Populus wenxianica Z.C.Feng & J.L.Guo ex G.H.Zhu

Species

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Characteristics

Trees to 30 m tall; trunk straight, to 80 cm d.b.h.; bark gray-green or green-white, smooth, that of old trunk shallowly furrowed at base. Sprouts and long branchlets angled. Leaves on short branchlets with petiole terete, 3-5 cm, laterally flattened distally; leaf blade ovate-orbicular or rhombic-ovate, 6-10 × 2.5-8 cm, abaxially greenish white, adaxially dull green, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin with glandular teeth, apex acuminate. Leaf blade of sprouts and long branchlets deltoid-ovate or broadly ovate, 11-18 × 7-12 cm, base subcordate, rounded or broadly cuneate, margin with obtusely glandular teeth. Male catkin 4-5 cm; rachis glabrous. Fruiting catkin 8-12 cm; bracts fan-shaped, 2-2.5 mm, intricately laciniate. Female flower: ovary glabrous; stigma large, 3-lobed. Capsule long ovoid, 4-7 mm, (2 or)3-valved; stipe ca. 1 mm. Fl. Apr, fr. May.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 30.0
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Distribution

Populus wenxianica world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1005539-1
WFO ID wfo-0001240888
COL ID 4LVRQ
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Synonyms

Populus wenxianica