Betula nana L.
Distribution
Native to:
Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Poland, Romania, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, West Siberia
Extinct in:
Italy
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Alnus nana (L.) Clairv. in Man. Herbor. Suisse: 280 (1811)
- Betula alba subsp. nana (L.) Bonnier & Layens in Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 289 (1894)
- Betula nana var. genuina Regel in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 101 (1861), not validly publ.
- Chamaebetula nana (L.) Opiz in Lotos 5: 259 (1855)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Betula crenata Rydb. ex E.J.Butler in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 429 (1909)
- Betula glandulosa f. intermedia Kurtz in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 405 (1894)
- Betula littelliana Tucker in Amer. J. Sci. Arts 45: 30 (1843)
- Betula nana var. borealis Regel in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 104 (1861)
- Betula nana var. europaea Ledeb. in Fl. Ross. 3: 653 (1850)
- Betula nana var. flabellifolia Hook. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 157 (1838)
- Betula nana var. intermedia Regel in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 102 (1861), nom. illeg.
- Betula nana var. macrophylla Gaudin in Fl. Helv. 6: 177 (1830)
- Betula nana f. magnifolia Hartz in Meddel. Grønland 18: 342 (1895)
- Betula nana var. reducta Hultén in Acta Univ. Lund., 2, 40(1): 581 (1944)
- Betula nana f. reducta (Hultén) B.Boivin in Naturaliste Canad. 94: 631 (1967)
- Betula nana var. relicta Th.Fr. ex Gürke in K.Richter, Pl. Eur. 2: 50 (1897)
- Betula nana subsp. relicta (Th.Fr. ex Gürke) Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 673 (1881)
- Betula nana subsp. tundrarum (Perfil.) Á.Löve & D.Löve in Bot. Not. 128: 505 (1975 publ. 1976)
- Betula naniformis Lindb. ex Kindb. in Bot. Not. 1909: 120 (1909)
- Betula tundrarum Perfil. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 48: 1139 (1963)
- Betula viminea Kindb. in Bot. Not. 1909: 120 (1909)
- Betula viminea var. serrulata Kindb. in Bot. Not. 1909: 120 (1909)
- Chamaebetula acutifolia Opiz in Lotos 5: 259 (1855)
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.
- Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
- 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.
- Malyschev, L.I., Peshkova, G.A. & Baikov, K.S. (eds.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 14: 1-210. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- 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.
- Muldashev, A.A. (2011). New floristic records for Bashkiria. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 96: 654-660.
- Tolmachev, A.I. & Packer, J.G. (eds.) (2000). Flora of the Russian arctic 3: 1-472. J.Cramer in der Gebr. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin, Stuttgart.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
- Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2003). Flora of Siberia 5: 1-305. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Malyschev, L.I., Peshkova, G.A. & Baikov, K.S. (eds.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 14: 1-210. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Muldashev, A.A. (2011). New floristic records for Bashkiria. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 96: 654-660.
- Tolmachev, A.I. & Packer, J.G. (eds.) (2000). Flora of the Russian arctic 3: 1-472. J.Cramer in der Gebr. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin, Stuttgart.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images