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Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Populus L.

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Kingdom  Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision  Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class  Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass  Dilleniidae
Order  Salicales
Family  Salicaceae – Willow family
Genus  Populus L. – cottonwood P
 
Contains 27 Species and 30 accepted taxa overall
 
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Species  Populus ×acuminata Rydb. (pro sp.) – lanceleaf cottonwood P
Species  Populus alba L. – white poplar P
Species  Populus angustifolia James – narrowleaf cottonwood P
Species  Populus balsamifera L. – balsam poplar P
Subspecies  Populus balsamifera L. ssp. balsamifera – balsam poplar P
Subspecies  Populus balsamifera L. ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & A. Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw – black cottonwood P
Species  Populus ×berolinensis C. Koch P
Species  Populus ×brayshawii B. Boivin – hybrid balsam poplar P
Species  Populus ×canadensis Moench (pro sp.) – Carolina poplar P
Species  Populus ×canescens (Aiton) Sm. (pro sp.) – gray poplar P
Species  Populus deltoides Bartram ex Marsh. – eastern cottonwood P
Subspecies  Populus deltoides Bartram ex Marsh. ssp. deltoides – eastern cottonwood P
Subspecies  Populus deltoides Bartram ex Marsh. ssp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenwalder – plains cottonwood P
Subspecies  Populus deltoides Bartram ex Marsh. ssp. wislizeni (S. Watson) Eckenwalder – Rio Grande cottonwood P
Species  Populus fremontii S. Watson – Fremont cottonwood P
Subspecies  Populus fremontii S. Watson ssp. fremontii – Fremont cottonwood P
Subspecies  Populus fremontii S. Watson ssp. mesetae Eckenwalder – Fremont cottonwood P
Species  Populus grandidentata Michx. – bigtooth aspen P
Species  Populus ×heimburgeri B. Boivin P
Species  Populus heterophylla L. – swamp cottonwood P
Species  Populus ×hinckleyana Correll (pro sp.) P
Species  Populus ×inopina Eckenwalder P
Species  Populus ×jackii Sarg. – balm-of-Gilead P
Species  Populus maximowiczii A. Henry – Japanese poplar P
Species  Populus nigra L. – Lombardy poplar P
Species  Populus ×parryi Sarg. P
Species  Populus ×petrowskiana R.I. Schrod. ex Regel P
Species  Populus ×rouleauiana B. Boivin P
Species  Populus simonii Carrière [excluded] – Simon poplar P
Species  Populus ×smithii B. Boivin P
Species  Populus tomentosa Carrière – Chinese white poplar P
Species  Populus tremula L. – European aspen P
Species  Populus tremuloides Michx. – quaking aspen P
Species  Populus tristis Fisch. P

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