Populus

Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Malpighiales
Family	Salicaceae
Group	Plant
Rank (PBDB)	genus· Paleobiology Database
Author	Linnaeus 1753· Paleobiology Database
Common name (PBDB)	poplar· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)	Angiospermae › NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED › Malpighiales › Salicaceae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)	113–0 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences	344· Paleobiology Database

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Populus — Populus tremula L. (NHMUK BM013848021) — Populus tremula L. (NHMUK BM013848021) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

Populus — Populus alba L. (NHMUK BM013414743) — Populus alba L. (NHMUK BM013414743) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

Populus — Populus canadensis 'robusta' (NHMUK BM015157981) — Populus canadensis 'robusta' (NHMUK BM015157981) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

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Cite this article

Stratum Strata. "Populus" (Taxon). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/populus. Accessed 2026-09-21.

BibTeX · CSL-JSON

@misc{stratum-populus,
  title        = {Populus},
  author       = {{Stratum Strata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/populus}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21; sources: stratum, pbdb, wikidata, commons, nhm. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
}

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