Biology:Salix excelsa

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Salicaceae

Salix excelsa
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Habit
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species:
S. excelsa
Binomial name
Salix excelsa
Synonyms[1]

Salix excelsa is a species of flowering plant in the willow family Salicaceae. It is native to the Caucasus, Central Asia (except Kyrgyzstan), Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and has been introduced to the Levant, Yemen, the Himalayas, and India.[1] It is closely related to Salix acmophylla.[2] It is used as a street tree in Georgia and Iran.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Salix excelsa S.G.Gmel." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/777548-1. 
  2. Daneshvand, Elhameh; Rahmani, Fatemeh; Khodakarimi, Ali (2015). "Genetic Diversity among Eight Species of Willow (Salix spp.) from Iran Based on SRAP Markers". Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 12: 75–85. ISSN 1823-3902. https://www.ums.edu.my/ibtpv2/images/publication/JTBC/JTBC-VOL-12/06_JTBC12_017_11.pdf. Retrieved 4 December 2022. 
  3. Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. 

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