Betulaceae
Betula

Betula pubescens Ehrh.

First published in Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 6: 98 (1791)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Newfoundland to Greenland, Europe to Russian Far East and N. Iran. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Netherlands, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

British Columbia, Connecticut, Føroyar, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ashburner, K. & McAllister, H.A. (2013). The genus Betula: a taxonomic revision of birches: 1-431. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ashburner, K. & McAllister, H.A. (2013). The genus Betula: a taxonomic revision of birches: 1-431. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2000). Flora Nordica 1: 1-344. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Zare, H., Akbarinia, M., Hosseini, S.M., Ejtehadi, H. & Amini Eshkevari, T. (2010). A new record of Betula litwinowii (Betulaceae) and review of the geographical distribution of the genus Betula L. in Iran. Iranian Journal of Botany 16: 237-241.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 25, 2021 Rees, MM; Gori, BML; Rivas-Ferreiro, M; Masters, LE [MMR1] United Kingdom K001291771 Yes
Buggs, R. [1010] United Kingdom K000626802 Yes
Buggs, R. [7_12] United Kingdom K000626786 Yes
Buggs, R. [1169_2a] United Kingdom K000626814 Yes
Buggs, R. [1556] United Kingdom K000626817 Yes
Buggs, R. [604] United Kingdom K000626799 Yes
Buggs, R. [199g] United Kingdom K000626790 Yes
Buggs, R. [1568] United Kingdom K000626819 Yes
Buggs, R. [2331] United Kingdom K000626824 Yes
Buggs, R. [2337] United Kingdom K000626825 Yes
Buggs, R. [2468] United Kingdom K000626833 Yes
Ruhsam, M. [DMR7] United Kingdom K001768113 Yes
Fellman, N.I. [206] Finland K003659206 Yes
Fellman, N.I. [207] Finland K003659207 Yes
Buggs, R. [1016] United Kingdom K000626804 Yes
Buggs, R. [1134] United Kingdom K000626807 Yes
Buggs, R. [1550] United Kingdom K000626816 Yes
Buggs, R. [1565] United Kingdom K000626818 Yes
Buggs, R. [1579] United Kingdom K000626821 Yes
Buggs, R. [280] United Kingdom K000626791 Yes
Buggs, R. [522] Iceland K000626796 Yes
Buggs, R. [1003] United Kingdom K000626801 Yes
Buggs, R. [1012] United Kingdom K000626803 Yes
Buggs, R. [1119] United Kingdom K000626805 Yes
Buggs, R. [1126] United Kingdom K000626806 Yes
Buggs, R. [1160] United Kingdom K000626812 Yes
Buggs, R. [1576] United Kingdom K000626820 Yes
Buggs, R. [2464] United Kingdom K000626832 Yes
Buggs, R. [2459] United Kingdom K000626831 Yes
Buggs, R. [1139] United Kingdom K000626809 Yes
Buggs, R. [2341] United Kingdom K000626826 Yes
Buggs, R. [1149] United Kingdom K000626811 Yes
Buggs, R. [195a] United Kingdom K000626789 Yes
Buggs, R. [463w] United Kingdom K000626793 Yes
Buggs, R. [508_12] United Kingdom K000626794 Yes
Hampe, G.E.L. [1321] Germany K000859888 Unknown Type Material Yes
Regel, A.von [s.n.] K000859867 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gay [s.n.] K000859886 Unknown Type Material Yes
Regel, A.von [s.n.] K000859866 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gay [s.n.] K000859887 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images