USDA ARS United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
  GRIN Taxonomy for Plants
Jump to common names  Jump to economic impacts  Jump to distribution  Jump to references  Jump to synonyms  Jump to links to other online resources  Jump to images

***Please tell us why you value GRIN Taxonomy***

Taxon: Populus balsamifera L.

Genus: Populus
Family: Salicaceae.
Nomen number: 29365
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:1034. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 07-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Aug-1994
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • balsam poplar   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Populus balsamifera subsp. balsamifera]
  • black cottonwood   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English   [Populus balsamifera subsp. trichocarpa]
  • eastern balsam-poplar   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • hackmatack   (Source: F Mich ) – English   [Populus balsamifera subsp. balsamifera]
  • tacamahac poplar   (Source: Ency WTimber ) – English   [Populus balsamifera subsp. balsamifera]
  • western balsam poplar   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English   [Populus balsamifera subsp. trichocarpa]
  • peuplier baumier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Populus balsamifera subsp. balsamifera]
  • peuplier baumier   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – French   [Populus balsamifera subsp. trichocarpa]
  • Balsampappel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German   [Populus balsamifera subsp. balsamifera]
  • haarfrüchtige Pappel   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German   [Populus balsamifera subsp. trichocarpa]
  • álamo balsámico   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Populus balsamifera subsp. balsamifera]

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • temperate North America

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Populus balsamifera L.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
| USDA | ARS | GRIN | NPGS | New Search |
Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?29365 (09 February 2010)

Please send us your comments

Close Window

Ctrl P to print