poplars, cottonwoods, and aspens
Populus
Populus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar /ˈpɒp.lər/, aspen, and cottonwood.
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.