiwei; Zhou, Jie; Li, Jiang; Jiao, Zhongyi; Niu, Yongchao; Wang, Weiwei; Zhang, Jun; Wang, Baosong; Zhuge, Qiang (2022). "The whole-genome assembly of an endangered Salicaceae species: Chosenia arbutifolia (Pall.) A. Skv". GigaScience. 11. doi:10.1093/gigascience/giac109. ISSN   2047-217X. PMC   9661892 . PMID   36374197.