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Populus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1032 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000030925.

Literature

Synonyms of Populus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Balsamiflua Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 382 (1854) wfo-4000003985
Monilistus Raf. Alsogr. Amer. : 42 (1838) wfo-4000024653
Tremula Dumort. Bijdr. Natuurk. Wetensch. 1: 46 (1826) wfo-4000038821
Turanga (Bunge) Kimura Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., Ser. 4, Biol. 13: 385 (1938) wfo-4000039590

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Populus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus acladesca Lindl. in Loud. Encyc. Pl. 840. wfo-0000928387
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus acladesca hort. ex K.Koch Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten 8: 238. 1865 wfo-0000928388
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus angulosa Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 2: 243. 1803 [19 Mar 1803] wfo-0000928161
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus arbeel Curt. Cat. (1783) 84. wfo-0000928166
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus arembergiana hort. ex Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. ii. (1892) 191. wfo-0000928167
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus arembergica Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1640. wfo-0000928168
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus argentea F.Michx. Hist. Arb. Am. iii. 290. t. 9. wfo-0000928155
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus arizonica var. jonesii Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 67: 211. 1919 wfo-0001396133
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus athemse hort. ex Fouger. Mem. Agric. Par. (Print. 1786) 96. wfo-0000928149
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus atheniensis Lodd. ex C.F.Ludw. Neue. Wilde Baumz. (1783) 35. wfo-0000928150
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus bachelieri Solem. Unknown — wfo-0000930881
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus belgica Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1640. wfo-0000928160
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus canadensis var. marilandica (Rehder) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 112 (1923) wfo-0000930509
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus canadensis var. regenerata (A.Henry) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 112 (1923) wfo-0000930511
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus canadensis var. serotina (Hartig) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 111 (1923) wfo-0000930516
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus cilicica Kotschy ex Wesm. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(2.2): 325. 1868 [mid Jul 1868] wfo-0000928110
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus cordata hort. ex Poir. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 5: 236. 1804 [9 Jan 1804] wfo-0000928096
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus cordifolia Burgsd. Anl. Erzieh. Holzart. 177. 1787 wfo-0000928097
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus croatica Waldst. & Kit. ex Besser Flora 15(2, Beibl.): 14. 1832 wfo-0000928099
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus davidiana f. foliotardus X.S.Zhang & H.Y.Jiang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 23(1): 4 (2003). wfo-0001324307
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus davidiana var. tomentosa (C.K.Schneid.) Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 18: 191 1930 — wfo-0001133781
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus deglubata Reinw. ex Blume Mus. Bot. 1(6): 83. 1850 [1 Jun 1849 publ. Apr 1850] wfo-0000928095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus eugenei hort. ex K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 493. 1872 [Dec 1872] wfo-0000928125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus eugenii Simon. ex Gartenfl. xxxvi. (1887) 674; et in Gard. Chron. (1887) ii. 818 (an P.Eugenei, Hort. ex C. Koch). wfo-0000928147
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus euramericana (Dode) Guinier Acta Bot. Neerl. 6: 54 1957 — wfo-0000930743
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus euramericana Guinier Acta Bot. Neerl. 6(1): 54 1957 — wfo-0001134103
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus excelsa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 395. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796] wfo-0000928133
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus fastigiata Foug. Mem. Agric. Par. (Print. 1786) 82; Desf. Tabl. ed. I. 213. wfo-0000928129
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus gelrica (Houtz.) Houtz. Geslacht Populus : 141 (1937) wfo-0000928134
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus glandulosa Moench Methodus (Moench) 339. 1794 [4 May 1794] wfo-0000928171
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus glandulosa Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 381. wfo-0000928282
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus graeca Aiton Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 3: 407. 1789 wfo-0000928325
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus grandifolia hort. ex Wesm. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 26: 375. 1889 [1887 publ. 1889] wfo-0000928326
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus grisea Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1640. wfo-0000928323
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus heterophilla Foug. Mem. Agric. Par. (Print. 1786) 96. wfo-0000928340
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus hispida Hausskn. & Sint. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins n.s., xiii-xiv. 21 (1899), in obs. wfo-0000928332
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus hudsoniana Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2. 243. 1815 wfo-0000928410
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus hudsonica F.Michx. Hist. Arb. Forest. 3: 290 1813 wfo-0000928412
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus intermedia Mert. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1640. wfo-0000928418
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus juliana-pendula Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. ii. (1892) 192. wfo-0000928400
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus lindleyana hort. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 381. wfo-0000928408
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus lindleyana Booth ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2651. 1838 wfo-0000928409
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus lombardica hort. ex Link Handbuch [Link] 2: 456. 1831 wfo-0000928422
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus longifolia Fisch. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1673. 1838 wfo-0000928421
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus macrophylla Lindl. in Loud. Encyc. Pl. 840. wfo-0000928379
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus macrophylla Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1671. wfo-0000928380
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus marilandica (Bosc ex Poir.) Rehder Encycl. Suppl. 4: 378 1816 wfo-0000930512
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus marylandica Bosc Nouv. Dict. xi. 409. wfo-0000928372
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus medusae Booth in Loud. Arboret. iv. 2651. wfo-0000928374
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus monticola Mert. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1645. wfo-0000928299
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus nana Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 345. 1839 [Feb 1839] wfo-0000928294
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus neglecta hort. ex Wesm. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(2.2): 329. 1868 [mid Jul 1868] wfo-0000928296
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus nigra subsp. nigra – – — wfo-0001316377
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus nolestii hort. ex Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. ii. (1892) 199. wfo-0000928288
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus nova Aud. ex W.H.Baxter Hort. Brit. [Loudon], ed. 3. 660. 1839 ; second additional supplement (cited in IK as 'Hort. Brit. Suppl. ii.') wfo-0000928263
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus oliuboi Kitag. Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 3(App. 1): 157 1939 — wfo-0000928266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus ontariensis Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1676. wfo-0000928267
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus oxyodonta Mert. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1645. wfo-0000928270
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus palmata hort. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1640. wfo-0000928272
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus pannonica Kit. ex Besser Enum. Pl. [Besser] 38. 1822 [after 25 May 1822] wfo-0000928274
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus pendula Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1646. wfo-0000928279
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus polonica hort. ex Loudon Encyc. Trees 824. wfo-0000928306
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus przewalskii f. pendula H.L.Yang Fl. Gansu 2: 563 (61). 2005 wfo-0001325685
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus pseudobalsamifera Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 11(1): 101. 1838 ; 27. (1854) I. 399 wfo-0000928309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus pyramidata Moench Methodus (Moench) 339. 1794 [4 May 1794] wfo-0000928311
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus quercifolia hort. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1640. wfo-0000928313
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus regenerata hort. ex C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. i. 7 (1904). wfo-0000930882
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus rotundifolia var. macranthela (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Gomb. Bot. Közelem. 10: 25 1911 — wfo-0001242838
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus rubra hort. ex Poir. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 5: 239. 1804 [9 Jan 1804] wfo-0000928207
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus salicifolia Raf. Alsogr. Amer. 43. 1838 wfo-0000928214
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus salicifolia hort. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1673. wfo-0000928215
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus serotina Hartig Vollst. Naturgesch. Culturpfl. Deutschl. : 437 (1851) wfo-0000928359
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus serotina var. aurea (Van Geert ex Dippel) A.Henry in Elwes & A.Henry Trees Great Britain 7: 1817. 1913 wfo-0001391520
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus serotina var. erecta (Sélys-Longch.) A.Henry in Elwes & A.Henry Trees Great Britain 7: 1817. 1913 wfo-0001392579
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus sibirica hort. ex Tausch Flora 21(2): 754. 1838 wfo-0000928220
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus stricta Mert. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1645. wfo-0000928193
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus supina Lodd. ex G.Don Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 401. 1830 wfo-0000928206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa f. cordiconeifolia T.B.Chao & J.W.Liu Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 11(1): 60. 1991 wfo-0001326655
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa f. deltatifolia T.B.Chao & Zhi X.Chen Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 11(1): 60. 1991 wfo-0001326653
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa f. fastigiata Y.X.Wang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 2(4): 159. 1982 wfo-0001326435
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa f. lerigata T.B.Chao & Zhi X.Chen Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 11(1): 60. 1991 wfo-0001326654
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa f. longipetiola T.B.Chao & J.W.Liu Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 11(1): 59. 1991 wfo-0001326652
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa f. yixianensis H.M.Jiang & J.X.Huang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 9(3): 75. 1989 wfo-0001326594
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa var. borealosinensis N.Yu Fl. Henan 1: 174 (1981), as 'borealo-sinensis'. wfo-0001402423
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa var. ferruginea Z.Y.Yu & T.Z.Zhang Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 7(4): 254 (1987). wfo-0001401942
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa var. honanica N.Yu Fl. Henan 1: 174 (1981), with two types cited. wfo-0001402424
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa var. hopeinica N.Yu Fl. Henan 1: 176 (1981), without type. wfo-0001402428
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa var. longibracteata Z.Y.Yu & T.Z.Zhang Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 7(4): 252 (1987). wfo-0001401940
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa var. microphylla N.Yu Fl. Henan 1: 175 (1981). wfo-0001402426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa var. multilenticellia N.Yu Fl. Henan 1: 175 (1981). wfo-0001402425
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa var. orbiculata Z.Y.Yu & T.Z.Zhang Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 7(4): 252 (1987). wfo-0001401941
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa var. palmatibracteata Z.Y.Yu & T.Z.Zhang Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 7(4): 256 (1987). wfo-0001401944
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa var. pyramidalis Shanling Fl. Henan 1: 176 (1981), without type. wfo-0001402429
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa var. ramosissima N.Yu Fl. Henan 1: 175 (1981). wfo-0001402427
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa var. stellaribracteata Z.Y.Yu & T.Z.Zhang Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 7(4): 255 (1987). wfo-0001401943
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tomentosa var. truncata Y.C.Fu & Chung H.Wang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(3): 96. 1975 wfo-0001401338
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus tremuliformis Emerson Rep. Trees Shrubs Mass. 243. 1850; ed. 2. 279. 1875. wfo-0000928230
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus trepida Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 803 1805 wfo-0000928241
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus undulata f. purpurea T.B.Chao & Zhi X.Chen Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 18(3): 287. 1998 wfo-0001323470
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus versicolor Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 395. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796] wfo-0000928257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus villosa Lang ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 173. wfo-0000928259
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus viminalis Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1673. 1838 wfo-0000928249
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus viminalis Horl.Par. ex Poir. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 5: 238. 1804 [9 Jan 1804] wfo-0000928250
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus viminea Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. ed. 2, 6: 401 1811 — wfo-0000928223
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus viminea Wesm. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(2.2): 330. 1868; Bon Jardin. 565. [mid Jul 1868] wfo-0000928224
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus virginiana Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2. 6: 400. 1811 wfo-0000928226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus viridis Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1652. wfo-0000928227
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus vistulensis hort. ex Loudon Encyc. Trees 824. wfo-0000928228
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus wobstii R.I.Schröd. ex Dippel Russk. Ogorod ed. 2, 573. 1881 wfo-0000928232