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1873.000 Salix - Willows
Description of the genus
Dioecious trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, stipulate. Flowers appearing before or after the leaves, in usually erect catkins, catkin scales entire; each flower with 1-2 fleshy glands; stamens 2-many. Derivation of name: the classical name for willows Worldwide: About 500 species, mainly north temperate but some tropical and south temperate. Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| babylonica L. | C | Description, Image |
| mucronata Thunb. subsp. subserrata (Willd.) R. H. Archer & Jordaan | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Salix:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: SalixFlora of Caprivi: Salix
Flora of Malawi: Salix
Flora of Mozambique: Salix
Flora of Zambia: Salix
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Salix
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SalixBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Salix
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Salix
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Salix
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Salix
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Salix
JSTOR Plant Science: Salix
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Salix
Plants of the World Online: Salix
Tropicos: Salix
Wikipedia: Salix
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