Salix excelsa

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Salicaceae}}

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{Cite iucn |title=Salix excelsa |author=Kavak, S. |name-list-style=amp |page= e.T19620474A112568440 |date=2017 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T19620474A112568440.en |access-date=11 April 2024}}

|image=Salix excelsa 46894839.jpg

|image_caption=Habit

|genus=Salix

|species=excelsa

|authority=S.G.Gmel.

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|synonyms={{Collapsible list|

• Salix dischgensis {{small|Goerz}}
• Salix euapiculata {{small|Nasarow}}
• Salix excelsa var. rodinii {{small|A.K.Skvortsov}}
• Salix lispoclados {{small|Dode}}
• Salix litwinowii {{small|Goerz ex Nasarow}}
• Salix neodaviesii {{small|Bornm. ex Goerz}}
• Salix oxica {{small|Dode}}
• Salix variifolia {{small|Freyn & Sint.}}

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Salix excelsa is a species of flowering plant in the willow family Salicaceae. It is native to the Caucasus, Central Asia (except Kyrgyzstan), Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and has been introduced to the Levant, Yemen, the Himalayas, and India.{{cite POWO |id=777548-1 |title=Salix excelsa S.G.Gmel. |access-date=4 December 2022 }} It is closely related to Salix acmophylla.{{cite journal |last1=Daneshvand |first1=Elhameh |last2=Rahmani |first2=Fatemeh |last3=Khodakarimi |first3=Ali |date=2015 |title=Genetic Diversity among Eight Species of Willow (Salix spp.) from Iran Based on SRAP Markers |url=https://www.ums.edu.my/ibtpv2/images/publication/JTBC/JTBC-VOL-12/06_JTBC12_017_11.pdf |journal=Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation |volume=12 |pages=75–85 |issn=1823-3902 |access-date=4 December 2022 }} It is used as a street tree in Georgia and Iran.{{cite journal |title=The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities |year=2020 |last1=Ossola |first1=Alessandro |last2=Hoeppner |first2=Malin J. |last3=Burley |first3=Hugh M. |last4=Gallagher |first4=Rachael V. |last5=Beaumont |first5=Linda J. |last6=Leishman |first6=Michelle R. |journal=Global Ecology and Biogeography |volume=29 |issue=11 |pages=1907–1914 |doi=10.1111/geb.13169 |s2cid=225429443 }}