Details for: NA 84921, Liriodendron tulipifera L., Maryland Liberty Tree


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Liriodendron tulipifera L.
Top Name:
Maryland Liberty Tree
Origin:
Collected – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
01 Jul 2017
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Liriodendron tulipifera L.
Top Name:
Maryland Liberty Tree
Origin:
Collected – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
01 Jul 2017
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Source History
Collected
September 1999.
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Locality: Annapolis: St. John's College, adjacent to McDowell Hall (formerly the "Governor's Folly").
Comment: Seedlings grown from seed from the estimated 800-year-old "Maryland Liberty Tree", where public meetings and rallies were held during colonial times. This was the last living "Liberty Tree" in the U.S. and was destroyed by Hurricane Floyd in September 1999; it was then that the seeds were harvested and just 14 seedlings were obtained.
Accession Names and Identifiers
Maryland Liberty Tree
Type: Other or unclassified name

WLP 2552
Type: Site identifier
Group: WLP
Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm Repository Research Numbers

NA 84921
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Seedlings grown from seed from the estimated 800-year-old "Maryland Liberty Tree", where public meetings and rallies were held during colonial times. This was the last living "Liberty Tree" in the U.S. and was destroyed by Hurricane Floyd in September 1999; it was then that the seeds were harvested and just 14 seedlings were obtained.
Liriodendron tulipifera L.
Genus:
Liriodendron
Family:
Magnoliaceae
Subfamily:
Liriodendroideae
Nomen number:

22382
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:535. 1753
Verified:
05/08/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Liriodendron tulipifera L. f. tulipifera
Liriodendron tulipifera L. var. tulipifera

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Liriodendron tulipifera L. f. aureomarginatum (Dippel) Schelle
Liriodendron tulipifera L. f. integrifolium (G. Kirchn.) Schelle

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcanary whitewood  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishtulip-poplar  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishtuliptree  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishyellow-poplar  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Frenchbois jaune  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Italiantulipifero  2International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Swedishtulpanträd  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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