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Taxon:  Betula pubescens Ehrh.



Summary
Genus:
Betula
Family:
Betulaceae
Subfamily:
Betuloideae
Nomen number:
7139
Place of publication:
Beitr. Naturk. 6:98. 1791
Verified:
08/10/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Betula pubescens Ehrh. subsp. tortuosa (Ledeb.) Nyman (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Betula alba L.
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource). Note: http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/related/Betula_pubescens/
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
  4. Brummitt, R. K. 1999. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 48. Taxon 48:363-364. Note: rejection proposal for B. alba recommended
  5. Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares. 1989- Note: = B. alba L.
  6. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  7. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  8. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
  9. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  10. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Betula+pubescens&quantity=1
  11. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales. 1998 http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
  12. Govaerts, R. 1996. (1261) Proposal to reject the name Betula alba (Betulaceae). Taxon 45:697-698. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  13. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  14. International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971
  15. Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. Atlas florae europaeae. 1972-
  16. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  17. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984
  18. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  19. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  20. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  21. Rehder, A. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. 1949
  22. Scoggan, H. J. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. 1978-1979
  23. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea, second edition. 1993
Common names
English
downy birch –
white birch –
Italian
betulla pubescente –
Swedish
glasbjörk –
Distribution
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Northern America
  • SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Greenland (s.)
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (sometimes natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
wood (fide Krussmann) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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