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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

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.

Statistics

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link