Calantica JAUB. EX TUL.
Creators: name: Applequist, Wendy L.
name: Phillipson, Peter B.
name: Schatz, George E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malpighiales
Salicaceae
Calantica

description: KEY TO THE SPECIES OF <i>CALANTICA</i> JAUB. EX TUL. 1. Stamens equal in number to petals; sepal glands often with a corrugated or reticulate surface but not pubescent........................................................................................... 2 — Stamens 3 or 5-6 times as many as petals; sepal glands densely short-pubescent on upper surface........................................................................................................................ 6 2. Inflorescences cauliflorous, borne mostly on larger twigs and branches; sepals bearing prominent gland-tipped projections on margins............................................................................................... 10. <i>C. sphaerocephala</i> Appleq., Phillipson &amp; G. E. Schatz, sp. nov. — Inflorescences all or mostly lateral, never cauliflorous on large stems; sepals lacking glandtipped projections on margins.................................................................................... 3 3. Flowers (8-) 10-15 mm in diameter; abaxial sepal surfaces pilose; ovary sparsely or apically pubescent to glabrate....................................................... 6. <i>C. grandiflora</i> Jaub. ex Tul. — Flowers (4-)5-7.5(-9) mm in diameter; abaxial sepal surfaces pubescent with very short erect trichomes or sericeous with upward-pointing trichomes; ovary densely pubescent throughout................................................................................................................. 4 4. Shrub (tree); leaves narrowly elliptical (to elliptical), to 4.2 cm long, the apex acute (to slightly acuminate) with a rounded tip; stipules &lt;0.5(-0.7) mm long; abaxial surface of sepals sericeous, usually densely; near Tolagnaro (extreme SE Madagascar)..................................................................................................................... 7. <i>C. lucida</i> Scott-Elliot — Trees, rarely described as shrubby or lianoid; leaves elliptical to broadly elliptical, oblong, obovate, or oblanceolate, variable in size, the apex cuspidate to acuminate (atypically retuse, emarginate, rounded or acute); stipules&gt; 0.7 mm long, sometimes several times longer; abaxial surface of sepals short-pubescent......................................................... 5 5. Leaves elliptical to oblong, broadly elliptical, obovate, or oblanceolate, (1.5-) 4.5-17 cm long, usually drying to light to dark brown (or pale, mottled or discolored green); leaf apex cuspidate (to short-acuminate, retuse, emarginate, rounded or acute); inflorescences usually many-flowered........................................................ 3. <i>C. cerasifolia</i> (Vent.) Tul. — Leaves lanceolate to ovate or narrowly elliptical, 3-10.5 cm long, usually drying to pale olive drab adaxially, pale olive brown abaxially; leaf apex acuminate with a rounded tip; inflorescences (4-)8-20-flowered................................................................................................................................... 8. <i>C. olivacea</i> Appleq., Phillipson &amp; G. E. Schatz, sp. nov. 6. Stamens in groups of 5-6 per petal............................................................................. 7 — Stamens in groups of 3, with 1 internal and 2 external............................................... 8 7. Leaves 4-11 × 3-4.5 cm, the apices cuspidate; SE Madagascar....................................................................................................................................... 2. <i>C. capuronii</i> Sleumer — Leaves 1.2-3.4 × 0.6-1.3 cm, the apices rounded to obtuse; SW Madagascar.............................................................................................................. 5. <i>C. decaryana</i> H. Perrier 8. Shrub; leaf margins subentire; inflorescences 1-4-flowered; SW Madagascar................................................................................................................. 4. <i>C. chauvetiae</i> Sleumer — Tree; leaf margins serrate to crenate-serrate or serrulate; inflorescences mostly&gt;4-flowered; W to NE Madagascar................................................................................................. 9 9. Ovary densely white-puberulent, sparsely puberulent in fruit; styles &lt;0.5 mm long; dry forest in W to extreme N Madagascar.................................... 1. <i>C. biseriata</i> H. Perrier — Ovary dark, sparsely puberulent, becoming glabrate in fruit; styles 1.5-2 mm long; humid forest in NE Madagascar................................................................................................................................ 9. <i>C. pseudobiseriata</i> Appleq., Phillipson &amp; G. E. Schatz, sp. nov.
description: Published as part of <i>Applequist, Wendy L., Phillipson, Peter B. &amp; Schatz, George E., 2014, A synoptic revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Calantica Jaub. ex Tul. (Salicaceae), pp. 83-102 in Adansonia (3) (3) 36 (1)</i> on pages 85-86, DOI: 10.5252/a2014n1a8, http://zenodo.org/record/5208455