Alnus rhombifolia

Alnus rhombifolia, San Jose, California, USA

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 rhombifolia

Name

Alnus rhombifolia Nutt., N. Amer. Sylv. 1: 33 (1842).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Alnus rhombifolia var. typica Callier, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 229 (1911), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Alnus glutinosa lusus californica Regel, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 166 (1861).
  • Alnus californica (Regel) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 115 (1904).
  • Alnus rhombifolia var. ovalis H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 115 (1904).
  • Alnus rhombifolia var. bernardina Munz & I.M.Johnst., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 52: 222 (1925).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Northwestern U.S.A Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington. Southwestern U.S.A. California. Mexico Mexico Northwest. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Alnus rhombifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Alnus rhombifolia. Published online. Accessed: October 21 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Alnus rhombifolia. Accessed: 21 October 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Alnus rhombifolia. 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 21. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Weiß-Erle
English: White Alder
español: Aliso blanco
polski: Olsza biała
русский: Ольха ромболистная
Türkçe: Ak kızılağaç
українська: Вільха біла

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