Editing Populus (section)

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{Distinguish|text=''[[Liriodendron tulipifera]]'' (tulip poplar)}}
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|fossil_range= {{fossil range|58|0}}
|image = Lapo gyslos.jpeg
|image_caption = Leaf of ''[[Populus tremula]]''
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|taxon = Populus
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|type_species = ''[[Populus tremula]]''
|type_species_authority = L.
|subdivision_ranks = [[Section (botany)|Sections]] and [[species]]
|subdivision = See [[#Classification|text]]
}}

'''''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''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɒ|p|l|ər}}), '''aspen''', and '''cottonwood'''.

The western balsam poplar ([[Populus trichocarpa|''P.&nbsp;trichocarpa'']]) was the first tree to have its full DNA code determined by [[DNA sequencing]], in 2006.<ref>Joint Genome Institute, [http://genome.jgi-psf.org/Poptr1_1/Poptr1_1.home.html ''Populus trichocarpa''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502200403/http://genome.jgi-psf.org/Poptr1_1/Poptr1_1.home.html |date=2 May 2008 }}</ref>