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Populus
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Populus is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood.
Populus is a group of about 25 to 30 species of trees that lose their leaves seasonally and are found naturally across the Northern Hemisphere. Different species in this genus are commonly called poplars, aspens, or cottonwoods depending on the region and specific type.
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Species
Populus
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilySalicaceae
Common Name: choupo
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Research
8,845 papers- Populus salicinoids: a thriving subfield in the omics era.ReviewTree physiology · 2025Kaufman NJ, You J, Fox BG et al.DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpaf065
- Perception of lipo-chitooligosaccharides by the bioenergy crop Populus.ReviewPlant signaling & behavior · 2021R Cope K, B Irving T, Chakraborty S et al.DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2021.1903758
- Flavones enrich rhizosphere Pseudomonas to enhance nitrogen utilization and secondary root growth in Populus.Nature communications · 2025Wu J, Liu S, Zhang H et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56226-w
- Plant Secondary Metabolites with an Overview of Populus.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021Movahedi A, Almasi Zadeh Yaghuti A, Wei H et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms22136890
- Populus: arabidopsis for forestry. Do we need a model tree?ReviewAnnals of botany · 2002Taylor GDOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf255
- Populus: a model system for plant biology.ReviewAnnual review of plant biology · 2007Jansson S, Douglas CJDOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.58.032806.103956
- Progress in Understanding the Physiological and Molecular Responses of Populus to Salt Stress.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2019Zhang X, Liu L, Chen B et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms20061312
- Progress in studying heteromorphic leaves in Populus euphratica: leaf morphology, anatomical structure, development regulation and their ecological adaptation to arid environments.ReviewPlant signaling & behavior · 2021Song Z, Ni X, Yao J et al.DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2020.1870842
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Populus is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood.
The western balsam poplar (P. trichocarpa) was the first tree to have its full DNA code determined by DNA sequencing, in 2006.
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