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Populus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1034 (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.

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Synonyms of Populus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Aigiros Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 42 (1838) wfo-4000001018
Balsamiflua Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 382 (1854) wfo-4000003985
Leuce Opiz Seznam: 59 (1852) wfo-4000021495
Monilistus Raf. Alsogr. Amer. : 42 (1838) wfo-4000024653
Octima Raf. Alsogr. Amer. 42. 1838. wfo-4000026527
Tremula Dumort. Bijdr. Natuurk. Wetensch. 1: 46 (1826) wfo-4000038821
Tsavo Jarmolenko Not. Syst. URSS 11: 70. 1949. wfo-4000039505
Turanga (Bunge) Kimura Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., Ser. 4, Biol. 13: 385 (1938) wfo-4000039590

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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 acerifolia Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. iii. 1640. wfo-0000928389
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 afghanica var. cuneata Z.Wang & Chang Y.Yang Claves Pl. Xinjiang. 2: 28 (1982), without latin descr. or type. wfo-0001401865
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus afghanica var. cuneata Z.Wang & Chang Y.Yang Fl. Xinjiangensis 1: 306. 1993 [1992 publ. 1993] wfo-0001402383
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus afghanica var. tadishistanica (Kom.) Z.Wang & Chang Y.Yang Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 20(2): 71. 1984 wfo-0001401772
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus alba f. brandegeei (C.K.Schneid.) Gombócz Math. Term. Közlem. 30: 146. 1908 wfo-0001324990
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus alba subsp. pyramidalis (Bunge) W.Wettst. in E. Janchen, Fl. Wien, Niederost. & Nordburg. ed. 2: 50, without basionym ref. 1977 wfo-0001368728
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus alba var. croatica (Waldst. & Kit. ex Besser) Wesm. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(2): 324. 1868 [mid-Jul 1868] wfo-0001399031
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus alba var. nutans Sudw. Bull. Div. Forest. U.S.D.A. 14: 137. 1897 wfo-0001396130
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus alba var. pendula Dippel – wfo-0001396131
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus albotremula hort. ex C.K.Schneid. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 1932, xliv. 26. wfo-0000928381
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus ambigua G.Beck. Fl. Nied. Oest. i. (1890) 305. wfo-0000928382
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus amygdalaceifolia Griff. Itin. Pl. Khasyah Mts. 286, No. 812, nomen subnudum. 1848 ; Posth. Papers, ii. wfo-0000928179
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 angustifolia var. coloradensis (Dode) Gombócz Math. Term. Közlem. 30: 107. 1908 Populus-nem Monogr wfo-0001396132
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 argentea Foug. Mem. Agric. Par. (Print. 1786) 102. wfo-0000928169
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 baicalensis Kom. Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 19: 511 (1934) wfo-0001133630
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus baileyana A.Henry Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 59: 230. 1916 wfo-0000928154
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus balsamifera f. angustata C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. [C.K.Schneider] 1: 14. 1904 wfo-0001324395
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus balsamifera f. pilosa Sarg. Man. Trees, ed. 2. 906. 1922 author = Sargent wfo-0001324989
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus balsamifera f. typica C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. [C.K.Schneider] 1: 14. 1904 wfo-0001324396
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus balsamifera var. canadensis (Moench) Sudw. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 44 (1893) wfo-0001376858
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus balsamifera var. fernaldiana Rouleau Rhodora 50: 234. 1948 wfo-0001396134
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus balsamifera var. hastata (Dode) Brayshaw Canad. Field-Naturalist 79: 95. 1965 wfo-0001397682
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus balsamifera var. interemdia Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1674. [dt. 1838; publ. Jan 1835-Jul 1838] wfo-0001398975
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus balsamifera var. lanceolata Marshall Arbust. Amer. 108 1785 — wfo-0001278507
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus balsamifera var. latifolia Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1674. [dt. 1838; publ. Jan 1835-Jul 1838] wfo-0001398974
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus balsamifera var. laurifolia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 642. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0001396135
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus balsamifera var. michauxii (Dode) A.Henry Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 59: 230. 1916 wfo-0001396136
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus balsamifera var. viminalis Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1673. [dt. 1838; publ. Jan 1835-Jul 1838] wfo-0001398973
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus balsamifera var. virginiana (Foug.) Sarg. J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 63. 1919 wfo-0001396137
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus beijingensis W.Y.Hsu Flora of China 4: 160 1999 — wfo-0001133842
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 bethmontiana Dode Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 18: 210. 1905 wfo-0000928175
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus bicolor Raf. Alsogr. Amer. 42 (Quid ?). 1838 wfo-0000928177
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus biformis Raf. Alsogr. Amer. 43 (Quid ?). 1838 wfo-0000928178
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus bisattenuata Dode Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 18: 208. 1905 wfo-0000928186
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus bogueana Dode Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 18: 182. 1905 wfo-0000928180
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus bolleana Lauche Deutsch. Mag. Garten- Blumenk. 31: 296. 1878 wfo-1200009977
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus brabantica (Houtz.) Houtz. Geslacht Populus 141 (1937). wfo-0000928182
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus braunii C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. [C.K.Schneider] 1: 11. 1904 wfo-0000930506
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus cana T.Y.Sun J. Nanjing Forest. Univ. 1986(4): 111 (1986). wfo-0000928391
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus canadensis Moench Verz. Ausländ. Bäume : 81 (1785) wfo-0000930752
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus canadensis Moench Verz. Ausländ. Bäume 81. 1785 wfo-0001133503
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus canadensis f. aurea (Van Geert ex Dippel) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 112. 1923 wfo-0001323623
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus canadensis f. erecta (Sélys-Longch.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 112. 1923 wfo-0001323597
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus canadensis var. carolinensis (Foug.) Fiori Iconogr. Fl. Ital., ed. 2 (Fiori) ed. 2: 109. 1921 Nuova Fl. Anal. Italia, 1: 351. 1923 wfo-0001396138
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus canadensis var. duhamelii Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 351. 1923 wfo-0001396139
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus canadensis var. erecta (Sélys-Longch.) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 200. 1891 wfo-0001392095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus canadensis var. gelrica (Houtz.) Geerinck Taxonomania 1: 14 (2001) wfo-0001370521
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus canadensis var. marilandica (Bosc ex Poir.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 112 (1923) wfo-0001371257
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. robusta (C.K.Schneid.) Hyl. Nordisk Karlvaxtfl. 2: 387. 1966 wfo-1200009796
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 canadensis var. serotina (Hartig) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 111 (1923) wfo-0001371170
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus canadensis var. virginiana (Foug.) Fiori Iconogr. Fl. Ital., ed. 3 (Fiori) ed. 2: 109. 1921 Nuova Fl. Anal. Italia, 1: 351. 1923 wfo-0001396140
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus candicans var. elongata Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 204. 1891 [Nov 1891] wfo-1200009883
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus caroliniana hort. ex McMinn & Maino Pacific Coast Trees 146 (1935), in syn. wfo-0000928108
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus carreiriana Dode Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 18: 207. 1905 wfo-0000928109
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus cathayana var. pedicellata Z.Wang & S.L.Tung Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 2(2): 117. 1982 wfo-0001401566
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus cathayana var. pendula T.B.Chao et in Fl. Henan 1: 184 (1981). 1980 wfo-0001397828
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus cathayana var. pendula T.B.Chao J. Henan Agric. Coll. 1980(2): 5 (1980);. wfo-0001402362
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus catherinae R.I.Schröd. Russk. Ogorod ed. 4, 628. 1890 wfo-0001356754
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus celtidifolia T.B.Chao Fl. Henan 1: 179 (1981). wfo-0000928321
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus cercidiphylla Britton N. Amer. Trees 180, fig. 139. 1908 wfo-0000928111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus ceretana Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 675, nomen. 1927 [1926 publ. 1927] wfo-0000928106
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus certinensis House New York State Mus. Bull. No. 254, 262 (1924), in obs., hybr.?. wfo-0000928113
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus charbinensis Z.Wang & Skvortsov in T. N. Liou, Ill. Fl. Lign. Pl. N. E. China 550 (1958). wfo-0000928114
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus charbinensis var. pachydermis Z.Wang & S.L.Tung Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 2(2): 117. 1982 wfo-0001401567
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus charkowiensis R.I.Schröd. Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 17: 393. 1902 wfo-0000928115
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus ciliata var. gyirongensis Z.Wang & S.L.Tung Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(4): 102. 1979 wfo-0001401329
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 ciliolata Raf. Alsogr. Amer. 43 (Quid ?). 1838 wfo-0000928118
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus cinerea Raf. Alsogr. Amer. 42 (Quid ?). 1838 wfo-0000928112
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus cinovskisii Val.N.Tikhom. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 54-e08: 3 2023 wfo-1000058369
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus ciupi S.Y.Wang J. Henan Agric. Coll. 1980(2): 5 (1980);. wfo-0001237285
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus ciupii S.Y.Wang et in Fl. Henan 1: 182 (1981). 1980 wfo-0000928324
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus comesiana Dode Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 18: 178. 1905 wfo-0000928094
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 crispa hort. ex Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. ii. (1892) 209. wfo-0000928098
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 curviserrata X.Q.Wan & J.X.Mi Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 196-108072(App. A): [57] (2024) wfo-1000075403
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 deltoides f. erecta (Sélys-Longch.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. [C.K.Schneider] 1: 7. 1906 wfo-0001323708
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus deltoides var. caroliniensis (Moench) L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. [L.H.Bailey] 1410. 1901 as carolinensis wfo-0001396141
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus deltoides var. virginiana (Foug.) Sudw. Check List For. Trees U.S. 65. 1927 wfo-0001396142
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Populus dodei Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 400, nomen. 1927 wfo-0000928104