Betula ashburneri

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Betula ashburneri 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. Betula
Sectio: Betula sect. Costatae
Species: Betula ashburneri

Name

Betula ashburneri McAll. & Rushforth, Curtis's Bot. Mag. 28: 116 (2011).

• Type: China; Tibet, Kongbo, above Gyala on slopes of Namche Barwa, 4065 m. Hugh McAllister & Keith Rushforth KR 5161q. (holotype: E; Isotypes: BM, K).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central (Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet. Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• McAllister, H.A. & Rushforth, K.D. 2011. Plants portraits. 706. Betula ashburneri. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 28(2): 111–118. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8748.2011.01735.x . Reference page. 

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

• Shaw., K., Roy, S. & Wilson, B., 2014. Betula ashburneri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. IUCN Red List Category: (Least Concern). DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T51207148A51207157.en.. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Betula ashburneri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Betula ashburneri. Published online. Accessed: August 24 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Betula ashburneri. Accessed: 24 August 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Betula ashburneri. 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 August 24. Reference page.