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The tulip tree is a popular specimen tree in landscape, turning a rusty orange in Fall. Tulip trees make magnificently shaped specimen trees, and are very large, growing to about 35 m (110 ft) in good soil. They grow best in deep well-drained loam which has thick dark topsoil. They show stronger response to fertilizer compounds (those with low ...
Liriodendron (/ ˌ l aɪ r i ə ˈ d ɛ n d r ən, ˌ l ɪr-,-i oʊ-/ [2] [3]) is a genus of two species of characteristically large trees, deciduous over most of their populations, in the magnolia family (Magnoliaceae). These trees are widely known by the common name tulip tree or tuliptree for their large flowers superficially resembling tulips.
The word tulip, first mentioned in western Europe in or around 1554 and seemingly derived from the "Turkish Letters" of diplomat Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, first appeared in English as tulipa or tulipant, entering the language by way of French: tulipe and its obsolete form tulipan or by way of Modern Latin tulipa, from Ottoman Turkish tülbend ...
It consists of two genera: Magnolia and Liriodendron (tulip trees). Unlike most angiosperms, whose flower parts are in whorls (rings), the Magnoliaceae have their stamens and pistils in spirals on a conical receptacle. [3] This arrangement is found in some fossil plants and is believed to be a basal or early condition for angiosperms.
Spathodea is a genus in the plant family Bignoniaceae.The single species it contains, Spathodea campanulata, is commonly known as the African tulip tree. [2] The tree grows between 7–25 m (23–82 ft) tall and is native to tropical dry forests of Africa.
Most commonly, tulipwood is the greenish yellowish wood yielded from the tulip tree, found on the Eastern side of North America and a similar species is found in some parts of China. In the United States, it is commonly known as tulip poplar or yellow poplar, even though the tree is not related to the poplars. It is notable for its height ...
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Liriodendron: tulip-trees; Liriodendron chinense: Chinese tulip-tree Magnoliaceae (magnolia family) Liriodendron tulipifera: American tulip-tree Magnoliaceae (magnolia family) 621 Magnolia: magnolias; Magnolia × soulangeana: saucer magnolia; tulip magnolia Magnoliaceae (magnolia family) Magnolia acuminata: cucumber tree; cucumber magnolia