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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Betula

Hierarchical position of the Genus Betula

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Hamamelididae Takht. pub. 1967       SuperOrdo  Juglandanae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Corylales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 11. 1829.       Familia  Betulaceae Gray pub. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 222, 243. 1 Nov 1821, nom. cons. common name: Birches, alders       Subfamilia  Betuloideae Rich. ex Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 131. 9 Mar 1832.       Tribus  Betuleae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 11. 1827.       Subtribus  Betulinae DC. ex Duby pub. Bot. Gall. 1: 422. 12-14 Apr 1828.       Genus  Betula L. pub. (1753) common name: birch

Named members of the Genus Betula

1	Species  alaskana Sarg. syn. Betula neoalaskana
2	Species  alba L. common name: bj�rk  (Norwegian), white birch
	3    Varietas  commutata Regel syn. Betula papyrifera var. commutata 4    Varietas  cordifolia (Regel) Regel syn. Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia
5	Species  alleghaniensis Britt.
	6    Varietas  alleghaniensis common name: yellow birch 7    Varietas  fallax (Fassett) Brayshaw syn. Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis 8    Varietas  macrolepis (Fern.) Brayshaw common name: yellow birch
9	Species  andrewsii A. Nels. syn. Betula �utahensis
10	Species  beeniana A. Nels. syn. Betula occidentalis
11	Species  borealis Spach common name: northern birch
12	Species  cordifolia Regel syn. Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia
13	Species  exilis Sukatschev syn. Betula nana
14	Species  fontinalis Sarg. syn. Betula occidentalis common name: spring birch
15	Species  glandulifera (Regel) Butler syn. Betula pumila var. glandulifera
16	Species  glandulosa Michx.
	17    Varietas  glandulifera (Regel) Gleason syn. Betula pumila var. glandulifera 18    Varietas  hallii (T.J. Howell) C.L. Hitchc. syn. Betula nana 19    Varietas  sibirica (Ledeb.) Schneid. syn. Betula nana
20	Species  kenaica W.H. Evans syn. Betula papyrifera var. kenaica
21	Species  lenta L. common name: cherry birch, black birch, sweet birch
	22    Varietas  uber Ashe syn. Betula uber
23	Species  lutea Michx. f. common name: yellow birch
	24    Varietas  fallax Fassett syn. Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis 25    Varietas  macrolepis Fern. syn. Betula alleghaniensis var. macrolepis
26	Species  mandshurica (Regel) Nakai
	27    Varietas  szechuanica (Schneid.) Rehd. syn. Betula platyphylla var. szechuanica
28	Species  michauxii Sarg. syn. Betula nana
29	Species  minor (Tuckerman) Fern. common name: dwarf white birch
30	Species  murrayana Barnes & Dancik common name: Murray's birch
31	Species  nana L. common name: birch
	32    Subspecies  exilis (Sukatschev) Hult�n syn. Betula nana 33    Varietas  glandulifera (Regel) Boivin syn. Betula pumila var. glandulifera 34    Varietas  renifolia (Fern.) Boivin syn. Betula pumila var. renifolia 35    Varietas  sibirica Ledeb. syn. Betula nana
36	Species  neoalaskana Sarg.
	37    Varietas  kenaica (W.H. Evans) Boivin syn. Betula papyrifera var. kenaica
38	Species  nigra L. common name: river birch
39	Species  occidentalis Hook.
	40    Varietas  fecunda Fern. syn. Betula �utahensis 41    Varietas  inopina (Jepson) C.L. Hitchc. syn. Betula occidentalis
42	Species  papyrifera Marsh. common name: paperbark birch, white birch
	43    Varietas  commutata (Regel) Fern. common name: western paper birch 44    Varietas  cordifolia (Regel) Fern. common name: mountain paper birch 45    Varietas  elobata (Fern.) Sarg. syn. Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera 46    Subspecies  humilis (Regel) Hult�n syn. Betula neoalaskana 47    Varietas  humilis (Regel) Fern. & Raup syn. Betula neoalaskana 48    Varietas  kenaica (W.H. Evans) A. Henry common name: Kenai birch 49    Varietas  macrostachya Fern. syn. Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera 50    Varietas  minor (Tuckerman) S. Wats. & Coult. syn. Betula minor 51    Varietas  neoalaskana (Sarg.) Raup syn. Betula neoalaskana 52    Subspecies  occidentalis (Hook.) Hult�n syn. Betula occidentalis 53    Varietas  occidentalis (Hook.) Sarg. syn. Betula occidentalis 54    Varietas  papyrifera common name: paper birch 55    Varietas  pensilis Fern. syn. Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera 56    Varietas  subcordata (Rydb.) Sarg. syn. Betula �utahensis
57	Species  pendula Roth common name: European white birch, silver birch
58	Species  piperi Britt. syn. Betula �utahensis
59	Species  platyphylla Sukatschev
	60    Varietas  platyphylla common name: Asian white birch 61    Varietas  szechuanica Schneid. common name: Szechuan white birch
62	Species  populifolia Marsh. common name: gray birch
63	Species  pubescens Ehrh.
	64    Subspecies  borealis (Spach) A.& D. L�ve syn. Betula borealis
65	Species  pumila L.
	66    Varietas  glabra Regel common name: bog birch 67    Varietas  glandulifera Regel common name: bog birch 68    Varietas  pumila common name: bog birch 69    Varietas  renifolia Fern. common name: bog birch
70	Species  resinifera Britt. syn. Betula neoalaskana
71	Species  saxophila Lepage syn. Betula minor
72	Species  terrae-novae Fern. syn. Betula nana
73	Species  uber (Ashe) Fern. common name: Virginia roundleaf birch
74	Species  verrucosa Ehrh. syn. Betula pendula common name: birch
75	Species  x arbuscula Dugle syn. Betula �eastwoodiae
76	Species  x caerulea Blanch. (pro sp.)
	77    Varietas  caerulea common name: blue birch 78    Varietas  grandis Blanch. (pro nm.) common name: big blue birch
79	Species  x caerulea-grandis Blanch. syn. Betula �caerulea var. grandis
80	Species  x commixta Sarg. syn. Betula �utahensis
81	Species  x dugleana Lepage
82	Species  x eastwoodiae Sarg. (pro sp.)
83	Species  x hornei Butler (pro sp.)
84	Species  x jackii Schneid.
85	Species  x purpusii Schneid.
86	Species  x sandbergii Britt.
87	Species  x sargentii Dugle
88	Species  x ungavensis Lepage syn. Betula �hornei
89	Species  x utahensis Britt. (pro sp.)
90	Species  x winteri Dugle

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.