Betula pubescens var. pumila (Zanoni ex Murray) Govaerts
First published in World Checkl. Seed Pl. 2(1): 10 (1996)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Newfoundland to Greenland, N. Europe to Siberia. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Altay, East European Russia, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Norway, Sweden, West Siberia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Betula alba var. pumila Zanoni ex Murray in Prodr. Stirp. Gott.: 77 (1770)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Betula alba subsp. tortuosa (Ledeb.) Regel in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(II): 404 (1865)
- Betula borealis Spach in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 196 (1841)
- Betula czerepanovii N.I.Orlova in Vestn. Leningradsk. Univ. 1978(3): 60 (1978)
- Betula czerepanovii var. nasarovii Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 34: 63 (2002)
- Betula odorata var. tortuosa (Ledeb.) Rosenv. in Meddel. Grønland 3: 707 (1892)
- Betula pubescens subsp. borealis (Spach) Á.Löve & D.Löve in Univ. Colorado Stud., Ser. Biol. 17: 20 (1965)
- Betula pubescens var. czerepanovii (N.I.Orlova) Hämet-Ahti in Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 65: 9 (1989)
- Betula pubescens subsp. czerepanovii (N.I.Orlova) Hämet-Ahti in Phytocoenologia 15: 450 (1987)
- Betula pubescens var. tiliifolia Laest. in Bot. Not. 1856: 106 (1857)
- Betula pubescens var. tortuosa (Ledeb.) Koehne in Deut. Dendrol.: 109 (1893)
- Betula pubescens subsp. tortuosa (Ledeb.) Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 672 (1881)
- Betula pumila var. borealis (Spach) Regel in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 113 (1861)
- Betula tortuosa Ledeb. in Fl. Ross. 3: 652 (1850)
- Betula tortuosa var. genuina Regel in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 90 (1861), not validly publ.
- Betula tortuosa var. pubescens Regel in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 93 (1861)
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.
- 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.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ashburner, K. & McAllister, H.A. (2013). The genus Betula: a taxonomic revision of birches: 1-431. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
- 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:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christenhusz, M.J.M.C [2003-0007], Iceland | Betula pubescens subsp. czerepanovii | K000696497 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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 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