1829 J. Lindley 226 Leaves ovate-acuminate, very oblique at the base.
1934 W. C. Coker & H. R. Totten 62 The variety P[opulus] grandidentata meridionalis Tidestrom, with broadly ovate-acuminate leaves.., has been reported from Virginia and North Carolina.
1996 33 1368/1 Leaves of the dominant H. ferrea are ovate-acuminate notophylls.