Populus balsamifera

Populus balsamifera, Superior National Forest, Minnesota, USA

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Populus balsamifera is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

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

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

Homonyms

• Populus balsamifera Lyall, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 134 (1863), sensu auct. = Populus tristis Fisch.

Distribution

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

Primary references

• 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

• Scoggan, H.J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada. 4 vols. Reference page. 
• Eckenwalder, J.E. 2010. Populus balsamifera. Pp. 14 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 7: Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. 797 pp. Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-531822-7. efloras FNA WebsiteReference page. 
• Mohlenbrock, R.H. 2014. Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide. 4th ed., 536 pp. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Ill. ISBN 978-0-8093-3208-3. Reference page. 
• Ackerfield, J. 2015. Flora of Colorado. 818 pp. BRIT Press, Fort Worth, Tx. ISBN 978-1-889878-45-4. Reference page. 

Links

• Stritch, L. 2018. Populus balsamifera. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T61959749A61959757.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Populus balsamifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Populus balsamifera. Published online. Accessed: November 26 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Populus balsamifera. Accessed: 26 November 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Populus balsamifera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 26. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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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