Alnus glutinosa

Alnus glutinosa

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Alnus glutinosa 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: A. subg. Alnus
Species: Alnus glutinosa
Subspecies: A. g. subsp. antitaurica – A. g. subsp. barbata – A. g. subsp. betuloides – A. g. subsp. glutinosa

Name

Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 54 (1790).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Betula alnus var. glutinosa L., Sp. Pl. 2: 983 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Alnus vulgaris Hill, Brit. Herb.: 510 (1757), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Betula alnus subsp. glutinosa (L.) Ehrh., Hannover. Mag. 18: 233 (1780).
  • Betula glutinosa (L.) Lam., Encycl. 1: 454 (1785).
  • Alnus glutinosa var. vulgaris Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 207 (1841), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia-Temperate Siberia West Siberia. Middle Asia Kazakhstan Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Iran, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gaertner, J. 1790–1792 ["1791"]. De fructibus et seminibus plantarum. Volumen alterum, continens seminum centurias quinque posteriores cum tabulis aeneis CI. LII + 520 pp., tt. 80–180. Typis Guilielmi Henrici Schrammii, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 
• Zare, H. & Amini, T. 2012. A Review of the Genus Alnus Gaertn. In Iran, New Records and New Species. Iranian Journal of Botany 18(1): 10–21. PDF Reference page. 
• Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.) 2012. Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul. ISBN 978-605-60425-7-7. Online edition. Reference page. 

Links

• Shaw, K., Roy , S. & Wilson, B. 2014. Alnus glutinosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T63517A3125479.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Alnus glutinosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Alnus glutinosa. Published online. Accessed: October 23 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Alnus glutinosa. Accessed: 23 October 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Alnus glutinosa. 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 23. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

aragonés: Alberniz europeu
العربية: نغت دبق
azərbaycanca: Adi qızılağac
башҡортса: Ҡара ерек
беларуская: Вольха чорная
български: Черна елша
bosanski: Crna joha
català: Vern
corsu: Alzu
čeština: Olše lepkavá
dansk: Rød-El
Deutsch: Schwarz-Erle
English: Common alder
Esperanto: Nigra alno
español: Aliso común
eesti: Sanglepp
suomi: Tervaleppä
français: Aulne glutineux
galego: Amieiro
hrvatski: Crna joha
magyar: Enyves éger
italiano: Ontano nero
lietuvių: Juodalksnis
македонски: Црна евла
Nederlands: Zwarte Els
polski: Olsza czarna
português: Amieiro
русский: Ольха чёрная
sardu: Àlinu
slovenščina: Črna jelša
svenska: Klibbal
Türkçe: Adi kızılağaç
українська: Вільха чорна
vèneto: Ònaro nero

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