*SHOW Basic character list for identification. 29 APR 2003

*CHARACTER LIST

#1. Plant: habit:/
       1. dwarf shrubs/
       2. low shrubs/
       3. mid shrubs/
       4. tall shrubs/
       5. trees/

#2. plant: height:/
       m/

#3. stems: habit:/
       1. erect/
       2. drooping/
       3. pendulous/
       4. decumbent/
       5. trailing/

#4. branches: color:/
       1. yellowish/
       2. yellow-green/
       3. yellow-gray/
       4. yellow-brown/
       5. gray-brown/
       6. red-brown/
       7. violet/
       8. blackish/
       9. brownish/
       10. obscured by indumentum/
       11. purplish brown/
       12. purple/
       13. purple-red/
       14. gray/
       15. grayish green/
       16. grayish white/

#5. branchlets: color:/
       1. yellowish/
       2. yellow-green/
       3. yellow-brown/
       4. gray-brown/
       5. red-brown/
       6. violet/
       7. blackish/
       8. brownish/
       9. obscured by indumentum/
       10. purplish green/
       11. purplish/
       12. purplish brown/
       13. green/
       14. grayish green/
       15. brownish green/
       16. yellow-red/
       17. reddish black/
       18. pinkish purple/

#6. branchlets: general hairiness:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. hairy/

#7. branchlets: indumentum type:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. glabrescent/
       3. puberulent/
       4. pubescent/
       5. pilose/
       6. villous/
       7. tomentose/
       8. woolly/
       9. short-silky/
       10. long-silky/
       11. velvety/
       12. downy/
       13. hispid/
       14. hirsute/
       15. tomentulose/

#8. buds: color:/
       1. yellow-green/
       2. yellow-brown/
       3. brown/
       4. red-brown/
       5. violet/
       6. blackish/
       7. purplish red/
       8. reddish/
       9. yellowish red/
       10. yellowish/

#9. leaves: phyllotaxis:/
       1. opposite or subopposite/
       2. alternate/

#10. juvenile leaves: general hairiness:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. hairy/

#11. juvenile leaves: indumentum abaxial surface:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. glabrescent/
       3. puberulent/
       4. pubescent/
       5. pilose/
       6. villous/
       7. tomentose/
       8. woolly/
       9. short-silky/
       10. long-silky/
       11. velvety/
       12. tomentulose/
       13. downy/

#12. juvenile leaves: indumentum color:/
       1. white/
       2. gray/
       3. yellowish/
       4. ferruginous/
       5. white and ferruginous/

#13. stipules: presence:/
       1. absent/
       2. minute rudiments/
       3. foliaceous/

#14. stipules: persistence:/
       1. caducous/
       2. deciduous in autumn/
       3. can persist for 2 or more years/

#15. petioles: length:/
       mm/

#16. petioles: leaf length-petiole length ratio:/

#17. petioles: adaxial surface general hairiness:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. hairy/

#18. petioles: adaxial surface indumentum type:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. glabrescent/
       3. puberulent/
       4. pubescent/
       5. pilose/
       6. villous/
       7. tomentose/
       8. woolly/
       9. short-silky/
       10. long-silky/
       11. velvety/
       12. downy/
       13. tomentulose/

#19. largest mature leaf blades: shape:/
       1. linear/
       2. ligulate/
       3. narrowly oblong/
       4. oblong/
       5. broadly oblong/
       6. very broadly oblong/
       7. very narrowly elliptic/
       8. narrowly elliptic/
       9. elliptic/
       10. broadly elliptic/
       11. subcircular/
       12. circular/
       13. lanceolate/
       14. narrowly ovate/
       15. ovate/
       16. broadly ovate/
       17. very broadly ovate/
       18. narrowly oblanceolate/
       19. oblanceolate/
       20. obovate/
       21. broadly obovate/
       22. very broadly obovate/
       23. spatulate/
       24. rhombic/
       25. falcate/

#20. largest mature leaf blades: length:/
       mm/

#21. largest mature leaf blades: width:/
       mm/

#22. largest mature leaf blades: length-width ratio:/

#23. largest mature leaf blades: base shape:/
       1. acute/
       2. obtuse/
       3. rounded/
       4. cordate/
       5. auriculate/
       6. cuneate/
       7. truncate/
       8. retuse/

#24. largest mature leaf blades: margin general toothing:/
       1. entire/
       2. toothed/

#25. largest mature leaf blades: presence of glandular dots:/
       1. not glandular-dotted/
       2. glandular-dotted/

#26. largest mature leaf blades: position of glands:/
       1. marginal/
       2. submarginal/
       3. epilaminal/

#27. largest mature leaf blades: margin dentition type:/
       1. entire/
       2. serrate/
       3. remotely or irregularly serrate/
       4. serrulate/
       5. spinulose-serrulate/
       6. remotely spinulose-serrulate/
       7. crenate/
       8. crenulate/
       9. undulate/
       10. denticulate/
       11. dentate/

#28. largest mature leaf blades: position of teeth:/
       1. all around margin/
       2. at proximal end/
       3. at distal end/

#29. largest mature leaf blades: apex shape:/
       1. caudate/
       2. acuminate/
       3. acute/
       4. obtuse/
       5. rounded/
       6. retuse/
       7. apiculate/
       8. mucronate/

#30. largest mature leaf blades: abaxial surface general hairiness:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. hairy/

#31. largest mature leaf blades: abaxial surface indumentum type:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. glabrescent/
       3. puberulent/
       4. pubescent/
       5. pilose/
       6. villous/
       7. tomentose/
       8. woolly/
       9. short-silky/
       10. long-silky/
       11. velvety/
       12. downy/
       13. tomentulose/

#32. largest mature leaf blades: abaxial indumentum color:/
       1. white/
       2. gray/
       3. yellowish/
       4. ferruginous/
       5. white and ferruginous/
       6. brown/
       7. grayish white/

#33. largest mature leaf blades: adaxial surface luster:/
       1. dull/
       2. shiny/
       3. highly glossy/

#34. largest mature leaf blades: adaxial surface general hairiness:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. hairy/

#35. largest mature leaf blades: adaxial surface indumentum type:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. glabrescent/
       3. puberulent/
       4. pubescent/
       5. pilose/
       6. villous/
       7. tomentose/
       8. woolly/
       9. short-silky/
       10. long-silky/
       11. velvety/
       12. downy/
       13. tomentulose/

#36. largest mature leaf blades: adaxial surface hair color:/
       1. white/
       2. gray/
       3. yellowish/
       4. ferruginous/
       5. white and ferruginous/
       6. brown/
       7. grayish white/

#37. Catkins: flowering:/
       1. before leaves emerge/
       2. just before leaves emerge/
       3. as leaves emerge/
       4. throughout the season/
       5. after leaves are fully developed/

#38. catkins: position on previous year's shoot:/
       1. arising from a terminal bud/
       2. one to several arising from lateral buds/
       3. numerous arising from lateral buds/

#39. staminate catkins: density:/
       1. densely flowered/
       2. moderately densely flowered/
       3. loosely flowered/

#40. staminate catkins: general shape:/
       1. slender/
       2. stout/
       3. subglobose/
       4. globose/
       5. indeterminate/

#41. staminate catkins: length:/
       cm/

#42. staminate catkins: width:/
       cm/

#43. Staminate catkins: length-width ratio:/

#44. staminate catkins: peduncle length:/
       cm/

#45. pistillate catkins: density:/
       1. densely flowered/
       2. moderately densely flowered/
       3. loosely flowered/

#46. pistillate catkins: general shape:/
       1. slender/
       2. stout/
       3. subglobose/
       4. globose/
       5. indeterminate/

#47. pistillate catkins: length:/
       cm/

#48. pistillate catkins: width:/
       cm/

#49. Pistillate catkins: length-width ratio:/

#50. pistillate catkins: peduncle length:/
       cm/

#51. floral bracts: color:/
       1. tawny/
       2. light rose/
       3. brown/
       4. black/
       5. greenish/
       6. bicolor/
       7. purplish/
       8. reddish/
       9. grayish/
       10. pinkish/

#52. floral bracts: length:/
       mm/

#53. floral bracts: abaxial surface general hairiness:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. hairy/

#54. floral bracts: abaxial surface indumentum position:/
       1. hairy all over/
       2. hairy mainly at distal end/
       3. hairy mainly at proximal end/

#55. floral bracts: apex shape:/
       1. acute/
       2. obtuse/
       3. rounded/
       4. truncate/
       5. retuse/
       6. acuminate/

#56. staminate flowers: stamen number:/

#57. staminate flowers: anther color:/
       1. yellow/
       2. purple/
       3. purple becoming yellow/
       4. reddish/
       5. brown/

#58. staminate flowers: anther shape:/
       1. ellipsoid/
       2. short-cylindrical/
       3. long-cylindrical/
       4. ovoid/
       5. obovoid/
       6. subglobose/
       7. oblong/

#59. staminate flowers: filament union:/
       1. distinct/
       2. connate less than half/
       3. connate more than half/

#60. staminate flowers: filament general hairiness:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. hairy/

#61. staminate flowers: filament indumentum position:/
       1. hairy all over/
       2. hairy on lower half/
       3. hairy at base/
       4. hairy on upper half/

#62. staminate flowers: abaxial nectary presence:/
       1. absent/
       2. present/

#63. staminate flowers: adaxial nectary presence:/
       1. absent/
       2. present/

#64. pistillate flowers: ovary shape:/
       1. obclavate/
       2. pyriform/
       3. ovoid/
       4. gourd-shaped/
       5. obturbinate/
       6. obnapiform/
       7. squat flask-shaped/
       8. ellipsoidal/
       9. oblong/
       10. cylindric/
       11. conical/
       12. obovoid/
       13. globose/
       14. linear-lanceolate/

#65. pistillate flowers: ovary general hairiness:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. hairy/

#66. pistillate flowers: ovary indumentum type:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. glabrescent/
       3. puberulent/
       4. pubescent/
       5. pilose/
       6. villous/
       7. tomentose/
       8. woolly/
       9. short-silky/
       10. long-silky/
       11. velvety/
       12. downy/
       13. tomentulose/

#67. pistillate flowers: style length:/
       cm/

#68. pistillate flowers: stipe length:/
       cm/

#69. pistillate flowers: abaxial nectary presence:/
       1. absent/
       2. present/

#70. pistillate flowers: adaxial nectary presence:/
       1. absent/
       2. present/

#71. pistillate flowers: capsule length:/
       mm/

#72. pistillate flowers: capsule indumentum:/
       1. glabrous/
       2. hairy/

#73. flowering:/

#74. elevation:/
       m/

#75. China: Provinces/
       1. Anhui/
       2. Chongqing/
       3. Fujian/
       4. Gansu/
       5. Guangdong/
       6. Guangxi/
       7. Guizhou/
       8. Hainan/
       9. Hebei/
       10. Heilongjiang/
       11. Henan/
       12. Hong Kong/
       13. Hubei/
       14. Hunan/
       15. Jiangsu/
       16. Jiangxi/
       17. Jilin/
       18. Liaoning/
       19. Nei Mongol/
       20. Ningxia/
       21. Qinghai/
       22. Shaanxi/
       23. Shandong/
       24. Shanxi/
       25. Sichuan/
       26. Taiwan/
       27. Xinjiang/
       28. Xizang/
       29. Yunnan/
       30. Zhejiang/