Alnus alnobetula
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Subgenus: | Clethropsis
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Species: | A. alnobetula
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Alnus alnobetula (Ehrh.) K.Koch
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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
- Alnus alnobetula subsp. alnobetula - Europe; naturalized in New Zealand
- Alnus alnobetula subsp. fruticosa (Rupr.) Raus - Siberia, Russian Far East, northern China, Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Washington, Oregon, California
- Alnus alnobetula subsp. crispa (Aiton) Raus - Greenland, Canada, northeastern United States as far south as North Carolina
- 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
- Alnus alnobetula subsp. suaveolens (Req.) Lambinon & Kerguélen - Corsica
See also
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.