Taxon: Salix babylonica L.

• the 5 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Salix babylonica forma crispa (no accessions)

Common names:

• Babylon weeping willow   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Peking willow   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• weeping willow   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• treurwilger   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• saule de Babylone   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• saule pleureur   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Trauerweide   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• shidare-yanagi   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• sauce de Babilonia   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• sauce llorón   (Source: Trees Bolivia ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Trees Bolivia; Zander ed14; Willows; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: Lesotho; South Africa
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Europe
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States

• widely cultivated

References:

• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1988. Flora of New Zealand. 4:1166.
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia. [introduced].
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Newsholme, C. 1992. Willows, the genus Salix.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana.
• Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley.
• Tai Hyun Chung. 1965. Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea, vol. 5, Tracheophyta.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Salix babylonica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Salix babylonica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Salix babylonica.

Synonyms:

• Salix babylonica var. crispa hort. ex Loudon [≡ Salix babylonica forma crispa]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Salix babylonica L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Salix babylonica cultivars
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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

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