Editing Populus alba (section)

{{Short description|Species of plant of the genus Populus}}
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| name = White poplar
| image = Populus alba 001.JPG
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author1=Rivers, M.C. |author2=Mark, J. |author3=Khela, S. |name-list-style=amp |title=''Populus alba'' |page=e.T203464A68106850 |year=2017 |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref>
| genus = Populus
| parent = Populus sect. Populus
| species = alba
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]<ref name=POWO>{{cite POWO |title=''Populus alba'' |id=776573-1 |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref>
| range_map = Populus alba range.svg
| range_map_caption = Native range
| synonyms =
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  | Leuce alba | (L.) Opiz
  | Populus aegyptiaca | W.Baxter
  | Populus arbeel | Curtis
  | Populus arembergiana | Dippel
  | Populus arembergica | Lodd. ex Loudon
  | Populus bachofenii | Wierzb. ex Rchb.
  | Populus belgica | Lodd. ex Loudon
  | Populus berkarensis | Poljakov
  | Populus bolleana | Lauche
  | Populus caspica | (Bornm.) Bornm.
  | Populus denudata | A.Braun
  | Populus excelsa | Salisb.
  | Populus grisea | Lodd. ex Loudon
  | Populus hickeliana | Dode
  | Populus hybrida | M.Bieb.
  | Populus hyrcana | Grossh.
  | Populus intermedia | Mert. ex Loudon
  | Populus major | Mill.
  | Populus morisetiana | Dode
  | Populus nivea | (Aiton) Willd.
  | Populus paletskyana | Dode
  | Populus palmata | Loudon
  | Populus pseudonivea | Grossh.
  | Populus quercifolia | Loudon
  | Populus subintegerrima | (Lange) Sennen & Mauricio
  | Populus triloba | Dode
  | Populus viminalis | Poir.
  }}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO/>
}}

'''''Populus alba''''', commonly called '''silver poplar''',<ref name=GRIN>{{GRIN|29358|''Populus alba''}}</ref><ref name=Webb>Webb, C. J.; Sykes, W. R.; Garnock-Jones, P. J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. 4. Christchurch, New Zealand, Botany Division, D.S.I.R.</ref> '''silverleaf poplar''',<ref name=GRIN /><ref name=Webb /> '''white poplar''',<ref name="GRIN" /><ref name="Webb" /> or '''abele''' is a species of [[Populus|poplar]], most closely related to the [[aspen]]s (''Populus'' sect. ''Populus''). It is native to a region spanning from the [[Atlas Mountains]] of Africa, through most of South and Central Europe, into Central Asia; it has been introduced to many temperate, moist regions worldwide. It grows in moist sites, often by watersides, in regions with hot summers and cold to mild winters.<ref name=fe>Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Populus&SPECIES_XREF=alba&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Populus alba'']</ref><ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins {{ISBN|0-00-220013-9}}.</ref>