Alnus alnobetula subsp. crispa

Alnus alnobetula subsp. crispa, Roan Mountain, Mitchell County, North Carolina.

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

Familia: Betulaceae
Subfamilia: Betuloideae
Genus: Alnus
Subgenus: Alnus subg. Alnobetula
Species: Alnus alnobetula
Subspecies: Alnus alnobetula subsp. crispa

Name

Alnus alnobetula subsp. crispa (Aiton) Raus, Willdenowia 41: 129 (2011).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Betula crispa Aiton, Hortus Kew. 3: 339 (1789).
• Homotypic
  • Betula alnus var. crispa (Aiton) Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 181 (1803).
  • Alnus crispa (Aiton) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 181 (1814).
  • Alnus alnobetula var. crispa (Aiton) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 107 (1904).
  • Alnus viridis f. typica Callier, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 226 (1911), nom. inval.
  • Alnus viridis var. crispa (Aiton) House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 271 (1924).
  • Alnaster crispus (Aiton) Czerep., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 17: 96 (1955).
  • Alnus viridis subsp. crispa (Aiton) Turrill, Bot. Mag. 173: 382 (1962).
  • Duschekia crispa (Aiton) Pouzar, Preslia 36: 339 (1964).
• Heterotypic
  • Alnus undulata Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 336 (1805).
  • Betula alnus-crispa Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 201 (1840).
  • Alnus mitchelliana M.A.Curtis ex A.Gray, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 42: 42 (1842).
  • Alnus repens Wormsk. ex Hornem. in G.C.Oeder, Fl. Dan.: 2738 (1867).
  • Alnus ovata var. repens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) Lange, Fl. Dan. 16(46): 12 (1871).
  • Alnus ovata f. repens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) Kjellm. in A.E.Nordenskiöld, Veye Exped. Vet. Aktt. 2: 52 (1883).
  • Alnus ovata f. macrophylla Lange, Meddel. Grønland 3: 280 (1887).
  • Alnus alnobetula var. repens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 107 (1904).
  • Alnus mollis Fernald, Rhodora 6: 162 (1904).
  • Alnus viridis var. repens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) Callier, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 225 (1911).
  • Alnus crispa var. mollis (Fernald) Fernald, Rhodora 15: 44 (1913).
  • Alnus viridis f. groenlandica Callier, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 27: 48 (1918).
  • Alnus crispa var. elongata Raup, J. Arnold Arbor. 17: 243 (1936).
  • Alnus crispa f. stragula Fernald, Rhodora 17: 144 (1945).
  • Alnus crispa var. harricanensis Lepage, Naturaliste Canad. 77: 44 (1950).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Subarctic America Greenland, Northwest Territories. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I, Québec. North-Central U.S.A. Minnesota. Northeastern U.S.A. Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont Southeastern U.S.A. North Carolina, Tennessee. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E.v. (eds.) 2011. Euro+Med Notulae, 5 [Notulae ad floram euro-mediterraneam pertinentes No. 27]. Willdenowia 41(1): 129–138. DOI: 10.3372/wi.41.41117 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alnus alnobetula subsp. crispa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 February 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Alnus alnobetula subsp. crispa. Published online. Accessed: 13 February 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Mountain Alder

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