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Populus (poplar)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae

Taxonomy
Populus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

It was assigned to Salicaceae by Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Populus Linnaeus
1899Populus Knowlton
1919Populus Knowlton
1926Populus Knowlton
1959Populus Brown p. 128
1976Populus Lakhanpal et al.
1991Populus Chauhan
1991Populus Srivastava
1996Populus Liu et al.
2000Populus Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderMalpighiales
familySalicaceae
genusPopulus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Populus Linnaeus 1753 [poplar]
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Populus acerifolia Loddiges 1838
†Populus aequalis Lesquereux 1870
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Invalid names: Populus laevigata Lesquereux 1868 [replaced]
Populus alba Linnaeus 1753
†Populus alexanderi Dorf 1930
†Populus amblyrhyncha Ward 1885
†Populus arctica Heer 1868
†Populus aristolochioides Lesquereux 1875
†Populus auriculata Ward 1905
Populus balsamifera Linnaeus 1753
†Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855
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Invalid names: Populus eximia Göppert 1855 [synonym]
†Populus berggreni Heer 1871
Populus bonatii Léveillé 1910
Populus ciliata Wallich 1839
†Populus clarkiana Hollick 1906
†Populus cordata Newberry 1868
Populus cordifolia Burgsdorf 1787
†Populus craspedodroma Ward 1885
†Populus crassa Lesquereux 1883
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Invalid names: Diospyros cuspidata Kirchner 1898 [synonym]
†Populus cretacea Knowlton 1905
†Populus cuneata Newberry 1868
†Populus cyclomorpha Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Populus rotundifolia Newberry 1882 [replaced]
†Populus dakotana Cockerell 1906
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Invalid names: Populus cordifolia Newberry 1868 [replaced]
†Populus decipiens Lesquereux 1872
Populus deltoides Marshall 1785
†Populus denticulata Heer 1883
†Populus douglasae Buechler et al. 2007
†Populus elliptica Newberry 1868
†Populus eotremuloides Knowlton 1898
†Populus fairii Knowlton 1926
†Populus flabellum Newberry 1863
†Populus glandulifera Heer 1856
Populus grandidentata Michaux 1803
†Populus grewiopsis Ward 1885
†Populus harkeriana Lesquereux 1891
†Populus hederoides Ward 1885
†Populus heteromorpha Knowlton 1926
†Populus hookeri Heer 1868
†Populus hyperborea Heer 1873
†Populus inaequalis Ward 1885
†Populus kansaseana Lesquereux 1891
†Populus knightii Knowlton 1897
Populus laevigata Aiton 1789
†Populus latidentata Dawson 1885
†Populus latior Braun 1835
†Populus lesquereuxi Cockerell 1906
†Populus leuce Rossmässler 1850
†Populus leucophylla Unger 1850
†Populus lindgreni Knowlton 1898
†Populus litigiosa Heer 1866
†Populus longior Dawson 1882
†Populus meedsii Knowlton 1893
†Populus melanarioides Lesquereux 1875
†Populus microphylla Newberry 1868
†Populus microtremuloides Knowlton 1916
†Populus mutabilis Heer 1856
†Populus nebrascensis Newberry 1868
†Populus neomexicana Knowlton 1918
†Populus neotremuloides Knowlton 1918
†Populus nervosa Newberry 1868
†Populus newberryi Cockerell 1906
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Invalid names: Populus acerifolia Newberry 1868 [synonym]
Populus nigra Linnaeus 1753
†Populus obovata Knowlton 1900
†Populus occidentalis Knowlton 1898
†Populus orbicularis Newberry 1896
†Populus oxyrhyncha Ward 1885
†Populus pliotremuloides Axelrod 1937
†Populus polymorpha Newberry 1882
†Populus potomacensis Ward 1895
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Invalid names: Populus menispermoides Ward 1905 [synonym]
†Populus prefremontii Axelrod 1937
†Populus problematica Knowlton 1893
†Populus protozaddachi Dawson 1882
†Populus pseudocredneria Cockerell 1908
†Populus pseudotremuloides Hollick 1906
†Populus pyrifolia Kirchner 1898
†Populus rectinervata Dawson 1882
†Populus rhomboidea Newberry 1859
†Populus ricei Fontaine 1905
†Populus richardsoni Heer 1868
Populus rotundifolia Griffith 1847
†Populus russelli Knowlton 1893
†Populus scudderi Cockerell 1906
Populus simonii Carrière 1867
†Populus smilacifolia Newberry 1868
†Populus sonorensis Axelrod 1939
†Populus speciosa Ward 1885
†Populus stygia Heer 1873
†Populus subrotunda Lesquereux 1868
†Populus subwashoensis Axelrod 1956
†Populus tenuinervata Lesquereux 1888
†Populus tidwellii Manchester et al. 2006
Populus tremula Linnaeus 1753
Populus trichocarpa Torrey and Gray 1852
†Populus trinervis Dawson 1882
†Populus ungeri Lesquereux 1878
†Populus vivaria Knowlton 1899
†Populus wardii Knowlton 1900
†Populus washingtonensis Knowlton 1926
†Populus whitei Ward 1885
†Populus xantholithensis Knowlton 1899
†Populus zaddachi Heer 1859
†Populus zhenyuanensis Liang and Zhou 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Holocene or 113.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (238 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Populus aspens (102759)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Wyoming) Populus aspensis (34972)
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) Populus sp. (35218)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Populus nebrascensis (24902 25437 25445 25448 25461 25465 25468 25473 25475 25476 25477 25498 48268 48270 48271)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) Populus nebrascensis (24973 25005 25009 25010 25012 25026 25427 25440 25446 25447 25449 25451 25453 25454 25455 25458 25460 25462 25463 25464 25466 25469 25470 48177 48180)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Populus nebraskana (11340 11368)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) Populus nebrascensis (129028)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (North Dakota) Populus nebrascensis (129230)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Populus speciosa (45729)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Xinjiang) Populus sp., Populus balsamoides (223851)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Heilongjiang) Populus carneosa (223817)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Populus kobayashii, Populus hokiensis (22819)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (North Dakota) Populus nebrascensis (24965)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Populus FW60 (28656)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Populus meigsii (11374 11445)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Populus dauphnogenoides (121046)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Alaska) Populus glandulifera, Populus balsamoides (112312) Populus sp. (112313)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Populus sp. (179231)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Populus cinnamomoides, Populus wilmattae (24419)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Jilin) Populus sp. (223891)