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Paulownia tomentosa

Princess tree
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Paulowniaceae
Genus: Paulownia
Species:
P. tomentosa
Binomial name
Paulownia tomentosa

Paulownia tomentosa, common names princess tree,[1] empress tree, or foxglove-tree,[2] is a deciduous hardwood tree in the family Paulowniaceae, native to central and eastern China and the Korean Peninsula.[3][4] It is an extremely fast-growing tree with seeds that disperse readily[5] and is considered an invasive exotic species in North America[6] that has undergone naturalisation in large areas of the Eastern US,[7] even though it might be able to successfully get established through seeds only under ideal conditions.[8] P. tomentosa has also been introduced to Western and Central Europe, and is establishing itself as a naturalised species there as well.[9][10]

  1. ^ NRCS. "Paulownia tomentosa". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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  7. ^ "Paulownia tomentosa Seeds". www.seedaholic.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
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  9. ^ "Paulownia tomentosa | Manual of the Alien Plants of Belgium". alienplantsbelgium.be. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  10. ^ "Oxford University Plants 400: Paulownia tomentosa". herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-01.

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