Populus Linnaeus 1753 (poplar)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Salicaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1926

See also Brown 1959, Chauhan 1991, Knowlton 1899, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Liu et al. 1996, Mabberley 2000 and Srivastava 1991

Sister taxa: Populites, Populites, Populocaulis, Populophyllum, Pseudosalix, Salicinium, Salicinoxylon, Saliciphyllum, Saliciphyllum, Salix

Subtaxa: Populus acerifolia Populus aequalis Populus alba Populus alexanderi Populus amblyrhyncha Populus arctica Populus aristolochioides Populus auriculata Populus balsamifera Populus balsamoides Populus berggreni Populus bonatii Populus ciliata Populus clarkiana Populus cordata Populus cordifolia Populus craspedodroma Populus crassa Populus cretacea Populus cuneata Populus cyclomorpha Populus dakotana Populus daphnogenoides Populus decipiens Populus deltoides Populus denticulata Populus douglasae Populus elliptica Populus eotremuloides Populus fairii Populus flabellum Populus glandulifera Populus grandidentata Populus grewiopsis Populus harkeriana Populus hederoides Populus heteromorpha Populus hookeri Populus hyperborea Populus inaequalis Populus kansaseana Populus knightii Populus laevigata Populus latidentata Populus latior Populus lesquereuxi Populus leuce Populus leucophylla Populus lindgreni Populus litigiosa Populus longior Populus meedsii Populus melanarioides Populus microphylla Populus microtremuloides Populus mutabilis Populus nebrascensis Populus neomexicana Populus neotremuloides Populus nervosa Populus newberryi Populus nigra Populus obovata Populus occidentalis Populus orbicularis Populus oxyrhyncha Populus pliotremuloides Populus polymorpha Populus potomacensis Populus prefremontii Populus problematica Populus protozaddachi Populus pseudocredneria Populus pseudotremuloides Populus pyrifolia Populus rectinervata Populus rhomboidea Populus ricei Populus richardsoni Populus rotundifolia Populus russelli Populus scudderi Populus simonii Populus smilacifolia Populus sonorensis Populus speciosa Populus stygia Populus subrotunda Populus subwashoensis Populus tenuinervata Populus tidwellii Populus tremula Populus trichocarpa Populus trinervis Populus ungeri Populus vivaria Populus wardii Populus washingtonensis Populus whitei Populus xantholithensis Populus zaddachi Populus zhenyuanensis

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (2 collections), India (7), Kenya (3), United States (6: Kansas, Michigan, North Carolina)

• Pliocene of China (6), Germany (2), United States (3: California, Nevada)

• Hemphillian of United States (2: California, Indiana)

• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1), United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (12), Germany (33), India (1), Japan (3), Poland (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (6), United States (25: California, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Washington)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Montana)

• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (14), United States (2: Idaho, Montana)

• Eocene to Oligocene of North Korea (1), United States (4: Colorado)

• Eocene of Canada (3: British Columbia), China (2), Japan (1), United States (36: Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming, Wyoming )

• Clarkforkian of United States (2: Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (2), United States (31: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)

• Tertiary of Japan (1)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (17: North Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 238 collections including 343 occurrences

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