Alnus alnobetula

Alnus alnobetula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Alnus
Subgenus: Clethropsis
Species: A. alnobetula
Binomial name
Alnus alnobetula
(Ehrh.) K.Koch
Synonyms[1]
  • Alnus viridis A.Gray 1848, illegitimate homonym, not (Chaix) DC. 1805
  • Alnus fruticosa Rupr.
  • Alnaster fruticosus (Rupr.) Ledeb.
  • Duschekia fruticosa (Rupr.) Pouzar
  • Alnus pumila Nois. ex Corrie
  • Alnus orbiculata Lopylaie ex Spach
  • Alnus tristis Wormsk. ex Regel
  • Alnus alpina Vill.
  • Betula viridis Chaix in D.Villars
  • Betula ovata Schrank
  • Betula alpina Borkh. ex Theorin
  • Alnus viridis (Chaix) DC.
  • Alnus ovata (Schrank) G.Lodd.
  • Alnaster viridis (Chaix) Spach
  • Semidopsis viridis (Chaix) Zumagl.
  • Duschekia ovata (Schrank) Opiz
  • Duschekia viridis (Chaix) Opiz
  • Alnus brembana Rota
  • Alnus corylifolia A.Kern. ex Dalla Torre
  • Betula crispa Aiton
  • Alnus crispa (Aiton) Pursh
  • Alnaster crispus (Aiton) Czerep.
  • Duschekia crispa (Aiton) Pouzar
  • Alnus undulata Willd.
  • Betula alnus-crispa Steud.
  • Alnus mitchelliana M.A.Curtis ex A.Gray
  • Alnus repens Wormsk. ex Hornem.
  • Alnus mollis Fernald
  • Alnus viridis var. sinuata Regel
  • Alnus sinuata (Regel) Rydb.
  • Duschekia sinuata (Regel) Pouzar
  • Alnaster sinuatus (Regel) Czerep.
  • Betula tristis Wormsk. ex Link
  • Alnus sitchensis (Regel) Sarg
  • Alnus kamschatica (Regel) Kudô ex Masam
  • Duschekia kamtschatica (Callier) Pouzar
  • Alnaster kamtschaticus (Callier) Czerep.
  • Alnus suaveolens Req.

Alnus alnobetula is a common tree widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America.[1] Many sources refer to it as Alnus viridis, but botanically this is considered an illegitimate name synonymous with Alnus alnobetula subsp. fruticosa.[2]

Subspecies
  1. Alnus alnobetula subsp. alnobetula - Europe; naturalized in New Zealand
  2. Alnus alnobetula subsp. fruticosa (Rupr.) Raus - Siberia, Russian Far East, northern China, Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Washington, Oregon, California
  3. Alnus alnobetula subsp. crispa (Aiton) Raus - Greenland, Canada, northeastern United States as far south as North Carolina
  4. Alnus alnobetula subsp. sinuata (Regel) Raus - Russian Far East, northeastern China, Japan, northwestern North America from the Aleutians east to Northwest Territories and south to California and Wyoming
  5. Alnus alnobetula subsp. suaveolens (Req.) Lambinon & Kerguélen - Corsica

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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