1 |
Capsule with tubercles (not prickles), entire surface densely tuberculate.
(28)
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E. verrucocarpus
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1 + |
Capsule with prickles, not tubercles
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(2)
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2 (1) |
Capsule with needle to threadlike prickles, sparsely covering surface
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(3)
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2 (1) + |
Capsule with sturdy prickles, densely covering surface
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(7)
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3 (2) |
Prickles fine and slender or sometimes needlelike; capsule large, 1.3-1.8 cm in diam..
(25)
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E. lushanensis
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3 (2) + |
Prickles straight, not fine and slender; capsule small, less than 1 cm in diam
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(4)
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4 (3) |
Leaf blade entire.
(26)
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E. potingensis
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4 (3) + |
Leaf blade crenulate to serrate
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(5)
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5 (4) |
Dwarf shrubs, under 30 cm tall.
(19)
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E. aculeolus
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5 (4) + |
Shrubs, more than 1 m tall
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(6)
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6 (5) |
Leaf blade 5-12 × 3-4.5 cm, veins impressed adaxially, prominent abaxially; capsule ca. 8 mm in diam..
(23)
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E. chui
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6 (5) + |
Leaf blade 4-6 × 2-3 cm, veins invisible; capsule 8-10 mm in diam..
(27)
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E. spraguei
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7 (2) |
Capsule grayish green or gray when dry, prickles more than 1 cm, flattened at base.
(17)
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E. actinocarpus
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7 (2) + |
Capsule brown, yellow, tawny, black, or purple when dry, prickles less than 1 cm
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(8)
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8 (7) |
Inflorescences more than 10 cm; flowers more than 10
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(9)
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8 (7) + |
Inflorescences less than 9 cm; flowers less than 9
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(10)
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9 (8) |
Leaf blade ovate or ovate-elliptic, adaxially wrinkled, petiole 5-8 mm.
(20)
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E. balansae
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9 (8) + |
Leaf blade oblong to elliptic, adaxially never wrinkled, petiole 1-2 cm.
(16)
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E. acanthocarpus
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10 (8) |
Leaf blade pubescent on both sides.
(21)
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E. acanthoxanthus
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10 (8) + |
Leaf blade glabrous
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(11)
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11 (10) |
Leaves sessile or petiole less than 4 mm
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(12)
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11 (10) + |
Leaf petiole more than 8 mm
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(13)
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12 (11) |
Leaf blade less than 4 × 2 cm.
(22)
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E. chenmoui
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12 (11) + |
Leaf blade ca. 5 × 2-3 cm.
(24)
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E. echinatus
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13 (11) |
Leaf blade leathery, 7-10 × 3-6 cm; capsule 1-1.5 cm in diam..
(18)
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E. aculeatus
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13 (11) + |
Leaf blade thinly leathery or papery, 10-15 × 2.5-4.5 cm; capsule 1.5-2 cm in diam..
(29)
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E. wilsonii
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