Alnus alnobetula

Alnus alnobetula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Alnus
Subgenus: Alnus subg. Clethropsis
Species:
A. alnobetula
Binomial name
Alnus alnobetula
(Ehrh.) K.Koch
Natural distribution of Alnus viridis complex
Synonyms[2]
List
  • 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.[2] Many sources refer to it as Alnus viridis, the green alder, but botanically this is considered an illegitimate name synonymous with Alnus alnobetula subsp. fruticosa.[3]

  1. ^ Rivers, M.C. & Stritch, L. (2016). "Alnus alnobetula". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 208. IUCN. e.T51203944A2347475. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T51203944A2347475.en.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.