Betula alnoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fagales

Betula alnoides Buch.-Ham.. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 58 (1825).

Heterotypic
- Betula nitida D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 58 (1825).
- Betula acuminata Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 7 (1830), nom. illeg.
- Betulaster acuminata Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 198 (1841).
- Betulaster affinis Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 199 (1841).
- Betulaster nitida (D.Don) Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 200 (1841).
- Betula affinis (Spach) Endl., Gen. Pl., Suppl. 4(2): 20 (1848).
- Betula acuminata var. arguta Regel, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 129 (1861).
- Betula acuminata var. glabra Regel, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 129 (1861).
- Betula acuminata var. lancifolia Regel, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 130 (1861).
- Betula acuminata var. pilosa Regel, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 129 (1861).
- Betula nitida var. affinis (Spach) Regel, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 130 (1861).
- Betula cylindrostachya var. pilosa (Regel) Regel in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 189 (1868).
- Betula cylindrostachya var. subglabra Regel in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 189 (1868).
- Betula alnoides var. acuminata (Spach) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 89 (1904).

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
- China
  - China South-Central: Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan
  - China Southeast: Fujian, Guangxi
  - Hainan
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam: Assam, Manipur, Nagaland
  - Bangladesh
  - East Himalaya: Bhutan
  - India: Uttar Pradesh
  - Nepal
- Indo-China: Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

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