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Salix babylonica

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Salix babylonica

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Also known as Babylon willow, weeping willow

species of willow

OverviewAI-generated

*Salix babylonica* L., commonly known as the weeping willow or Peking Willow, is a species of deciduous plant in the family Salicaceae. It belongs to the genus *Salix* and is classified within the order Malpighiales and class Magnoliopsida. The species has been recorded in regions including Beijing, Shanghai, Fujian, and Inner Mongolia, as well as Korea, Manchuria, and Qinghai.

The plant is utilized for afforestation, fodder, medicinal purposes, and as a building material. It is considered invasive in Australia. According to the 2021 IUCN Red List assessment, its conservation status is Data Deficient. Occurrence records from various institutions document its presence in Mexico, the United States, and China.

Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, IUCN Red List, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Data Deficient

Salix babylonica

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilySalicaceae
Native toChina North-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Korea, Manchuria, Qinghai
Observations recorded16,070

Common Name: weeping willow

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,149
With media
1,803
Family
Salicaceae
Collections
IIB-UV, ENCB-IPN, FCB-BUAP, INECOL, CICY, IBUNAM
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, China

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Salix
Image
Wheeping willow Larousse Extracted.png
Has use
fiber
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Salix babylonica
Commons category
Salix babylonica
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Salix babylonica
taxon common name
vrba žalujka
IUCN conservation status
Data Deficient
taxon range
Guangdong
invasive to
Australia
short name
S. babylonica
taxon author citation
L.
foliage type
deciduous plant
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Encyclopedic overview

Salix babylonica (Babylon willow or weeping willow; Chinese: 垂柳; pinyin: chuí liǔ) is a species of willow native to dry areas of northern China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, and Siberia but cultivated for millennia elsewhere in Asia, being traded along the Silk Road to southwest Asia and Europe.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salix babylonica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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