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Yellow-Poplar (Liriodendron spp.)

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Trees III

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 16))

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The genus Liriodendron, a member of the family Magnolicaceae, has only two species: Liriodendron tulipifera L. (yellow-poplar, tulip poplar, tuliptree) of eastern North America and L. chinense (Hems’.) Sarg. (Chinese tuliptree), native to central mainland China.

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Merkle, S.A., Sommer, H.E. (1991). Yellow-Poplar (Liriodendron spp.). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Trees III. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13231-9_6

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