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Populus
Genus of plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip poplar).
For other uses, see Populus (disambiguation).
Populus is a genus of 25–30 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 (/ˈpɒplər/), aspen, and cottonwood.
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Populus | |
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Leaf of Populus tremula | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Salicaceae |
Subfamily: | Salicoideae |
Tribe: | Saliceae |
Genus: | Populus L. |
Type species | |
Populus tremula L. | |
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The western balsam poplar (P. trichocarpa) was the first tree to have its full DNA code determined by DNA sequencing, in 2006.[1]