MPI Callicarpa Key


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Callicarpa species in gardens (Hatch 1989)


1. petioles 1.5-3.0 cm long.....2
1. petioles 0.5-1.5 cm long.....10
2. fruit purple to lilac.....3
2. fruit white.....4
2. fruit not available.....5


3. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa americana f. americana


4. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa americana f. lactea


5. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa americana


6. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa dichotoma


10. leaves mostly glabrous below when young.....11
10. leaves pubescent or with tufted hairs below.....20
11. leaves entire at base & coarsely serrate above middle & twigs hairy.....12
11. leaves serrate to serrulate along most of margin & twigs glabrous.....15
12. fruit purple to lilac.....13
12. fruit white.....14
12. fruit not available.....6


13. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa dichotoma var. dichotoma


14. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa dichotoma var. albifructus


15. leaves lanceolate & mostly less than 2.5 cm wide.....17
15. leaves ovate-ovate & mostly 3-5 cm wide.....16
16. fruit purple to lilac (most).....18
16. fruit white (rare).....19


17. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa japonica var. angustata


18. apex caudate & glandular dotted above AND below.....23
18. apex acute-acuminate & glandular dotted below only.....24


19. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa japonica var. japonica 'Leucocarpa'


20. leaves pubescent below & pubescent above & hairs not persisting.....21
20. leaves pubescent below & pubescent above & hairs very persistant.....25
20. leaves pubescent below & glabrous above & hairs not persisting.....22


21. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa bodinieri var. bodinieri


22. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii


23. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa japonica var. luxurians


24. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa japonica var. japonica


24. POSSIBLE ID>> C. takakumensis differs in 1 mm corolla (not 3-5 mm) and a lack


24. POSSIBLE ID of glandular dots. It is not well described and may not be cult.


25. leaves 5-10 cm long & base rotund & 1 mm stellate hairs.....26
25. leaves 15-30 cm long & base cuneate & 1.5-3 mm branched hairs.....27


26. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa mollis


27. POSSIBLE ID=Callicarpa kochiana