Betula alleghaniensis

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Betula alleghaniensis 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: Betula
Subgenus: Betula subg. Aspera
Sectio: Betula sect. Lentae
Species: Betula alleghaniensis

Name

Betula alleghaniensis Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 166 (1904).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Betula lutea var. alleghaniensis (Britton) Rehder, Bibl. Cult. Trees: 96 (1949).
Heterotypic
- Betula lutea F.Michx., Hist. Arbr. Forest. 2: 152 (1811), nom. illeg.
- Betula excelsa Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 621 (1813), nom. illeg.
- Betula lutea var. genuina Regel, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 126 (1861), nom. inval.
- Betula lenta var. lutea Regel in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 179 (1868).
- Betula persicifolia K.Koch, Dendrologie 2(2): 641 (1873), pro syn.
- Betula lutea var. persicifolia Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 185 (1891).
- Betula lutea var. macrolepis Fernald, Rhodora 27: 170 (1922).
- Betula lutea f. fallax Fassett, Rhodora 34: 95 (1932).
- Betula lutea f. macrolepis (Fernald) Fernald, Rhodora 34: 95 (1932).
- Betula alleghaniensis var. fallax (Fassett) Brayshaw, Canad. Field-Naturalist 80: 161 (1966).
- Betula alleghaniensis var. macrolepis (Fernald) Brayshaw, Canad. Field-Naturalist 80: 161 (1966).
- Betula alleghaniensis f. macrolepis (Fernald) Brayshaw, Canad. Field-Naturalist 80: 161 (1966).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Betula alleghaniensis

Northern America
- Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
- Northeastern U.S.A
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
- North-Central U.S.A
  - Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Additional references

Ashburner, K. & McAllister, H.A. 2013. The genus Betula: A taxonomic revision of birches (A Botanical Magazine Monograph). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 431 pp., ISBN 978-1-84246-141-9. Reference page.
Wang. N., McAllister, H.A., Bartlett, P.R. & Buggs, R.J.A. 2016. Molecular phylogeny and genome size evolution of the genus Betula (Betulaceae). Annals of Botany 117(6): 1023–1035. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcw048 Reference page.

Links

Stritch, L., 2014. Betula alleghaniensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. IUCN Red List Category: (Least Concern). DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194255A2306701.en. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Betula alleghaniensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Dec 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Betula alleghaniensis. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Betula alleghaniensis. Accessed: 2 Dec 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Betula alleghaniensis. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Dec 2. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gelb-Birke
English: Yellow birch
Esperanto: Alegana betulo
eesti: Kollane kask
suomi: Keltakoivu
français: Bouleau jaune
slovenčina: breza žltá
Türkçe: Sarı huş