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SALICACEAE Mirbel

Family comprised of 54 genera and over 1,270 species spread across Eurasia and North Africa, America and Indonesia. In the biogeographical Mediterranean area of North Africa there are 2 well represented genera with shrubby and tree species.

Key to genera

1 Adult leaves with rounded, rhomboid or triangular leaf blades, with lengthsimilar to the width or only slightly longer; petiole long and flexible; pendant aments Populus

1 Adult leaves with leaf blade ± linear-lanceolate, much longer thanwide, petiole short and rigid; ament erect or somewhat pendant Salix

Updated by: F. Alcaraz & J. Charco.