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Taxon

Populus nigra L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 1034. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Populus nigra--Italy. Tuscany. Bettolle. Near Hotel Forum. 14 May 02.  119.jpg

Populus nigra--Italy. Tuscany. Bettolle. Near Hotel Forum. 14 May 02. 119.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Populus nigra--Italy. Tuscany. Bettolle. Near Hotel Forum. 14 May 02.  118.jpg

Populus nigra--Italy. Tuscany. Bettolle. Near Hotel Forum. 14 May 02. 118.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 42 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into 37 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 14, 2002

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Monticiano)

43.128056, 11.264167

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Basso Merse

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Salicaceae

Genus

Populus

Specific Epithet

nigra

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#187,769 of 335,497

Top 56%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →