Populus tremula

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. *Populus tremula* is listed as **Least Concern**.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Salicaceae
Genus: Populus
Section: Populus sect. Populus
Species: Populus tremula

Name

Populus tremula L., Sp. pl. 2:1034 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Tremula vulgaris Opiz, Seznam: 99 (1852).
Heterotypic
- Populus australis Ten., Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1830: 15 (1830).
- Populus bonatii H.Lév., Monde Pl. 12: 9 (1910).
- Populus cilicica Kotschy ex Wesm. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 325 (1868).
- Populus davidiana Dode, Extr. Monogr. Ined. Populus: 31 (1905).
- Populus davidiana f. foliotardus X.S.Zhang & H.Y.Jiang, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 23(1): 4 (2003).
- Populus davidiana f. laticuneata Nakai, Fl. Sylv. Kor. 18: 191 (1930).
- Populus davidiana var. longipetiolata T.B.Chao, Fl. Henan 1: 172 (1981), nom. illeg.
- Populus davidiana var. longipetiolata T.B.Chao, J. Henan Agric. Coll. 1980(2): 3 (1980).
- Populus davidiana var. lyshehensis T.B.Chao & G.X.Liou, Fl. Henan 1: 173 (1981).
- Populus davidiana f. ovata Z.Wang & S.L.Tung, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 2(2): 115 (1982).
- Populus davidiana f. pendula (Skvortsov) Z.Wang & S.L.Tung, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 20(2): 12 (1984).
- Populus davidiana var. pendula Skvortsov, Not. Trees & Shrubs: 339 (1929).
- Populus davidiana var. pilosa Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 15: 528 (1939).
- Populus davidiana var. rubrolutea T.B.Chao & W.C.Li, Fl. Henan 1: 173 (1981).
- Populus davidiana f. tomentella (C.K.Schneid.) W.Lee, Lin. Fl. Koreae: 136 (1996).
- Populus davidiana var. tomentella (C.K.Schneid.) Nakai, Fl. Sylv. Kor. 18: 191 (1930).
- Populus duclouxiana Dode, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 18: 221 (1905).
- Populus jesoensis Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 197 (1919).
- Populus microcarpa Hook.f. & Thomson in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 5: 639 (1888).
- Populus monticola Mert. ex Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1645 (1838).
- Populus oxyodonta Mert. ex Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1645 (1838).
- Populus pseudotremula Rubtzov, Sovetsk. Bot. 14: 333 (1946), nom. illeg.
- Populus pseudotremula Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 624 (1866).
- Populus repanda Baumg., Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 1: 349 (1816).
- Populus rotundifolia Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 382 (1854).
- Populus rotundifolia var. bonatii (H.Lév.) Z.Wang & S.L.Tung, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 20(2): 15 (1984).
- Populus rotundifolia var. duclouxiana (Dode) Gombócz, Math. Term. Közlem. 30: 130 (1908).
- Populus sieboldii Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 29 (1867).
- Populus stricta Mert. ex Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1645 (1838).
- Populus supina Lodd. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 401 (1830).
- Populus tremula var. australis (Ten.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 664 (1881).
- Populus tremula var. davidiana (Dode) C.K.Schneid. in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 3: 24 (1916).
- Populus tremula subsp. davidiana (Dode) Hultén, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 4, 13(1): 380 (1971).
- Populus tremula var. dodeana Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 12: 250 (1910).
- Populus tremula f. flagelliformis Karhu, Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 65: 7 (1989).
- Populus tremula var. freynii Hervier, Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 1): 18 (1896).
- Populus tremula f. parvifolia Kuvaev, Fl. Okrestnosteĭ Znamenskogo: 63 (1992 publ. 1994).
- Populus tremula var. pendula Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1646 (1838).
- Populus tremula lusus pendula (Loudon) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 4: 26 (1908).
- Populus tremula f. pilosa (Nakai) Sugim., New Keys Jap. Trees: 94 (1961), not validly publ.
- Populus tremula var. repanda (Baumg.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 664 (1881).
- Populus tremula f. rthensis T.Bunusevac & S.Jovanovic, Bull. Acad. Serbe Sci. Arts, Sci. Nat. 51(13): 65 (1973), without type.
- Populus tremula f. sallensis Hämet-Ahti, Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 65: 7 (1989)
- Populus tremula var. sieboldii (Miq.) H.Ohashi, Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., Ser. 4, Biol. 40: 280 (2001).
- Populus tremula var. sieboldii Kudô, Rep. Veg. N. Saghalien: 97 (1924), pro syn.
- Populus tremula f. tomentella C.K.Schneid. in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 3: 25 (1916).
- Populus tremula f. umbraculifera T.Bunusevac & S.Jovanovic, Bull. Acad. Serbe Sci. Arts, Sci. Nat. 51(13): 65 (1973).
- Populus tremula var. villosa (Láng) Peterm., Deutschl. Flora: 523 (1849).
- Populus tremuloides var. sieboldii (Miq.) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 14 (1903).
- Populus villosa Láng, Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 185 (1824).
- Populus wutaica Mayr, Fremdländ. Wald- Parkbäume: 494 (1906).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia) Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France Portugal Sardegna Spain.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey-in-Europe.
- Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Northwest European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine.
Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria.
Asia-Temperate
- Siberia
  - Altay, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutskiya.
- Russian Far East
  - Kuril Islands, Primorye.
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, North Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya).
- Western Asia
  - East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon), Turkey.
- China
  - China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang.
- Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - East Himalaya.
- Introduced into:
  - Tadzhikistan.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Hybrids

P. × canescens – P. × hopeiensis

References

Additional references

Komarov, V.L. 1936. Populus. Pp. 171-192 in Komarov, V.L. (ed.), Flora URSS (Flora Unionis Rerumpublicarum Sovieticarum Socialisticarum) V. [Saururaceae – Polygonaceae] [in Russian]. 735 pp, Academia Scientiarum URSS, Mosqua, Leningrad. DJVU. English translation: 587 pp. BHL Reference page.
Fang, C.F., Zhao, S.D. & Skvortsov, B.V. 1999. Populus. Pp. 139 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras PDF Reference page.

Links

Barstow, M., Rivers, M.C. & Beech, E. 2017. Populus tremula. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T61959941A61959943.en.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Populus tremula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Populus tremula. Published online. Accessed: December 26 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Populus tremula. Accessed: 26 December 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Populus tremula. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 26. Reference page.

Vernacular names

aragonés: Tremoleta
беларуская: Асіна
čeština: Topol Osika
Deutsch: Espe
English: Common Aspen
Esperanto: Tremolo
español: Álamo temblón
eesti: Harilik haab
suomi: Metsähaapa
français: Tremble
galego: Álamo tremo
magyar: Rezgő nyár
հայերեն: Բարդի դողդոջուն
italiano: Pioppo tremulo
日本語: ヤマナラシ
Līvõ kēļ: Ǭbõ
lietuvių: Drebulė
latviešu: Parastā apse
Nederlands: Ratelpopulier
română: Plop tremurător
русский: Осина
davvisámegiella: Suhpi
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Jasika
slovenčina: Topoľ osikový
slovenščina: Trepetlika
svenska: Asp
Türkçe: Titrek kavak
українська: Тополя тремтяча
vepsän kel’: Hab