Betula pubescens var. litwinowii (Doluch.) Ashburner & McAll.
First published in Gen. Betula: 326 (2013)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is NE. & E. Türkiye to N. Iran. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Betula litwinowii Doluch. in Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 7: 14 (1939)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Betula browicziana Güner in Doga Bilim Derg, A, 2 Biyol. 9: 270 (1985)
- Betula caucasica Litv. ex Leskov in Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 17: 259 (1932), nom. nud.
- Betula litwinowii var. recurvata I.V.Vassil. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 36: 617 (1951)
- Betula recurvata (I.V.Vassil.) V.N.Vassil. in Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 16: 82 (1966)
- Betula transcaucasica V.N.Vassil. in Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 18: 43 (1970)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- 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:
Sources
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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