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|accepted_name=Paulownia
|accepted_authority=Siebold & Zuccarini
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Jap.
|place=1: 25. 1835
|year=1835
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Paulowniaceae;Paulownia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Paulowniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Paulownia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Anna Paulowna Romanov, 1795–1865, Grand Duchess of Russia and daughter of Czar Paul I, Hereditary Princess of the Netherlands
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 6, 453
|treatment_page=page 454
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Thyrses:</b> bracts absent. <b>Pedicels</b> present; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx campanulate, lobes ovate to broadly ovate or oblong; corolla lavender, pinkish purple, or purple externally, whitish or yellowish internally on palate and lined with reddish purple nectar guides, abaxial lobes 3, adaxial 2; stamens: filaments glabrous; stigma capitate. <b>Seeds</b>: margins winged, wings clear or tan. <b>x</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|distribution=Asia (China);introduced also in Europe;e Asia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 7 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Paulownias long have held mythical, spiritual, cultural, and economic significance in China and Japan (Hu S. Y. 1959, 1961). The wood of some species is highly prized in Asia; <i>Paulownia tomentosa</i> is grown in the United States in plantations for wood that is exported to Japan.</p><!--
--><p>The fossil record provides evidence of <i>Paulownia</i> in North America and Europe during the Tertiary (C. J. Smiley 1961).</p>
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name=Paulownia
|author=Craig C. Freeman
|authority=Siebold & Zuccarini
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Paulowniaceae
|distribution=Asia (China);introduced also in Europe;e Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Jap.
|publication year=1835
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Paulownia
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