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|accepted_name=Liriodendron tulipifera
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 535. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Yellow-poplar;tulip-poplar;tuliptree;bois-jaune
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Liriodendron procera
|authority=Salisbury
|rank=species
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|name=Tulipifera liriodendron
|authority=Miller
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Magnoliaceae;Liriodendron;Liriodendron tulipifera
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Magnoliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Liriodendron]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Liriodendron tulipifera]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> single-trunked, to 45 m. <b>Bark</b> light gray, thick, deeply furrowed. <b>Stipules</b> paired, light green, elliptic to oblanceolate, 20-45mm; petiole 5-11.5 cm. <b>Leaf</b> blade commonly with 2 shallow upper lobes and 2 lateral lobes at broadest part, or sometimes squarrose and barely lobed, (6.5-)7.5-15(-23.5) × (8.5-)12.5-18.5(-25.5) cm; surfaces abaxially glaucous, adaxially bright green. <b>Flowers</b> campanulate; spathaceous bract 1, brownish, notched; tepals erect, adaxial orange blotch sometimes gummy, outermost tepals green to glaucous; stamens 20-50, 40-50 mm; filaments white; pistils 60-100. <b>Samaracetums</b> 4.5-8.5 cm, with numerous (1-)2-seeded, imbricate samaras 3-5.5 × 0.5-1 cm, falling separately at maturity; receptacles with basal pistil persistent. <b>Seeds</b> (1-)2. <b>2n</b>=38.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Rich woodlands, bluffs, low mountains, and hills
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>Leaf and flower color variation are widespread in this species, but the variation is continuous and without any discernible taxonomic significance.</p><!--
--><p><i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> is widely cultivated; a few cultivars have been introduced to horticulture, and the hybrid <i>L. tulipifera</i> × L. chinense is known. <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> is reported to have escaped from cultivation in Texas, but I have seen no specimens. The specimens from Barry and Ozark counties, Missouri, may not be indigenous.</p><!--
--><p><i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> is the state tree of both Indiana and Tennessee.</p><!--
--><p>Native American tribes used <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> for making canoes. Cherokee and Rappahannock tribes used bark of the roots as a bitter tonic and heart stimulant, and it was considered useful in healing fevers, rheumatism, and digestive disorders (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p><!--
--><p>The largest known tree of <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>, 44.5 m in height with a trunk diameter of 3.02 m, is recorded from Bedford, Virginia (American Forestry Association 1994).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Liriodendron tulipifera
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Liriodendron procera;Tulipifera liriodendron
|basionyms=
|family=Magnoliaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Rich woodlands, bluffs, low mountains, and hills
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated;Weedy
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_373.xml
|genus=Liriodendron
|species=Liriodendron tulipifera
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