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Liriodendron chinense ''Liriodendron chinense'' (commonly known as the Chinese tulip poplar, Chinese tulip tree or Chinese whitewood) is Asia's native species in the genus ''Liriodendron''. This native of central and southern China grows in the provinces of Anhui, Gua ...

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Liriodendron tulipifera ''Liriodendron tulipifera''—known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tulipwood, tuliptree, tulip poplar, whitewood, fiddletree, lynn-tree, hickory-poplar, and yellow-poplar—is the North American representative of the two-species genus ...

''''Liriodendron'' × ''sinoamericanum'' P.C.Yieh ex C.B.Shang & Zhang R.Wang. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved April 27, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77120781-1 in the family

Magnoliaceae The Magnoliaceae () are a flowering plant family, the magnolia family, in the order Magnoliales. It consists of two genera: '' Magnolia'' and ''Liriodendron'' (tulip trees). Unlike most angiosperms, whose flower parts are in whorls (rings), ...

Description

Vegetative characteristics

''Liriodendron'' × ''sinoamericanum'' is a large, 30 m tall (or taller), deciduous tree''Liriodendron tulipifera'' × ''L. chinense''. (n.d.). The Dawes Arboretum. Retrieved May 31, 2025, from https://dawesarb.arboretumexplorer.org/taxon-24126.aspx with grey-brown bark. The leaf is 6–20 cm long, and 6–23 cm wide. The petiole is 5–18 cm long.The International Dendrology Society. (n.d.). ''Liriodendron'' × ''sinoamericanum'' P.C. Yieh ex Shang & Z.R. Wang. Trees and Shrubs Online. Retrieved April 27, 2025, from https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/liriodendron/liriodendron-x-sinoamericanum/

Generative characteristics

The bisexual, cup-shaped, nectariferous flowers have 9 tepals. The three outer tepals are green, while the inner 6 tepals are orange.

Cytology

Tetraploid plants have been created.Chen, T., Sheng, Y., Hao, Z., Long, X., Fu, F., Liu, Y., ... & Chen, J. (2021)
Transcriptome and proteome analysis suggest enhanced photosynthesis in tetraploid ''Liriodendron sino-americanum''.
Tree Physiology, 41(10), 1953-1971.

Taxonomy

It was described by Chih Bei Shang and Zhang Rong Wang based on previous work by Pei Chong Yieh in 2012.SHANG, C., & WANG, Z. (2012). A new scientific name of hybrid ''Liriodendron'' — ''L. sino-americanum''. JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY, 36(02), 1.''Liriodendron'' × ''sinoamericanum'' P.C.Yieh ex C.B.Shang & Zhang R.Wang. (n.d.). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved May 31, 2025, from https://www.ipni.org/n/77120781-1 The type specimen was collected by Z. R.Wang. It was a cultivated tree in the campus of the Nanjing Forestry University.

Etymology

The hybrid name ''sinoamericanum'' from ''sino-'' meaning Chinese and ''-americanum'' meaning American''Ocimum americanum'' L. (n.d.). Flora of Caprivi. Retrieved May 31, 2025, from https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=150300 means chinese-american.

Conservation

In China, ''Liriodendron'' × ''sinoamericanum'' may pose a threat to the endangered species ''Liriodendron chinense'', due to hybridisation.Phan, K.L. 2015. ''Liriodendron chinense''. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T31284A2803363. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T31284A2803363.en. Accessed on 30 May 2025.

Cultivation

It can be grown in well-drained soils,''Liriodendron'' × ''sinoamericanum''. (n.d.). Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved April 27, 2025, from https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/349236/liriodendron-sinoamericanum/details but it does not grow well in poorly drained soils. Due to

heterosis Heterosis, hybrid vigor, or outbreeding enhancement is the improved or increased function of any biological quality in a hybrid offspring. An offspring is heterotic if its traits are enhanced as a result of mixing the genetic contributions o ...

, it grows more vigorously than the parent species. It is widely cultivated in China,Feng, X., Sheng, Y., Ge, X., Wu, Z., & Huang, Q. (2021)
Evaluation of the properties of hybrid yellow poplar (''Liriodendron sino-americanum''): A comparison study with yellow poplar (''Liriodendron tulipifera'').
Maderas. Ciencia y tecnología, 23. but it hasn't been commercialised elsewhere.Morales, K. (2022, May 6). This spring, it’s time for a hybrid tulip tree to shine. UGA Today. Retrieved May 31, 2025, from https://news.uga.edu/this-spring-its-time-for-a-hybrid-tulip-tree-to-shine/

Use

It is suitable for producing paper and furniture.

References

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