Populifolius
/pop-yoo-lih-FOH-lee-us/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: populifolia, populifolium
A resemblance epithet for plants with broadly triangular or oval leaves recalling a poplar, often with a flattened petiole causing the leaves to tremble. Appears as populifolius (masculine), populifolia (feminine), or populifolium (neuter).
Etymology
From the genus Populus (poplar) + Latin folium (leaf), meaning "poplar-leaved."
Example
“Cistus populifolius (poplar-leaved cistus) has the broadly ovate leaves that give this Mediterranean shrub an unexpectedly familiar northern-European quality.”