Alnus rubra

Alnus rubra

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Alnus rubra is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Betulaceae
Subfamilia: Betuloideae
Genus: Alnus
Subgenus: A. subg. Alnus
Species: Alnus rubra

Name

Alnus rubra Bong., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 2: 162 (1833).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Alnus incana var. rubra (Bong.) Regel, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 157 (1861).
• Heterotypic
  • Alnus oregana Nutt., N. Amer. Sylv. 1: 9 (1842).
  • Alnus rubra var. pinnatisecta Starker, J. Forest. (Washington) 37: 115 (1939).
  • Alnus rubra f. pinnatisecta (Starker) Rehder, Bibl. Cult. Trees: 104 (1949).

Homonyms

• Alnus rubra Desf. ex Corrie, nom. illeg. = Alnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Subarctic America Alaska, Yukon. Western Canada British Columbia. Northwestern U.S.A. Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington. Southwestern U.S.A. California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page. 
• Furlow, J.J. 1997. Alnus. Pp. - in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 3: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae. 590 pp. Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford, ISBN 0-19-511246-6. efloras FNA Website Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Stritch, L. 2014. Alnus rubra. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194598A2351803.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Alnus rubra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Alnus rubra. Published online. Accessed: October 22 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Alnus rubra. Accessed: 22 October 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Alnus rubra. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 22. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Red Alder
suomi: Punaleppä
Türkçe: Kırmızı kızılağaç

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