Biology:Salix udensis

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Short description: Species of willow

Salix udensis
Bandwilg Salix 'Sekka' struik.jpg
Salix udensis 'Sekka'
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species:
S. udensis
Binomial name
Salix udensis
Trautv. & C.A.Mey.

Salix udensis (syn. S. sachalinensis F.Schmidt) is a species of willow native to northeastern Asia, in eastern Siberia (including Kamchatka), northeastern China , and northern Japan .[1]

It is a deciduous shrub growing to 5 m (16 ft) tall. The leaves are slender, lanceolate, 6–10 cm long and 0.8–2 cm broad, glossy dark green above, glaucous and slightly hairy below, with a serrated margin. The flowers are produced in early spring on catkins 2–3 cm long.[2] It typically takes 20 years to reach maturity.[3]

The cultivar S. udensis 'Sekka' (Japanese fantail willow) is grown as an ornamental plant; it has fasciated stems (stems that are joined abnormally in a flattened arrangement—hence "fantail"), highly prized by Ikebana flower arrangers.[2] The Sekka cultivar has also been found to be resistant to plant pathogens such as rust (Melampsora spp.) caused by pathogenic fungi.[4]

References

  1. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Salix udensis | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 21 January 2018 }}
  2. 2.0 2.1 Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN:0-333-47494-5.
  3. "Salix udensis". Boone County Arboretum. https://bcarboretum.org/plants/genus/Salix/species/udensis. 
  4. "Mendelian inheritance of rust resistance to Melampsora larici‐epitea in crosses between Salix sachalinensis and S. viminalis". Plant Pathology 59 (5): 862–872. 2010. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02317.x. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q481717 entry