Betula calcicola

Familia: Betulaceae
Subfamilia: Betuloideae
Genus: Betula
Subgenus: Betula subg. Aspera
Sectio: Betula sect. Asperae
Subsectio: Betula subsect. Asperae
Species:

Betula calcicola (W.W.Sm.) P.C.Li, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 21: 137 (1979).

• Typus: China: Yunnan: in the crevices of limestone cliffs on the eastern flank of the Lijiang range, 3400-3700 m.

• Basionym
  • Betula delavayi var. calcicola W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 333 (1915).
• Homotypic
  • Betula forrestii var. calcicola (W.W.Sm.) Hand.-Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 20 (1929).

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