Populus balsamifera

Populus balsamifera, Superior National Forest, Minnesota, USA
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Populus balsamifera is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Malpighiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Salicaceae
Genus: Populus
Species: Populus balsamifera

Name

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Populus balsamifera L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1034 (1753).

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Aigiros balsamifera (L.) Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 298 (1916).
    • Populus balsamifera f. typica C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 14 (1904), not validly publ.
  • Heterotypic
    • Aigiros × candicans (Aiton) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 233 (1914).
    • Populus acladesca K.Koch, Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 8: 238 (1865), not validly publ.
    • Populus angustifolia Weinm. ex Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 3: 629 (1850), not validly publ.
    • Populus balsamifera f. angustata C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 14 (1904).
    • Populus balsamifera var. californica S.Watson, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 115: 135 (1878).
    • Populus balsamifera f. candicans (Aiton) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 93: 434 (1966).
    • Populus balsamifera var. fernaldiana Rouleau, Rhodora 50: 234 (1948).
    • Populus balsamifera var. intermedia Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1674 (1838).
    • Populus balsamifera var. lanceolata Marshall, Arbust. Amer.: 108 (1785).
    • Populus balsamifera var. latifolia Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1674 (1838).
    • Populus balsamifera var. laurifolia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 642 (1891).
    • Populus balsamifera var. michauxii A.Henry, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 59: 230 (1916).
    • Populus balsamifera var. subcordata Hyl., unknown publication 2: 230 (1962).
    • Populus balsamifera var. viminalis Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1673 (1838).
    • Populus candicans Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 406 (1789).
    • Populus heterophylla K.Koch, Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 8: 238 (1865), not validly publ.
    • Populus latifolia Moench, Methodus: 338 (1794).
    • Populus lindleyana Booth ex Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2651 (1838), not validly publ.
    • Populus macrophylla Lindl. in J.C.Loudon, Encycl. Pl.: 840 (1829), not validly publ.
    • Populus michauxi Dode, Extr. Monogr. Ined. Populus: 62 (1905).
    • Populus salicifolia Raf., Alsogr. Amer.: 43 (1838).
    • Populus salicifolia Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1673 (1838), not validly publ.
    • Populus tacamahacca Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: 6 (1768).
    • Populus tacamahacca var. candicans Stout, J. New York Bot. Gard. 30: 32 (1929).
    • Populus tacamahacca var. michauxii (Dode) Farw., Rhodora 21: 101 (1919).
    • Populus viminalis Lodd. ex Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1673 (1838), not validly publ.
    • Populus viminea Wesm., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 330 (1868), not validly publ.
    • Populus wobstii R.I.Schröd. ex Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 207 (1892), not validly publ.
    • Populus woobstii Dode, Extr. Monogr. Ined. Populus: 60 (1905), orth. var.

Hybrids

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P. × brayshawii – P. × hastata – P. × rollandii – P. × ontariensis 

Homonyms

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Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon.
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
    • Eastern Canada
      • Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec.
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado, Montana, Wyoming.
    • North-Central U.S.A.
      • Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia.
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Delaware, Kentucky, Virginia.
    • Introduced into:
      • Belgium, East European Russia, Ecuador, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Maryland, Poland

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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  • Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page

Additional references

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Vernacular names

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Deutsch: Balsam-Pappel
English: Ontario Balsam Poplar
suomi: Palsamipoppeli
հայերեն: Բարդի բալասանաբեր
Nederlands: Ontariopopulier
svenska: Balsampoppel
Türkçe: Balsam kavağı
українська: Тополя бальзамічна
 
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