Betula cylindrostachya

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Betula cylindrostachya 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. Acuminata
Sectio: Betula sect. Acuminata
Species: Betula cylindrostachya

Name

Betula cylindrostachya Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 7 (1830).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Betulaster cylindrostachya (Wall.) Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 198 (1841).
  • Betula acuminata var. cylindrostachya (Wall.) Regel, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 129 (1861).
  • Betula cylindrostachya var. typica Regel in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 180 (1868), nom. inval.
  • Betula alnoides var. cylindrostachya (Wall.) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 91 (1904).
• Heterotypic
  • Betula rhombibracteata P.C.Li, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(2): 88 (1979).
  • Betula fujianensis J.Zeng, Jian H.Li & Z.D.Chen, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 156: 524 (2008).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate China China South-Central (Sichuan, Yunnan), China Southeast (Fujian). Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura), East Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Darjiling, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim), Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya (Uttaranchal). Indo-China Myanmar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.) 1994–2013. Flora of China. 25 vols. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online at eFloras.org Reference page. 
• 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 cylindrostachya. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194616A2353057.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Betula cylindrostachya 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 cylindrostachya. Published online. Accessed: August 24 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Betula cylindrostachya. Accessed: 24 August 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Betula cylindrostachya. 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.