Alnus mandschurica

Alnus mandschurica, Meilahti Arboretum in Helsinki, Finland.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Alnus mandschurica is listed as Least Concern.

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 mandschurica

Name

Alnus mandschurica (Callier) Hand.-Mazz., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 81: 306 (1932).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Alnus fruticosa var. mandschurica Callier in C.K.Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 121 (1904).
• Homotypic
  • Duschekia mandschurica (Callier) Pouzar, Preslia 36: 339 (1964).
  • Alnus alnobetula subsp. mandschurica (Callier) Chery, PhytoKeys 56: 5 (2015).
• Heterotypic
  • Alnus fruticosa var. manschurica Callier ex Kom., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 22: 59 (1903), orth. var.
  • Alnus fruticosa f. grandifolia Callier, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 227 (1911).
  • Alnus fruticosa f. barbinervis Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 16: 67 (1940).
  • Alnus fruticosa var. pubescens Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 16: 66 (1940).
  • Alnus fruticosa var. rufinervis Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 16: 66 (1940).
  • Alnus mandschurica var. pubescens (Nakai) A.I.Baranov in T.N.Liou, Ill. Fl. Ligneous Pl. N. E. China: 205, 560 (1955).
  • Alnus mandschurica var. pubescens A.I.Baranov, Ill. Fl. Ligneous Pl. N. E. China: 206, 561 (1955).
  • Alnus fruticosa f. pubescens (Nakai) T.B.Lee, Ill. Woody Pl. Korea: 244 (1966).
  • Alnus fruticosa f. rufinervis (Nakai) T.B.Lee, Ill. Woody Pl. Korea: 244 (1966).
  • Alnus mandschurica f. pubescens (Nakai) Kitag., Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 212 (1979).
  • Alnus mandschurica f. barbinervis (Nakai) W.Lee, Lin. Fl. Koreae: 156 (1996).

Taxanomic notes

• Not Accepted by Chang, Kim & Chang, 2014, [as Alnus viridis subsp. fruticosa].
• Not Accepted by Chery, 2015, [as Alnus alnobetula subsp. mandschurica].

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Russian Far East Khabarovsk, Primorye. China Inner Mongolia, Manchuria (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning). Eastern Asia Korea [North Korea]. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Li, P.C. & Skvortsov, A.K. 1999. Alnus. Pp. 303 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Shaw, K., Roy , S. & Wilson, B. 2014. Alnus mandschurica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194595A2351607.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Alnus mandschurica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Alnus mandschurica. Published online. Accessed: October 21 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Alnus mandschurica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 21. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Manchurian Alder
русский: Ольха манчжурская
中文: 东北桤木

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