Populus × canescens (Aiton) Sm.

First published in Fl. Brit. 3: 1080 (1804)
This hybrid is accepted
The native range of this hybrid is Europe to Xinjiang. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome. The hybrid formula is P. alba × P. tremula.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Belgium, Cape Provinces, Denmark, Eswatini, Free State, Great Britain, Greece, Illinois, Ireland, Kazakhstan, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, New York, Northern Provinces, Spain, Tennessee, Tristan da Cunha, Vermont

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • A.K.Skvortsov (2010). Taxonomical synopsis of the genus Populus L. in East Europe, North and Central Asia. Byulleten' Glavnogo Botaniceskogo Sada 196: 62-73.
  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
  • Fang, Z.F., Zhao, S.D. & Skvortsov, A..K. (1999). Salicaceae. Flora of China 4: 139-279. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2010). Flora of North America North of Mexico 7: 1-797. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Stace, C.A. (1975). Hybridization and the Flora of the British Isles: 1-626. Academic Press, London, New York, San Francisco.
  • Stace, C.A., Preston, C.D. & Pearman, D.A. (2015). Hybrid flora of the British isles: 1-501. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea 1: 53-66. Cambridge University Press.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • B.A.Fedtschenko & al. (1937). Flora Turkmenii 2: 1-217. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
  • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
  • Fang, Z.F., Zhao, S.D. & Skvortsov, A..K. (1999). Salicaceae. Flora of China 4: 139-279. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 3: 1-710. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Stace, C.A. (1975). Hybridization and the Flora of the British Isles: 1-626. Academic Press, London, New York, San Francisco.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea 1: 53-66. Cambridge University Press.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Britton, C.E. [526] United Kingdom K004767444 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767431 Yes
Baenitz, C. (Dr) [s.n.] K004767526 Yes
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767432 Yes
Fraser, J. [90a] United Kingdom K004767439 Yes
Baenitz, C. [s.n.] K004767525 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [9252] France K004767516 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] K004767527 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004767533 Yes
Th. M. Fries [s.n.] K004767518 Yes
[Doell] [s.n.] K004767536 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767428 Yes
[Dr. C. C. Georgeson] [s.n.] K004767519 Yes
Little, J.E. [704] United Kingdom K004767419 Yes
Little, J.E. [704] United Kingdom K004767448 Yes
Turrill, F.E.; Turrill, W.B. (Dr.) [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767451 Yes
Britton, C.E. [1201] United Kingdom K004767435 Yes
Melville, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767437 Yes
Gilbert, J.L. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767456 Yes
Fraser, J. [90] United Kingdom K004767433 Yes
Britton, C.E. [261] United Kingdom K004767446 Yes
Turrill, F.E.; Turrill, W.B. (Dr.) [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767452 Yes
Marsden-Jones, E.M.; Turrill, W.B. (Dr.) [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767450 Yes
Wallis, J.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767440 Yes
[Samusbrice] [4843] Belgium K004767530 Yes
Marsden-Jones, E.M.; Turrill, W.B. (Dr.) [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767445 Yes
Chandler, J.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767457 Yes
Willkommii, H.M. [802] K004767537 Yes
Turrill, F.E.; Turrill, W.B. (Dr.) [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767453 Yes
Wallis, J.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767441 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] K004767528 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004767544 Yes
Fraser, J. [90] United Kingdom K004767434 Yes
Borza, A. [s.n.] Romania K004767539 Yes
[Teresuasine] [s.n.] K004767541 Yes
[V. Sambert] [s.n.] Belgium K004767521 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Russia K004768215 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767422 Yes
Milne-Redhead, G. [1866] United Kingdom K004767426 Yes
Cretzoiu, P. [s.n.] K004767529 Yes
[Carlsr] [s.n.] K004767520 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767417 Yes
Milne-Redhead, G. [350] United Kingdom K004767418 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004767538 Yes
Wierzbicki (Dr) [s.n.] K004767522 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767438 Yes
Turrill, F.E.; Turrill, W.B. (Dr.) [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767454 Yes
Marsden-Jones, E.M.; Turrill, W.B. (Dr.) [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767449 Yes
s.coll. [B] United Kingdom K004767416 Yes
Braun, A.C.H. [s.n.] K004767523 Yes
[P. Parlatore] [s.n.] K004767534 Yes
[A. Boreaux] [s.n.] K004767543 Yes
Melville, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767436 Yes
Milne-Redhead, G. [1868] United Kingdom K004767427 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767424 Yes
Crosfield, A.J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767429 Yes
[Somsobric] [s.n.] Belgium K004767517 Yes
[Kesner] [s.n.] Austria K004767524 Yes
Bell, C.E.; Bell, W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767443 Yes
Marsden-Jones, E.M.; Turrill, W.B. (Dr.) [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767423 Yes
Little, J.E. [634] United Kingdom K004767430 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] France K004767540 Yes
Jackson, A.B.; Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767447 Yes
[Vesto] [s.n.] K004767535 Yes
Dœll [s.n.] K004767542 Yes
Gilbert, J.L. [271] United Kingdom K004767455 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004767420 Yes
Britton, C.E. [1165] United Kingdom K004767425 Yes
[Muret] [s.n.] K004767531 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [12546] United Kingdom K004767421 Yes
Wierzbicki (Dr) [s.n.] K004767532 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Science Photographs

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