poplars, cottonwoods, and aspens
Populus
Populus is a genus of over 60 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to temperate, subarctic, and montane regions of Eurasia, North America, and North Africa, and to the tropical highlands of East Africa. English names variously applied to different species include poplar ( ), aspen, and cottonwood.
The western balsam poplar (P. trichocarpa) was the first tree to have its full DNA code determined by DNA sequencing, in 2006.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
aspens and allies
sectionPopulus
Black Poplars and Allies
sectionAigeiros
balsam poplars
sectionTacamahaca
Leucoides
sectionLeucoides
Abaso
sectionAbaso
Black Poplar × Eastern Balsam Poplar
hybridPopulus × sibirica
Turanga
sectionTuranga
Populus longifolia
speciesPopulus longifolia
lanceleaf cottonwood
hybridPopulus × acuminata
Berlin Poplar
hybridPopulus × berolinensis
Balm-of-Gilead
hybridPopulus × ontariensis
Hinckley Cottonwood
hybridPopulus × hinckleyana
Generous Poplar
hybridPopulus × generosa
Populus × petrowskiana
hybridPopulus × petrowskiana
Populus × rasumowskiana
hybridPopulus × rasumowskiana
Fremont Cottonwood × Western Balsam Poplar
hybridPopulus × parryi
Populus berkarensis
speciesPopulus berkarensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.233
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.261
Herbarius
1485 · p.234
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.231
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.234
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.233
Garden of Health
1507 · p.276
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1155
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.205
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.204
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.204
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.205
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47566.