Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
First published in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 58: 25 (1957)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Alaska to New Mexico. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Northwest Territorie, Oregon, Saskatchewan, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Alnus tenuifolia Nutt. in N. Amer. Sylv. 1: 10 (1842)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Alnus communis Desf. ex Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 638 (1891)
- Alnus densiflora C.H.Mull. in Madroño 5: 152 (1940)
- Alnus glutinosa var. virescens Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 638 (1891)
- Alnus incana var. occidentalis (Callier) Hitchc. in C.L.Hitchcock & al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N. W. 2: 73 (1964)
- Alnus incana var. virescens S.Watson in Bot. California 2: 81 (1880), nom. illeg.
- Alnus occidentalis Dippel in Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 158 (1891), non Rérolle (1884), fossil name.
- Alnus tenuifolia var. occidentalis Callier in C.K.Schneider, Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 133 (1904)
- Alnus tenuifolia var. virescens (Kuntze) Callier in C.K.Schneider, Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 133 (1904)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. 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.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America North of Mexico 3: 1-590. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
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