Salix babylonica

Salix babylonica
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Salix
Species:	S. babylonica
Binomial name
Salix babylonica L.
Synonyms[2]
List Ficus salix H.Lév. & Vaniot Salix babylonica var. glandulipilosa P.I.Mao & W.Z.Li Salix cantoniensis Hance Salix capitata Y.L.Chou & Skvortsov Salix chinensis Burm.f. Salix dependens Nakai Salix jeholensis Nakai Salix jishiensis C.F.Fang & J.Q.Wang Salix lasiogyne Seemen Salix lenta Fr. Salix matsudana Koidz. Salix matsudana var. anshanensis C.Wang & J.Z.Yan Salix matsudana var. pseudomatsudana (Y.L.Chou & Skvortsov) Y.L.Chou Salix napoleonis F.W.Schultz Salix neolasiogyne Nakai Salix ohsidare Kimura Salix pingliensis Y.L.Chou Salix pseudogilgiana H.Lév. Salix pseudolasiogyne H.Lév. Salix pseudomatsudana Y.L.Chou & Skvortsov Salix subfragilis Andersson Salix yuhkii Kimura

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, but cultivated for millennia elsewhere in Asia, being traded along the Silk Road to southwest Asia and Europe.^[3][4]